As Robb said, no Classics Illustrated here. However if you're interested we have a few "competitors," some rather good. In our UK comic section are two issues of A Classic in Pictures, with excellent art and adaptations.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=3510
In American comics, the closest CI imitator was Seaboard Publishing's 1950 Stories by Famous Authors. Much of the artwork was by H. C. Kiefer, a Classics Illustrated stalwart.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1486
Seaboard actually began the series in 1949 under the title Fast Fiction. Famous Authors re-used that material.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=3450
Dell put out two short classic stories comics, Famous Stories and Dell Junior Treasury. The latter had both "realistic" art stories (two beautiful Alberto Giolitti issues) and "cartoony" tales more in the Classics Illustrated Junior vein.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1185
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1193
Finally, Nesbit's Superior Stories was rather a low-rent series but it featured good art by Pete Morisi.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1749
Maybe you'll find something here that suits your fancy.
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No, there are no "Classics Illustrated" comic books displayed on this website, because they are still under copyright (I believe they are under copyrights of First Classics, Inc. of Chicago, USA. Classic Comic Store, Ltd. was issuing new comic books per agreement with the Chicago-based copyright owners as recently as 2008. It is believed that some entity still has their copyrights in force, which is why none of their books appear on this website, or on Digital Comics Museum. Here is a link to a forum thread containing our discussion over The "Classics Illustrated" copyright issue: https://comicbookplus.com/forum/?topic=824.0 |
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"Vic Verity" and "Don Fortune" were published between 1945 and 1947. Fawcett's publication of Comic Books continued until late 1953. Pete Costanza continue drawing for Captain Marvel stories and other Fawcett titles until Fawcett stopped their production in 1953. So what would Costanza's drawing for "Don Fortune"/"Vic Verity" in 1946-47 have to do with "hectic times" after Fawcett closed down their comic book production in 1953. Do you mean that Costanza worked simultaneously for several comic book publishers during the 1940s, but starting in 1953, when he lost his Fawcett work, he had to scramble to get work from other sources? He started working for Gilberton's "Classics Illustrated" immediately after his Fawcett work stopped, and later worked on stories in ACG's "Forbidden Worlds".
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Sure looks like Pete Costanza artwork to me. I think he also did the 'Don Fortune' comics located elsewhere on this site. Maybe times were a bit hectic after Fawcett folded up shop.
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73042helloworld Is there Classics Illustrated Comic Books to view and read in here ? |
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