(Negro Americans: The Early Years). The artwork came from the November 1950 Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated (Seaboard Publishing) edition of Nicholas Nickleby and retained the original Gustav Schrotter interior art. October 2012: The 39 Steps (issue #44) became the second brand-new title to the Classics Illustrated canon. September 2013: The Argonauts (issue #48) was published – one of 13 which were never issued in the US collection but only in the UK. March 2019: The Aeneid (issue #72) was published – another which was not issued in the original US collection but only in the UK – although in 2007, it was issued in North America as #170. March 2019: Through the Looking-Glass (issue 73) was published – this was not issued in the original US collection, but was published in 1990 as #3 in the First Comics run. Issues Original Elliot/Gilberton run Authorship is based on William B. Jones, Jr.'s Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, second edition (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2002), Appendices A and B; as well as the information held by Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection as well as the Grand Comics Database. Classics Illustrated Special Issue Publication dates from Classics Central. Thorpe & Porter new issues Double Duo issues First Comics run The authorship is based on the Grand Comics Database. Acclaim Books new issues PapercutzClassics Illustrated Deluxe graphic novels Classic Comic Store [UK], 2008 – run The authorship is based on the information held by Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection and/or the copyright information inside the books. The titles and publication dates are obtained from a personal collection. Classic Comic Store UK run – Notes In other media The Classics Illustrated branding was on a series of television films produced from 1977 to 1982 by Schick Sunn Classics; one of the executives at Shick Sunn Classics was Patrick Frawley, who at that point owned the Classics Illustrated brand: Last of the Mohicans (1977) Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978) The Time Machine (1978) The Deerslayer (1978) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980) The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981) The Fall of the House of Usher (1982) References in popular culture In the film Major League, Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger) reads the