Issue | #68 [O] |
Published | February 1950 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Harry M. Adler (Managing Editor); Meyer A. Kaplan (Editorial Assistant) |
Characters | Julius Caesar; Mark Antony; Roman Citizens |
Synopsis | Full-page illustration depicts Marc Antony revealing the body of Caesar to the crowd. |
Pencils | Henry C. Kiefer (signed) |
Inks | Henry C. Kiefer (signed) |
Notes | front cover |
Synopsis | Half-page, vertically-oriented article on the left side of the page describes the superstitious beliefs and behavior of a few celebrities. Spot illustration depicts images related to the text. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Dick Hyman |
Pencils | ? (spot illustration) |
Inks | ? (spot illustration) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | inside front cover |
Synopsis | Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the right side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated series, "Around the World in Eighty Days". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Pencils | ? (spot illustration) |
Inks | ? (spot illustration) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | inside front cover |
Characters | Julius Caesar; Mark Antony; Brutus; Cassius; Calpurnia; Portia; Caesar's Ghost; Lepidus; Octavius Caesar; Casca; Cinna; Soothsayer; Boy (servant) |
Synopsis | Following Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March, Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar bring the assassins to justice and restore civil and political order in Rome. |
Script | ? (adapter); William Shakespeare (original author) |
Pencils | Henry C. Kiefer (signed) |
Inks | Henry C. Kiefer (signed) |
Synopsis | Brief biographical sketch of William Shakespeare. |
Genre | bio |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Brief biographical sketch of mathematician Blaise Pascal. |
Genre | bio |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum (spot illustrations) |
Inks | Alex A. Blum (spot illustrations) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Article describes a terrier who saves a family from a house fire. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum (spot illustrations) |
Inks | Alex A. Blum (spot illustrations) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Plot synopsis of Jules Massenet's opera, "Manon". |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum (spot illustrations) |
Inks | Alex A. Blum (spot illustrations) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Full-page promo for mail order back titles in the Classics Illustrated series. Spot illustrations depict front covers from the series. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | inside back cover |
Synopsis | Full-page offer for three anthologies of various Classics Illustrated titles. Spot illustrations depict front covers of the three volumes. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Pencils | ? (spot illustrations) |
Inks | ? (spot illustrations) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | back cover |