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Issue: Classics Illustrated #99

- Attribution History

Publication Date: September 1952

Issue #99
- Classic Comics
- #90
- #91 - O
- #92 - O
- #93 - O
- #93 [HRN165x]
- #94 - O
- #95 - O
- #96
- #97
- #98
- ✔ #99
- #100 - O
- #101 - O
- #102 - O
- #103
- #104 - O
- #105 - O
- #106 - O
- #107 - O
- #108 - O
- #109 - O
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Issues: #99 of 323 Issues (607 Printings)

Title: Hamlet

Variant: O

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Gilberton

Brand: Classics Illustrated

Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.15 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: Reprinted in HRN 167 which only differs in that the inside front cover has "Build Your Own Library" permanent binder offer rather than the two sequences recorded here, the inside back cover has a different promotional advertisement and the back cover has a different backlist.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: cover stock varies from regular glossy to stiff glossy; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants3

2 Classics Illustrated #99 [O]

Classics Illustrated #99 [O] [HRN 167]

Classics Illustrated #99 [HRN 169]

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1 Content Item
- Hamlet [Illustration on Cover, Front]0

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Content Items (11 total)

Hamlet

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: drama, historical

Character(s): Hamlet; Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Synopsis: Full-page illustration depicts Hamlet encountering his father's ghost.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Illustrerede Klassikere #4 published January 1955cover

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: front cover

Coming Next Month

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated series, "Mutiny on the Bounty". Spot illustration depicts the front cover of the next issue.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Inside front cover; house ad for Classics Illustrated #100.

Oliver Twist

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Who Am I?

Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented puzzle on the right side of the page. Five clues lead to the identification of a literary character.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: inside front cover

Hamlet

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: drama, historical

Character(s): Hamlet (Prince of Denmark); Ghost of Hamlet's Father; Queen Gertrude (Hamlet's mother); King Claudius (Hamlet's uncle); Polonius (chief adviser); Ophelia (Polonius's daughter); Laertes (Polonius's son); Horatio (Hamlet's friend); Traveling Players; Gravediggers; Courtiers

Synopsis: Prince Hamlet feigns insanity in an attempt to uncover his father's murderer.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 44

William Shakespeare

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: biography, non-fiction

Synopsis: Brief biographical sketch of William Shakespeare.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Remember the Alamo!

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, non-fiction, war

Feature(s): Stories of Early America

Synopsis: Article about the battle of the Alamo. Spot illustration depicts Mexican forces attacking the Alamo.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Damon and Pythias

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: biography, historical

Feature(s): Great Lives

Synopsis: Article about the friendship of the Ancient Greeks, Damon and Pythias.

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Pages: 1

Christy Mathewson's Great Series

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports

Feature(s): Stories from the World of Sports

Synopsis: Article about baseball pitcher Christy Mathewson.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Free!

Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the left side of the page offering a subscription to Classics Illustrated with tattoo decals as a premium.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Inside back cover.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: You asked for it! Here it is!

Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the right side of the page offering a simulated leather binder that will hold 12 issues of Classics Illustrated.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Inside back cover.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)

Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication

Synopsis: Full-page mail order list of back titles from Classics Illustrated. Spot illustration depicts front covers from the series.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover; H.R.N. #98.