Jones, William B., Jr. Classics Illustrated: A
Cultural History,
with Illustrations.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.,
2002. 267pp. ISBN 0786410779 (hc).
publisher's
information
- Acknowledgments ... vii
- Introduction: "Good Stories" ... 1
- Albert Kanter's Dream ... 7
- Classical Interlude: Classics Abroad ... 11
- Of Musketeers and Mohicans: The Jacquet Shop ... 13
- Classical Interlude: The Mystique of the Reorder List ... 19
- The Painter's Touch: Louis Zansky ... 21
- The War Years: Early Freelancers ... 27
- Classical Interlude: A Fan's Notes on the 1940s ... 36
- Enter Iger ... 37
- Classical Interlude: "The World's Greatest Authors" ... 48
- Henry Carl Kiefer and the Classics House Style ... 50
- Classical Interlude: Promos and Premiums ... 59
- Between pages 60 and 61 anre 35 color plates
- "A Prince of a Man": Alex A. Blum ... 61
- Classical Interlude: Fillers and Features ... 70
- A "Newer, Truer Name": The Late Forties ... 72
- Classical Interlude: The Horror! The Horror! ... 82
- Blood, Sweat, and Rudy Palais ... 84
- Painted Covers and an Extra Nickel: The Early Fifties ... 89
- Classical Interlude: Ken W. Fitch, Scriptwriter ... 104
- "If John Wayne Had Drawn Comic Books": Lou Cameron ... 106
- "A Certain Integrity": Norman Nodel ... 111
- From the Crypt to the Classics: The EC Era ... 118
- Classical Interlude: "Coming Next" ... 130
- "The Professional": George R. Evans ... 132
- Roberta the Conqueror ... 139
- Classical Interlude: "Who Am I?" ... 143
- High Tide and Greenbacks: The Late Fifties ... 144
- Classical Interlude: A Fan's Notes on the 1950s ... 154
- "Roberta's Reforms": The Early Sixties ... 155
- Classical Interlude: A New Old Look ... 166
- Five Little Series and How They Grew: Picture Progress; Classics
Illustrated Junior; Classics Illustrated Special Issues; The World
Around Us; The Best from Boys' Life Comics ... 167
- "Frawley's Folly" (1967-1971) ... 187
- Classical Interlude: Copycats and Pirates ... 190
- Great Expectations: First Publishing's Classics Revival ... 191
- Classical Interlude: Classics in the Movies ... 198
- Recalled to Life: Acclaim's Study Guides ... 199
- Classical Coda ... 202
- Notes ... 205
- Appendices
- List of Classic Comics and Classics Illustrated ... 215
- List of Classics Illustrated Giant Editions... 226
- List of Classics Illustrated Educational Series ... 227
- List of Picture Parade / Picture Progress... 228
- List of Classics Illustrated Junior ... 229
- List of Classics Illustrated Special Issues ... 233
- List of The Best from Boys' Life Comics ... 235
- List of The World Around Us ... 236
- List of Classics Illustrated: Second Series ... 241
- List of Classics Illustrated Study Guides... 243
- List of British Classics Illustrated Titles Not Included in the U.S. Series ... 246
- List of Fast Fiction / Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated... 247
- Bibliography ... 249
- Index ... 253