Classics Illustrated #34

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Classics Illustrated #34; February, 1947
Topic Started: Sep 7 2009, 06:38 AM (202 Views)
Laughing Gravy	Sep 7 2009, 06:38 AM Post #1
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Ooooh! This month, we've got a special "Back to School" issue with a funnybook we used to call "Instant Book Reports" - the legendary CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED. Not only THAT, but LOOK at what story we've got! Yep, Jules Verne's MYSTERIOUS ISLAND! I can't wait to read THIS puppy - Earth invaded by spidermen from Mercury, led by a beautiful but deadly woman named Rulu! Chunky but dangerous pirates! Giant bees, chickens, and crabs! All this and much much more, apparently, this coming Saturday! Don't miss it!



Vornoff	Sep 7 2009, 08:26 AM Post #2
Charter Member Posts: 484 Group: Members Member #54 Joined: September 16, 2005	I've got about 100 Classics Illustrated, actually bought by me back in the 50's, but this one isn't one of them! So I'll be looking forward to what's in it. Of all the tons of 50's Looney Tunes, Little Lulu's, Donald Duck's and assorted other kiddie comics back in the 50's, the Classics are the only ones that survived - I suppose because my mom, bless her, thought they were 'literature' and decided not to give 'em away to the hospitals like she did with all the others. I guess I'm glad all those kids got to read funny books, but DID THEY HAVE TO BE MINE!! So while I'm toiling away at my job on Saturday, youse guys have a nice discussion while sipping your lattes and I'll catch up later. One of my faves:
	"Doctor of nothing!"


Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Sep 7 2009, 04:05 PM Post #3
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,178 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	Agreed Vornoff, anything that hints at drug use is also a fave of mine!
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


andarius	Sep 9 2009, 02:00 AM Post #4
Charter Member Posts: 3,403 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	Excellent - I've got about 18 Classics Illustrated but not that one. Looking forward to it! Edited by andarius, Sep 9 2009, 02:03 AM.



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:05 AM Post #5
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Good morning, oh Lovers of Adventure... And welcome to... duh-duh-duh-DUHHHHHHH.... The MYSTERIOUS ISLAND! Everybody knows that old comic books have a unique smell of ink and cheap paper, but I always thought that Classics Illustrated comics have a unique smell all their own, and this comic book totally smells. Now, I know what you're thinking, but I'm not being critical, just commenting on my sense of odor-recognizing. In any case, I see that several of you have your own Classics Illustrated comics, so you're certainly gonna need one o' these:



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:08 AM Post #6
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Our cast of characters in this rather busy splash panel that kinda looks like the first page of a Justice League-Justice Society crossover of the 1960s, don't it? They should've called this "Crisis on the Mysterious Island!" and had Starro the giant starfish guy show up. Anyway, check out Herbert Brown over there. He's a cute li'l darlin', ain't he? I'm a thinkin' HE served as a belly-warmer for the rest of the crew on cold winter nights.



Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Sep 12 2009, 06:09 AM Post #7
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,178 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	I'm at work (my laptop is still on hiatus) for the 13th day in a row. But without me, I'm sure Julse Verne will still be rollin' in his grave, unlike Lewis Carroll, who'd be rollin' a joint in his grave. Have fun Gravy!
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Sep 12 2009, 06:11 AM Post #8
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,178 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	Herbert Brown should be spelled: Her Bert Browneye. Oh I miss these Sat morning shinanigans.
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:15 AM Post #9
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	March 20, 1865... the siege of Richmond... in the city, some Confederates plan to escape via hot-air balloon and seek aid from General Lee. It's raining, though, so they decide to have a nice warm supper instead and leave the balloon unguarded. Perfect, because five brave men (so it says here) have their own plans... Captain Harding, a Union prisoner; Gideon Spilett, a reporter from the New York Herald; Pencroft, a sailor stranded by the siege; Herbert Brown, a "young friend" of Pencroft's, and I think we all know what THAT means, the li'l darlin'; and Neb, the ahem "servant" of Cap'n Harding. Oh, yeah, and Top, a very strange looking dog. Edited by Laughing Gravy, Sep 12 2009, 06:16 AM.



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:19 AM Post #10
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	So our motley crew (as opposed to the band Motley Crue) tip-toe into the balloon and sneak away in the dead of night. Four days pass, the balloon is swept out to sea, Herbert plays with the dog, and everybody wonders where the hell they are. Eventually, the balloon starts to drop and they throw everything overboard, and then... and then...



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:24 AM Post #11
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Okay, so, they find themselves castaways on life's desolate shore of despair, with no sign of the Cap'n. Well, okay, actually it's just an islet. (Is this "Mysterious Islet"???) While Neb goes off in search of the Cap'n, the rest of them cross the channel at low tide to the mainland and build a nice shelter and eat some tasty shellfish. Ummm... shouldn't there be a giant crab? I saw the movie. Yeah, there should be a giant crab. Well, it'll be along in a page or two. Anyway, they want to start a fire but don't know how. Well, luckily, Pencroft has a match, but is afraid to light it 'cause his hand is shaking (that's what it says) but that cute li'l Herbert Brown manages it.



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:29 AM Post #12
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Eventually, good ol' Top shows up, a-barkin' and a-howlin', and they follow him for hours until he leads them to Cap'n Harding and Neb, who are living together as man and wife in a cave (or something like that). Reunited, they go out hunting. They hit birds with big sticks (well, they do) and Neb catches a capybara, whatever th' hell THAT is, and after they've eaten the go off in search of wherever the hell they are. The Cap'n says, "We have crossed the states, the lower part of Mexico, and some part of the Pacific Ocean!" So the next day, scouting around, they climb the side of what appears to be an extinct volcano.



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:32 AM Post #13
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	They explore the land and discover that they're indeed on an island with a circumference of more than 100 miles and they need to establish a camp and do all kinds of other stuff, and I'm thinkin', most kids of 1947 would've rather been reading Superman and Captain America and The Green Llama and Archie, that's what I'm thinkin'.



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:39 AM Post #14
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Not for nothing, but that's not a dugong at all. The artist needed to do a little research. That's a sea lion, dumbass artist, wherever you are. Okay, so, Top makes it out alive but unhurt - but the "dugong" floats to the surface, dead - apparently, by stab wound. What th'??? And where the hell is Rulu and the invaders from Mercury? And where is Gene Roth and his chubby pirates? What th' HELL? I want my money back. I'm skippin' ahead a bit. Okay, so they build camp, and a pottery kiln, and mix nitroglycerine (well, they DO), and blow up part of the volcano to lead the waters through or something (I dunno, I'm tryin' to skip to the part where the giant bees attack) and they find a cave and build what they call the "granite house" and pretty soon it starts to snow.



Laughing Gravy	Sep 12 2009, 06:45 AM Post #15
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,072 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	As the months roll by, mysterious stuff continues to happen, none of it including giant chickens or guys with spider masks, and eventually they build a canoe and explore and find a big chest full of weapons, tools, clothing, navigating instruments and books - and what Harding calls "the greatest treasure of all" - the Bible. He opens it to a marked passage - "For everyone that asketh receiveith! And he that seeketh findeth!" Welleth, isn't THAT swelleth. Using their cool new stuff, they discover they're only 150 miles from Tabor Island, and decide to build a boat to get there, but first, they have to deal with an ape that has invaded their cave.


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