The World Around Us
#25 - The Illustrated Story of Magic
(September 1960)
Gilberton,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-07-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Classics Illustrated Publication
- Editing
- Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht; Meyer A. Kaplan (executive editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Illustrated Story of Magic
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (sourced) (painting)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (sourced) (painting)
- Colors
- Gray Morrow (sourced) (painting)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
-
in Unsere Welt Illustrierte (BSV - Williams, 1961 series) #15 -
in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961]) -
in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961]) -
in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) which is reprinted - in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
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The Illustrated Story of Magic
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961])
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Artist credit verified by Roger Hill
The Wizard of France
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin
- Reprints
- in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961])
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) [1 page removed] which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Artist credit verified by Roger Hill
The First Magicians
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) [4 pages removed] which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
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The Cursed Trick
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961])
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) [1 page removed] which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
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The Great Houdini
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Harry Houdini
- Reprints
- in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961])
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) [2 pages removed] which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Saltarella.
The Most Marvelous Trick in the World
text story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961])
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
-
Witches, Magic and Medicine
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961])
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) [3 pages removed] which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
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The Truth Will Out
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961]), #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961]), #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961]), #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961]), #15 - Meesters der magie ([1961])
- in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #515 - Story of Magic ([1961])
- in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #15 - Tryllekunster ([1961]) which is reprinted
- in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #6 ([januar] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Artist credit verified by Roger Hill
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Illustrated Story of Magic
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1.
The Illustrated Story of Magic
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2.
The Wizard of France
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3.
The Secret of the Pharoahs
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4.
The First Magicians
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5.
The Cursed Trick
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6.
The Beheading Game
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7.
The Great Houdini
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8.
The Most Marvelous Trick in the World
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9.
The Mysterious Traveler
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10.
Witches, Magic and Medicine
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11.
A Man of Sense
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12.
The Truth Will Out
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13.
What's Magic About It?
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Kirk House
- James Ludwig
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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