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Classics Illustrated#40 [HRN 62]
Cover: Henry C. Kiefer & Henry Kiefer

Classics Illustrated #40 [HRN 62]

Aug 1949 · Gilberton · [none]
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“The Pit and the Pendulum”

Classic 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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Full credits

artist, inker August M. Froehlich
cover pencils Henry C. Kiefer
cover inks Henry Kiefer

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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.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

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