(March 1951)
Seaboard Publishing / Famous Authors Illustrated,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
Featured Next Month
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Information about the forthcoming adaptation of The Red Badge of Courage.
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Advertisement for issue #14 with mock-up of the cover; issue was not released. When the interiors were reworked to serve as Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #98, a new cover was commissioned.
Scaramouche
comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- ? (adaptation); Rafael Sabatini
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer [as H. C. Kiefer] (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer [as H. C. Kiefer] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- Andre-Louis Moreau is pursued as a political enemy of France. In his journeys, he performs in the Comedia dell'Arte as Scaramouche, in which guise he can spy upon the very people who seek his life. Later, he becomes pupil to a fencing master and soon has the skills he needs to face his enemies.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Rafael Sabatini's 1921 novel 'Scaramouche.'
The Shark Fighters
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information about battling sharks underwater.
The Necklace
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- Mathilde borrows a necklace from her friend Jeanne to wear at a party, but after losing it she spends her fortune acquiring a replacement. Only after Mathilde falls into poverty and becomes a beggar does she learn Jeanne's necklace wasn't expensive at all - it was an imitation.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1884 short story 'La Parure' by Guy de Maupassant.
Tank Tactics at Carthage 241 B.C.
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Synopsis
- Information about siege warfare in Carthage.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Scaramouche
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1.
Featured Next Month
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2.
Scaramouche
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3.
The Shark Fighters
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4.
The Necklace
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5.
Tank Tactics at Carthage 241 B.C.
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6.
Now on Sale... More Coming
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7.
Featured in This Issue
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