Classics Illustrated  (1941)

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Classics Illustrated #48

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #48

Gilberton 1945 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #48

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Classics Illustrated #48

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #48

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Classics Illustrated #48

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Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 64]

Gilberton 1949 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 121]

Gilberton 1954 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 167]

Gilberton 1945 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 169]

Gilberton 1969 Vol. 1
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Key Facts

Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'

First printing identified by a $0.10 cover price and the letters/numbers HRN 47

There are often multiple reprints of a Classics Illustrated publication with similar if not exactly the same front cover details

One method of identification used by the industry is the "code" HRN which means Highest Reorder Number

In the case of Alice In Wonderland, the first printing is HRN 47

Simply put, on the back cover (see image) there are 47 titles in the yellow box numbered 1 - 47

These were the other titles available to order from the publisher. The company continued to adapt classic novels in comic book form month after month which would be added to the back cover

Alice In Wonderland second printing would be described in Overstreet or an eBay listing as HRN 64 meaning 64 titles are listed on the back cover instead of 47

Third printing - HRN 85

Fourth printing - HRN 155

Fifth printing - HRN 165

Sixth printing - HRN 167

Classics Illustrated #49

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #49

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Classics Illustrated #49

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Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 85]

Gilberton 1951 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 85]

Gilberton 1951 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 155]

Gilberton 1960 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 166]

Gilberton 1968 Vol. 1
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Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a poor representation of what Mark Twain's novel is about due to gratuitous violence including an eye gouge

Classics Illustrated #50

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #50

Gilberton 1957 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #50 [HRN 164]

Gilberton 1961 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #51

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #51

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #51

Gilberton 1957 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #51

Gilberton 1969 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #51 [HRN 167]

Gilberton 1945 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #52

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #52

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #52

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #52

Gilberton 1966 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #52 [HRN 121]

Gilberton 1954 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #53

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #53

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #53

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #54

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #54

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #54

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #54

Gilberton 1948 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #54

Gilberton 1964 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #54 [HRN 142]

Gilberton 1958 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #54 [HRN 166]

Gilberton 1969 Vol. 1
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Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: Wertham felt the adaptation did not capture the characterizations of the novel

Classics Illustrated #55

Gilberton 1949 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #55 [HRN 97]

Gilberton 1949 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #55 [HRN 121]

Gilberton 1954 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #55 [HRN 166]

Gilberton 1969 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #56

Gilberton 1949 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #56

Gilberton 1949 Vol. 1
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Classics Illustrated #56

Gilberton 1949 Vol. 1
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