<i>Classics Illustrated No. 40: Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1947
name: label: maker
content: Gilberton Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This issue of <i>Classics Illustrated</i> contained an adaptation of three Edgar Allan Poe mysteries, <i>The Pit and the Pendulum</i>, <i>The Adventure of Hans Pfa[a]ll</i>, and </i>The Fall of the House of Usher</i>. H. C. Kiefer, August Froehlich, and Harley Griffiths illustrated the cover that depicts an image from each story; from <i>The Pit and the Pendulum</i>, a man tied to a table while a scythe swings above him; from <i>The Fall of the House of Usher</i>, a man fleeing a collapsing house, and from <i>The Adventures of Hans Pfaall</i>, a man flying into space in a hot air balloon.
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
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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: 2013.0086.068
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.068
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
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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