CCS Books proudly presents this commemorative Limited Edition package of the Complete Classics Illustrated issue #1, Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers.
To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Classics Illustrated comic book series, CCS Books have lovingly restored and remastered the original 62-page interior artwork by Malcolm Kildale, including its wonderful line-drawn front cover. We present this here in an 80-page hardback book, with a new history of the series by avid collector and publisher, Jeff Brooks, and an introduction by William B. Jones, Jr, author of Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History.
Coupled with a second hardback book featuring George Evans’s completely re-drawn second interior art from 1959 and the instantly recognisable and much-loved painted cover by John Parker, this set is presented in a gorgeous, sturdy slipcase, with gold foil lettering and Parker’s fabulous painting in full-view.
Exclusive to the CCS Books site, this set is the definitive Classics Illustrated collection of Dumas’s seminal work.
Limited to 500 copies worldwide. Shipping from October.
Featured in this set:
- 80-page hardback reproduction of the October 1941 first edition of Classic Comics The Three Musketeers
- 52-page hardback reproduction of the later George Evans adaptation, with recreated 1960s back cover
- Attractive and sturdy slipcase, with gold foil lettering
- Introduction to The Three Musketeers by William B. Jones, Jr.
- New history of the Classics Illustrated series by Jeff Brooks
- Essay comparing the two artworks
- Note about the restoration process
- 2 CI biographies of Alexandre Dumas
- Numbered certificate
- Back cover teaser for issue number 2…