Classics Illustrated #65 [O] - Benjamin Franklin
(November 1949)

Gilberton, 1947 Series
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Price
0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gilberton Company Inc.
Brand
Classics Illustrated
Editing
William E. Kanter (editor); S. M. Iger (art director); Ruth Roche (script editor)

Issue Notes

Information from Saltarella via the Error Tracker. An HRN 167 edition (15 cents) exists.
This issue has variants:
Awards

Benjamin Franklin (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography

Benjamin Franklin (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 45 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Thorne (original); Adelaide Lee (adaptation)
Pencils
Alex Blum; Robert Hebberd; Gus Schrotter (see notes)
Inks
Alex Blum; Robert Hebberd; Gus Schrotter (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography
Characters
Benjamin Franklin
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from William B. Jones Jr. CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED, A Cultural History, 2nd Edition.

The 1956 Thomas Alva Edison Foundational Mass Media Awards for Comic Books, lists only Gustav Schrotter as artist for this comic. Only he was awarded as artist for winning in Best American History Comic Book category. Adelaide Lee won for writer of this issue. Writer and artist credits identified in a Associated Press wire service story on April 2, 1956.

Carolus Linnaeus (Table of Contents: 2)

Pioneers of Science / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Lakme (Table of Contents: 3)

Famous Operas / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Howdy Doody Saves Family of Four (Table of Contents: 4)

Dog Heroes / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Benjamin Franklin
  2. 1. Benjamin Franklin
  3. 2. Carolus Linnaeus
    Pioneers of Science
  4. 3. Lakme
    Famous Operas
  5. 4. Howdy Doody Saves Family of Four
    Dog Heroes
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  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Jan Roar Hansen
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  • Mike Nielsen