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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published March 1990
Cover Price 3.75 USD; 4.75 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Wade Roberts

Cover Details - "The Scarlet Letter"

Characters Hester Prynne; Roger Chillingworth
Pencils Jill Thompson (signed JT / painting)
Inks Jill Thompson (signed JT / painting)
Colors Jill Thompson (painting)

45 page story "The Scarlet Letter"

Characters Hester Prynne; Reverend Dimmesdale; Roger Chilligworth; Pearl
Synopsis Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
Script Nathaniel Hawthorne (original story); P. Craig Russell (adaptation)
Pencils P. Craig Russell (layouts)
Inks Jill Thompson (finishes / painting)
Colors Jill Thompson (painting)
Letters Bill Pearson

1 page biography (nonfictional)

Letters Type
Notes Jill Thompson, P. Craig Russell

1 page Classics Illustrated promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Tom Mandrake; Jill Thompson; Pat Boyette; John K. Snyder
Inks Tom Mandrake; Jill Thompson; Pat Boyette; John K. Snyder