Welcome to our Classic Tales category, a great resource for
students and teachers, with some cool art work you can use in your projects.
Tom Sawyer and Treasure Island appear in Dell's Famous Stories. Dell
also include Tom Sawyer in their Junior Treasury, along with Aladdin and Gulliver's Travels.
Alice makes an appearance in a few titles, however very few of the stories are
faithful to the original character.
DS Publishing set the bar a bit higher with their
Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated. Shakespeare hits the comic book market
with his Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Hamlet. Another literary masterpiece
is Dickens' Nicholas Nickelby. For those of you who prefer
classic adventures then there is the Scarlet Pimpenel,
She and The 39 Steps.
A great little Spanish book is Los Mil Y Un Cuento. The thousand and one stories
of Ameller include fantasy and fairy tales. They normally end happily, often with a wedding,
despite the best efforts of witches and stepmothers. The Hindu title Manoj Chitra Katha features some stories that have already been
covered in our English titles including: Aladdin, Sindbad and Gulliver. A great comparison!
We have 42 titles and 489 issues in our 'Classic Tales Category' for you to enjoy.
Classic Tales Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Available: | 16 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 16 |
| From: | Feb 1955 |
| To: | Apr 1955 |
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales |
| Description: | John Gielgud played Holmes for BBC radio in the 1950s, with Ralph Richardson as Watson. Gielgud's brother, Val Gielgud, appeared in "The Bruce-Partington Plans", perhaps inevitably, as Mycroft Holmes. As this series was co-produced by the American ... |
| Alice |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 2 |
| From: | Jul 1951 |
| To: | Sep 1951 |
| Seq: | 10 - 2 |
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| Publisher: | Ziff-Davis |
| Categories: | Humor | Classic Tales |
| Randolph Caldecott |
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| Section: | Illustrators |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Humor | Classic Tales |
| Description: | Randolph Caldecott (22 March 1846 - 12 February 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honour.
He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously ... |
| Walter Crane |
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| Section: | Illustrators |
| Categories: | Fantasy / Whimsey | Classic Tales |
| Description: | Walter Crane (15 August 1845 - 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, ... |
| W. W. Denslow |
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| Section: | Illustrators |
| Categories: | Classic Tales |
| Description: | William Wallace Denslow (May 5, 1856 - March 29, 1915) was an American illustrator and caricaturist remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Denslow was an editorial cartoonist ... |
| A.B. Frost |
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| Section: | Illustrators |
| Categories: | Humor | Classic Tales |
| Description: | Arthur Burdett Frost (January 17, 1851 - June 22, 1928), usually cited as A. B. Frost, was an American illustrator, graphic artist, painter and comics writer. He is best known for his illustrations of Brer Rabbit and other characters in the Joel Chandler Harris' ... |
| Heroes y Maravillas Del Mundo |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 4 |
| From: | Dec 1956 |
| To: | Nov 1957 |
| Seq: | 1 - v1 4 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Classic Tales | Adventure |
| Description: | 4 issues run published by Editorial Marco, Barcelona, December 1956, to final issue November 1957 ( as the first 3 issues appeared every 2 weeks, the final date might be wrong)
Script - J. B. Artes
Art - Juan Alejandro Martinez Osete (used various signatures, ... |
| Robin Hood |
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines |
| Categories: | Adventure | Robin Hood | Classic Tales |
| Description: | Robin Hood is a famous outlaw in English folk tales who was a highly skilled archer and swords-man. Traditionally depicted as being dressed in Lincoln green, he is often portrayed as 'robbing from the rich and giving to the poor' with his band of Merry ... |
| Scoops |
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| Available: | 15 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | 1934 |
| To: | 1934 |
| Seq: | 20 - 20 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Adventure | Classic Tales | Monsters |
| Description: | Scoops was a weekly British science fiction magazine published by Pearsons in tabloid format in 1934. It is considered the first British S.F. magazine, although, at the time it was sometimes referred to as a comic. This is a rare title nowadays and of great ... |
