Classics Illustrated #6 - The Scarlet Letter
(March 1990)

First, 1990 Series
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Price
3.75 USD; 4.75 CAD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1990-02-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Publishing Inc. and The Berkley Publishing Group Inc.
Brand
B Berkley/First Publishing 1F
ISBN
0-425-12024-4 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
071831003751 12024
Editing
Wade Roberts (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #176. A blank barcode box is found on the back cover of some copies.

The Scarlet Letter (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jill Thompson (signed as JT) (painting)
Inks
Jill Thompson (signed as JT) (painting)
Colors
Jill Thompson (signed as JT) (painting)

Characters
Hester Prynne; Roger Chillingworth
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Classics Illustrated / text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.
Discusses the classics and Classics Illustrated.

The Scarlet Letter (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 45 pages (report information)

Script
Nathaniel Hawthorne (original story); P. Craig Russell (adaptation)
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (layouts)
Inks
Jill Thompson (finishes / painting)
Colors
Jill Thompson (painting)
Letters
Bill Pearson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia they might project, have invariably recognized it…
Characters
Hester Prynne; Reverend Dimmesdale; Roger Chilligworth; Pearl
Synopsis
Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On page after first story page.
Discusses Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On page after first story page.
Credits; publishing data.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

On first page after end of story. Creator bios for Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jill Thompson and P. Craig Russell.

You'll Need a Guide for Life's Great Adventures! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

The Berkley Publishing Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Aesop's Fables [Classics Illustrated] / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for new Classics Illustrated Series] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Scarlet Letter
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Classics Illustrated
  3. 2. The Scarlet Letter
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. You'll Need a Guide for Life's Great Adventures!
    The Berkley Publishing Group
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Aesop's Fables [Classics Illustrated]
  9. 8. [Ad for new Classics Illustrated Series]
    Classics Illustrated
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Benjamin Beck
  • Myers Carpenter
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore