<i>Classic Comics No. 26: Frankenstein</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1945
name: label: maker
content: Gilberton Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This issue of <i>Classic Comics</i> contained an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel <i>Frankenstein</i>. Ruth Roche adapted the novel for the comic’s publication by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in December 1945. Robert Webb and Ann Brewster illustrated the issue’s cover art that depicts an oversized Frankenstein’s monster holding a tree and towering over a small town. Shelley originally published the novel anonymously in 1818, before publishing a revised edition under her own name in 1823.
label: Description
content: <i>Classic Comics</i> was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. <i>Classic Comics</i> was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 <i>Classic Comics</i> became <i>Classics Illustrated</i>. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.056
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.056
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 in; 19.05 cm x 25.4 cm