Classics Illustrated #13 - Macbeth

(1997)

Look for These New Classics Illustrated Study Guides (Table of Contents: 1)

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Indexer Notes

House ad for other books in the series, for June-September 1997 issues.
On inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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VanHook Studios (credited)

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Publishing information and credits.
"Classics Illustrated: Macbeth © Twin Circle Publishing Co., a division of Frawley Enterprises; licensed to First Classics, Inc."

Macbeth (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script

William Shakespeare (credited) (original story); Lorenz Graham (credited as Lorenze Graham) (adaptation)

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Alex Blum (credited)

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Alex Blum (credited)

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VanHook Studios (credited)

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Genre

historical

Characters

King Duncan (dies); Ross; The Three Witches; Banquo (dies); Lady Macbeth; MacDuff; Lennox;
Malcolm; Donalbain; hired murderers; Lady MacDuff (dies); MacDuff's son (dies); Lady Macbeth's maid; a doctor; Macbeth (dies)

Synopsis

Macbeth and his wife, acting out the prophecies of witches, murder their way to the top so that Macbeth becomes king. But the deeds sit uneasy on their heads, and both go mad: the lady taking her own life and Macbeth battling with abandon to his death, with MacDuff.

Reprints

• from Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #128 [O] - Macbeth (September 1955)

Macbeth William Shakespeare (Table of Contents: 4)

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Karen Karbiener (credited)

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Alex Blum (credited)

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Alex Blum (credited)

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VanHook Studios (credited)

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Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Essay on William Shakespeare and the play Macbeth. Sections on "The Author", "Character Analysis", "The Plot", "Themes", and "Study Questions". Illustrations are panels from the comic story, with a small drawing of Shakespears.

Seeing a Show, Elizabethan Style (Table of Contents: 5)

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Karen Karbiener (credited)

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Johannes de Witt (credited)

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Johannes de Witt (credited)

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non-fiction

Synopsis

Information on staging a show and the audiences' habits in 1500s England.

Indexer Notes

Between pages 2-3 of Macbeth William Shakespeare essay.
Drawing is an excerpt from a 1596 drawing.

The History of Macbeth (Table of Contents: 6)

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Karen Karbiener (credited)

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non-fiction

Synopsis

Information on the real life historical story behind the play.

Indexer Notes

Between pages 5-6 of Macbeth William Shakespeare essay.

Reading Shakespeare's Verse (Table of Contents: 7)

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Karen Karbiener (credited)

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Synopsis

How to read iambic pentameter blank verse.

Indexer Notes

At top of page 9 of Macbeth William Shakespeare essay.

Collect Them All! (Table of Contents: 8)

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House ad for other books in the series.
On inside back cover.

[One of the greatest plays...] (Table of Contents: 9)

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VanHook Studios (credited)

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Indexer Notes

Promotional blurbs for this book.
Back cover.