Yes, Thanks very much for uploading this rare Golden Age gem. The artwork is terrific!
By cap12xx
Happy to upload this - enjoy - Cap12xx
By crashryan
Great to see this scarce comic. It's an excellent production. The adaptation is decent and the art very good. I can understand why the project didn't succeed, though. At a time when comics were 48+ pages in full color for 10 cents, this was 16 single-color pages for two and a half times the price. I wonder if Baily was hoping for something other than newsstand distribution. Schools, maybe?
By K1ngcat
Excellent adaptation, stunning artwork, greatly appreciated, thanks for posting..
By Robb_K
Yes, Crash, I'm sure that it was intended for schools, and perhaps public libraries. At that price, for so few pages, individual children or their parents, wouldn't have bought them. Large orders from large city school systems, for all their upper elementary and junior high and high school art and music appreciation classes would ensure lots of sales, and no returns, and thus, make printing them and selling them at that price profitable. But, Baily's gamble didn't pay off, as the series ran only 5 issues before it was shut down.
Additional Information
Name
Illustrated Stories of the Operas: Faust | Published
Publication
Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 20
Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1943 Pamphlets, page 397.
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