Classics Illustrated #40 [HRN 62]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeClassic Illustrated #40 brings Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling tale "The Pit and the Pendulum" to life with stark, atmospheric art by Harley M. Griffiths, whose inks heighten the story’s dread. The cover, by Henry C. Kiefer, captures the story’s gothic tension in bold lines. This 1949 issue stands as a rare early adaptation of Poe’s work in the series, presented with the historical gravitas of its time.
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A victim of the Spanish Inquisition is tortured in a dark room with a razor-sharp pendulum, a water-filled pit, rats, and other devices until liberated when Toledo falls to the French.
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