Table of Contents
Acknowledgments delete deletexi
Introduction: "Good Stories" delete
I.¿Albert Kanter's Dream delete
II.¿Of Musketeers and Mohicans: The Jacquet Shop delete
III.¿Louis Zansky: The Painter's Touch delete
IV.¿Eccentricity Abounding: The War Years delete
V.¿Arnold Lorne Hicks: Transitional Figure delete
delete delete delete delete¿ Between pages 54 and 55 are 16 color plates with 60 photographs
VI.¿Enter Iger: The Fiction House Artists delete
VII.¿Henry Carl Kiefer and the Classics House Style delete
VIII.¿Alex A. Blum: "A Prince of a Man" delete
IX.¿A "Newer, Truer Name": The Late Forties delete
X.¿Blood, Sweat, and Rudy Palais delete
XI.¿Meyer A. Kaplan: An Editor's Perspective delete
XII.¿William E. Kanter and the Family Business delete
XIII.¿Painted Covers and an Extra Nickel: The Early Fifties delete
XIV.¿Maurice del Bourgo: From Little Lefty to William Tell delete
XV.¿Freelancers and Publicity: The Mid-1950s delete
XVI.¿Canonical Matters and Classical Curiosities delete
XVII.¿Lou Cameron: "If John Wayne Had Drawn Comic Books" delete
XVIII.¿Norman Nodel: "A Certain Integrity" delete
XIX.¿Roberta's Writers: Lorenz Graham and Annette T. Rubinstein delete
XX.¿John William Parker: Iconic Images delete
XXI.¿From the Crypt to the Classics: The EC Era delete
delete delete delete delete¿ Between pages 210 and 211 are 16 color plates with 52 photographs
XXII.¿George Evans, Reed Crandall, and EC Realism delete
XXIII.¿Roberta the Conqueror delete
XXIV.¿High Tide and Greenbacks: The Late Fifties delete
XXV.¿L.B. Cole: Horses, Wild Animals, and Poster Colors delete
XXVI.¿Gerald McCann: The Colors of the Sky delete
XXVII.¿Gray Morrow: "Real People and Real Events" delete
XXVIII.¿"Roberta's Reforms": The Early Sixties delete
XXIX.¿"Frawley's Folly": The Twin Circle Era (1967-1971) delete
XXX.¿Expanding the Mission (Subsidiary Series, 1953-1971): Picture Progress and Classics Illustrated Junior delete
XXXI.¿Ambitious Endeavors (Subsidiary Series, 1955-1964): Classics Illustrated Special Issues; The Best from Boys' Life Comics; The World Around Us delete
XXXII.¿Classics Abroad: The Worldwide Yellow Banner delete
XXXIII.¿The Wilderness Years: The Seventies and Eighties delete
XXXIV.¿Great Expectations: First Publishing's Graphic Novels delete
XXXV.¿"Your Doorway to the Classics": Acclaim's Study Guides delete
XXXVI.¿Restoration: Jack Lake Productions, Papercutz, and CCS Books delete
XXXVII.¿Classics Collected: Notes on the Evolution of a Pastime and a Passion delete
XXXVIII.¿Classical Coda delete
Appendices delete
A.¿Classic Comics (Gilberton, 1941-1947) and Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947-1967; Frawley, 1967-1971) delete
B.¿Classics Illustrated Giant Editions (Gilberton, 1949) delete
C.¿Fast Fiction/Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated (1949-1951) delete
D.¿Classics Illustrated Educational Series (Gilberton, 1951-1953) delete
E.¿Picture Parade/Picture Progress (Gilberton, 1953-1955) delete
F.¿Classics Illustrated Junior (Gilberton/Famous Authors, 1953-1967; Frawley, 1967-1971) delete
G.¿Classics Illustrated Special Issues (Gilberton, 1955-1964) delete
H.¿The Best from Boys' Life Comics (Gilberton, 1957-1958) delete
I.¿The World Around Us (Gilberton, 1958-1961) delete
J.¿British Classics Illustrated, First and Second Series (Thorpe & Porter/Strato, 1951-1963; Ayers & James Pty., Ltd., Australia) delete
K.¿British World Illustrated Series (Thorpe & Porter, 1960-1963) delete
L.¿Ediçao Maravilhosa (Brazil, Editora Brasil-América Limitada [EBAL], First and Second Series, 1948-1962) delete
M.¿Clásicos Ilustrados (Mexico, Editora La Prensa, 1951-1974) delete
N.¿Klassika Eikonographemena (Greece, Atlantis-M. Pechlivanides, S.A., First Series 1951-1970, Second Series 1975-1980): Greek Literature, Mythology, and History Titles delete
O.¿Classics Illustrated "Joint European Series"/JES (1956-1976) delete
P.¿Classics Illustrated, Second Series (Berkley Publishing Group/First Publishing, 1990-1991; Classics International Entertainment, 1994) delete
Q.¿Classics Illustrated, Third Series, Study Guides (Acclaim Books, 1997-1998) delete
R.¿Classics Illustrated, Fourth Series (Jack Lake Productions, Inc., 2005-2014) delete
S.¿Papercutz Classics Illustrated Deluxe Editions (Papercutz, 2008-2014) delete
T.¿Papercutz Classics Illustrated Editions (Papercutz, 2008-2014) delete
U.¿British Classics Illustrated, Third Series (CCS Books, 2008- ); Modern Hardbacks (CCS Books, 2016- ); Replica Hardbacks (CCS Books, 2018- ) delete
V.¿Letter from Albert L. Kanter to T/4 Joseph Mersand, Camp Crowder, Missouri, 7 July 1944 delete
W.¿Correspondence Between Roberta Strauss and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, re: The Dark Frigate, November-December 1955 delete
X.¿Letter from Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht to E. Nelson Bridwell, 25 July 1960 delete
Y.¿Synopsis of The Call of the Wild by Ken W. Fitch, 1951 delete
Chapter Notes delete
Sources Cited or Consulted delete
Index delete
