Classics Illustrated
#5 [HRN 36] - Moby Dick
([April 1947])
Gilberton,
1947 Series
- Price
- [none]
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1947-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Classics Illustrated
- Editing
- John Compton (original editor)
Issue Notes
Reprinted in HRN 60, April-June 1949; HRN 62, Aug 1949; HRN 71, May 1950; HRN 87, September 1951 (15¢); HRN 118, April 1954
Data from Bill Jones "Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History", second edition.
This issue has variants:
Data from Bill Jones "Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History", second edition.
This issue has variants:
Moby Dick
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Louis Zansky
- Inks
- Louis Zansky
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- adventure; drama
- Characters
- whalers; Moby Dick
- Reprints
-
from Classic Comics (Gilberton, 1941 series) #5 - Moby Dick ([September] 1942) -
in Classics Illustrated (I Classici, 1996 ? series) #5 - Moby Dick (1996)
-
- Keywords
- oceans; whaleman; whalemen; whalers; whales; whaling
Indexer Notes
Whalemen are in deadly battle with Moby Dick.
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Moby Dick
comic story / 61 pages
- Script
- Herman Melville (original novel); Al Kanter (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Louis Zansky
- Inks
- Louis Zansky
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fred Eng
- Genre
- adventure; drama
- Characters
- Ishmael; Queequeg; Captain Ahab; Starbuck; Moby Dick
- Synopsis
- Despite dire warnings, Ishmael and Queequeg sign aboard the Pequod to sail under Captain Ahab. Obsessed to kill the whale that took his leg, Ahab drives the crew in pursuit of Moby Dick despite sense, safety, appeals to humanity, or the pleadings of first mate Starbuck. The final confrontation kills the whale and destroys the ship. Ishmael alone escapes, and the sea rolls on.
- Reprints
- from Classic Comics (Gilberton, 1941 series) #5 - Moby Dick ([September] 1942)
- in Classics Illustrated (I Classici, 1996 ? series) #5 - Moby Dick (1996)
-
- Keywords
- literary adaptation; Massachusetts; Nantucket; New Bedford; oceans; Pacific; whaleman; whalemen; whalers; whales
Indexer Notes
Based upon the 1851 novel by Herman Melville. Includes three single-panel conceptual splash pages introducing chapters.
The Pequod
illustration / 0.75 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Reprints
- from Classic Comics (Gilberton, 1941 series) #5 - Moby Dick ([September] 1942)
- in Classics Illustrated (I Classici, 1996 ? series) #5 - Moby Dick (1996)
-
- Keywords
- Whaler; whaling
Indexer Notes
Cutaway diagram of a whaling ship
[no title indexed]
illustration / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whales are the largest of animals and they belong to the Pelagic species
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Reprints
- from Classic Comics (Gilberton, 1941 series) #5 - Moby Dick ([September] 1942)
- in Classics Illustrated (I Classici, 1996 ? series) #5 - Moby Dick (1996)
-
- Keywords
- Whale
Indexer Notes
Illustration, with descriptions, of right whale and sperm whale
Highlights in the Life of Herman Melville
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Herman Melville
- Reprints
- from Classic Comics (Gilberton, 1941 series) #5 - Moby Dick ([September] 1942)
- in Classics Illustrated (I Classici, 1996 ? series) #5 - Moby Dick (1996)
-
Indexer Notes
Life of Melville. Spot illustration of Melville. Footer promoting War Bonds.
Concord Hymn
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Pencils
- Louis Zansky (signed)
- Inks
- Louis Zansky (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- historical; war
- Characters
- Minutemen; citizens of Concord
- Reprints
- from Classic Comics (Gilberton, 1941 series) #5 - Moby Dick ([September] 1942)
- in Classics Illustrated (I Classici, 1996 ? series) #5 - Moby Dick (1996)
-
- Keywords
- American Revolution; Concord; flag; Massachusetts; Minuteman; poem; poetry; Revolutionary War
Indexer Notes
Text of Emerson's poem; illustrations by Zansky.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Moby Dick
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1.
Moby Dick
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2.
The Pequod
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3.
["Whales are the largest of animals and they belong to the Pelagic species"]
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4.
Highlights in the Life of Herman Melville
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5.
Concord Hymn
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- mike clark
- Lionel English
- Kirk House
- Bob Hughes
- Ramon Schenk
- Douglas Sederberg
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