Classics Illustrated #99 [O] - Hamlet [HRN 167]
(July 1965)

Gilberton, 1947 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
52
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gilberton Company Inc.
Brand
Classics Illustrated
Editing
Harry Adler (managing editor); William E. Kanter (editor); Ruth Roche (story editor); S. M. Iger (art director)

Issue Notes

Original index by Jim Walls with Katie.

Differs in that the inside front cover has "Build Your Own Library" permanent binder offer rather than the two sequences recorded here, the inside back cover has a different promotional advertisement and the back cover has a different backlist.

Printed in the U.S.A.
This issue is a variant of Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #99 [O] - Hamlet. There exist further variants:

Coming Next Month (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Oliver Twist (Table of Contents: 2)

Who Am I? / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Half-page, vertically-oriented puzzle on the right side of the page. Five clues lead to the identification of a literary character.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Hamlet (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script
William Shakespeare (original author); Samuel Willinsky (adaptation)
Pencils
Alex Blum (signed)
Inks
Alex Blum (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama; historical
Characters
Hamlet (Prince of Denmark); Ghost of Hamlet's Father; Queen Gertrude (Hamlet's mother); King Claudius (Hamlet's uncle); Polonius (chief adviser); Ophelia (Polonius's daughter); Laertes (Polonius's son); Horatio (Hamlet's friend); Traveling Players; Gravediggers; Courtiers
Synopsis
Prince Hamlet feigns insanity in an attempt to uncover his father's murderer.
Reprints

William Shakespeare (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Inks
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Colors
? (spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; biography
Synopsis
Brief biographical sketch of William Shakespeare.
Reprints

Remember the Alamo! (Table of Contents: 5)

Stories of Early America / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Inks
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
Article about the battle of the Alamo. Spot illustration depicts Mexican forces attacking the Alamo.

Damon and Pythias (Table of Contents: 6)

Great Lives / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Inks
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Colors
? (spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography; historical
Synopsis
Article about the friendship of the Ancient Greeks, Damon and Pythias.
Reprints

Christy Mathewson's Great Series (Table of Contents: 7)

Stories from the World of Sports / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Inks
Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Synopsis
Article about baseball pitcher Christy Mathewson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. Coming Next Month
  2. 2. Oliver Twist
    Who Am I?
  3. 3. Hamlet
  4. 4. William Shakespeare
  5. 5. Remember the Alamo!
    Stories of Early America
  6. 6. Damon and Pythias
    Great Lives
  7. 7. Christy Mathewson's Great Series
    Stories from the World of Sports
  8. 8. ["Free!"]
  9. 9. ["You asked for it! Here it is!"]
  10. 10. ["Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication"]
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