Classics Illustrated #6

A 1990 adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel, The Scarlet Letter presents the story of Hester Prynne, a woman ostracized in 17th-century Puritan Boston after bearing a child out of wedlock. With a striking visual style by P. Craig Russell and vibrant colors by Jill Thompson, this issue brings the novel’s deep exploration of sin, guilt, and societal judgment to life in a strikingly modern comic format. The cover, also by Jill Thompson, captures the story’s haunting atmosphere with bold, expressive lines.