Marvel Classics Comics
| Marvel Classics Comics | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | science fiction, horror, suspense, adventure |
| Publication date | Jan. 1976 – Dec. 1978 |
| No. of issues | 36 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Otto Binder, Kin Platt, Irwin Shapiro, Doug Moench, John Warner |
| Artist(s) | Alex Niño, Rudy Nebres, E. R. Cruz, Dino Castrillo, Jess Jodloman, Yong Montaño, Rudy Mesina |
| Editor(s) | Vincent Fago (issues #1-12) John Warner (issues #13-24) Roger Slifer (issues #25–30) David Anthony Kraft Ralph Macchio |
Marvel Classics Comics was an American comics magazine which ran from 1976 until 1978. It specialized in adaptations of literary classics such as Moby-Dick, The Three Musketeers, and The Iliad. It was Marvel Comics' attempt to pick up the mantle of Classics Illustrated, which stopped publishing in 1971. Thirty-six issues of Marvel Classics Comics were published, 12 of them being reprints of another publisher's work.
Overview
[edit]Classics Illustrated, created by Albert Kanter, began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Editor Vincent Fago's Pendulum Now Age Classics, published by Pendulum Press, began adapting literary classics into black-and-white comics beginning in 1973. The Pendulum series was the direct antecedent to Marvel Classics Comics — in fact, the Marvel series' first 12 issues were colorized reprints of selected Pendulum comics, with new covers. These issues featured writers like Otto Binder, Kin Platt, and Irwin Shapiro doing the adaptations; with art by Filipino artists Alex Niño, Rudy Nebres, and E. R. Cruz, among others.
Issues in the Marvel Classics Comics series were 52 pages with no advertisements. Most of the titles in the series had previously been adapted in Classics Illustrated, but two new ones were added: Bram Stoker's Dracula (#9, a Pendulum Press reprint) and H. Rider Haggard's She (#24).
After the first 12 reprint issues, adaptations were handled by writers like Doug Moench and John Warner (Warner was the series editor from issue #13–24). Many issues were drawn by Dino Castrillo; artists like Jess Jodloman, Yong Montaño, and Rudy Mesina also had multiple contributions. Ernie Chan was in charge of most of the early covers. Michael Golden's first work for Marvel Comics was "The Cask of Amontillado", a backup story in Marvel Classics Comics #28 (1977) adapting an Edgar Allan Poe short story.[1]
In 1984, Marvel teamed with Fisher-Price to re-issue a selection of Marvel Classics Comics titles in toy stores, packaged with a cassette tape of the book.
In 2007, Marvel re-entered the literary adaptations arena with their imprint Marvel Illustrated.
Issue list
[edit]Original run (1976-1978)
[edit]- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, adapted by Kin Platt and Nestor Redondo
- The Time Machine, adapted by Otto Binder and Alex Niño
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, adapted by Naunerle Farr and Jun Lofamia
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, adapted by Otto Binder and Romy Gaboa & Ernie Patricio
- Black Beauty, adapted by Naunerle Farr and Rudy Nebres
- Gulliver's Travels, adapted by John Norwood Fago and E. R. Cruz
- Tom Sawyer, adapted by Irwin Shapiro and E. R. Cruz
- Moby-Dick, adapted by Irwin Shapiro and Alex Niño & Dan Adkins
- Dracula, adapted by Naunerle Farr and Nestor Redondo
- The Red Badge of Courage, adapted by Irwin Shapiro and E. R. Cruz
- The Mysterious Island, adapted by Otto Binder and E. R. Cruz
- The Three Musketeers, adapted by Naunerle Farr and Alex Niño
- The Last of the Mohicans
- The War of the Worlds
- Treasure Island, adapted by Bill Mantlo and Dino Castrillo
- Ivanhoe
- The Count of Monte Cristo, adapted by Chris Claremont and Dino Castrillo
- The Odyssey
- Robinson Crusoe
- Frankenstein
- Master of the World, adapted by Doug Moench and Dino Castrillo
- Food of the Gods, adapted by Doug Moench and Sonny Trinidad
- The Moonstone, adapted by Don McGregor and Dino Castrillo
- She, adapted by John Warner, Dino Castrillo & Rod Santiago
- The Invisible Man
- Iliad, adapted by Elliot S. Maggin and Yong Montano
- Kidnapped, adapted by Doug Moench, Pete Ijauco and Sonny Trinidad
- The Pit and the Pendulum, adapted by Doug Moench, Rudy Mesina, Yong Montano, Rod Santiago and Michael Golden
- The Prisoner of Zenda, adapted by Doug Moench and Rico Rival
- Arabian Nights, adapted by Doug Moench and Yong Montano
- The First Men in the Moon — cover mistakenly attributes authorship of the original novel to Jules Verne
- White Fang
- The Prince and the Pauper
- Robin Hood
- Alice in Wonderland
- A Christmas Carol
Fisher-Price re-issue (1984)
[edit]See also
[edit]- Marvel Illustrated
- Classics Illustrated
- Graphic Classics
- Pendulum Press
- PAICO Classics — Indian series
- Classical Comics — British publisher
- SelfMadeHero — British publisher
References
[edit]- ^ Nolen-Weathington, Eric (2007). Modern Masters Volume 12: Michael Golden. TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-1893905740.
- Marvel Classics Comics at the Grand Comics Database
- Marvel Classics Comics at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Marvel Comics titles
- 1976 comics debuts
- 1978 comics endings
- Works based on The Count of Monte Cristo
- Adaptations of works by H. G. Wells
- Comics based on works by Jules Verne
- Works based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Adaptations of works by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Adventure comics
- Comics magazines published in the United States
- Comics based on Dracula
- Comics based on fiction
- Comics based on novels
- Comics based on poems
- Comics by Don McGregor
- Comics by Doug Moench
- Defunct American comics
- Fantasy comics
- Horror comics
- Magazines disestablished in 1978
- Magazines established in 1976
- Science fiction comics
- Works based on The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- Monthly magazines published in the United States
- Works based on the Iliad
- Works based on the Odyssey
- Comics based on works by Charles Dickens
- Works based on A Christmas Carol