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Classics Illustrated#5
Cover: Louis Zansky
Classics Illustrated #5
“Moby Dick”
writer Herman Melville · writer Al Kanter · artist, inker Louis Zansky · letterer Fred Eng · cover Louis Zansky
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Full credits
writer Herman Melville
writer Al Kanter
artist, inker Louis Zansky
letterer Fred Eng
cover pencils, inks Louis Zansky
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Despite dire warnings, Ishmael and Queequeg sign aboard the Pequod to sail under Captain Ahab. Obsessed to kill the whale that took his leg, Ahab drives the crew in pursuit of Moby Dick despite sense, safety, appeals to humanity, or the pleadings of first mate Starbuck. The final confrontation kills the whale and destroys the ship. Ishmael alone escapes, and the sea rolls on.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).