Classics Illustrated (1941)
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![Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 64]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/a22c1a29-0c1f-4d7c-a23c-d9f0c3115a10.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 121]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/dd3110f9-e5a0-4808-b15c-49046bf42873.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 167]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/6d468b4f-6336-4ba0-bc5a-ca4b807c90ac.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #48 [HRN 169]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/866e7538-ba29-4890-9618-f90562ac4deb.jpg?height=300)
Key Facts
Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'
First printing identified by a $0.10 cover price and the letters/numbers HRN 47
There are often multiple reprints of a Classics Illustrated publication with similar if not exactly the same front cover details
One method of identification used by the industry is the "code" HRN which means Highest Reorder Number
In the case of Alice In Wonderland, the first printing is HRN 47
Simply put, on the back cover (see image) there are 47 titles in the yellow box numbered 1 - 47
These were the other titles available to order from the publisher. The company continued to adapt classic novels in comic book form month after month which would be added to the back cover
Alice In Wonderland second printing would be described in Overstreet or an eBay listing as HRN 64 meaning 64 titles are listed on the back cover instead of 47
Third printing - HRN 85
Fourth printing - HRN 155
Fifth printing - HRN 165
Sixth printing - HRN 167
Key Facts
Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'
First printing identified by a $0.10 cover price and the letters/numbers HRN 47
There are often multiple reprints of a Classics Illustrated publication with similar if not exactly the same front cover details
One method of identification used by the industry is the "code" HRN which means Highest Reorder Number
In the case of Alice In Wonderland, the first printing is HRN 47
Simply put, on the back cover (see image) there are 47 titles in the yellow box numbered 1 - 47
These were the other titles available to order from the publisher. The company continued to adapt classic novels in comic book form month after month which would be added to the back cover
Alice In Wonderland second printing would be described in Overstreet or an eBay listing as HRN 64 meaning 64 titles are listed on the back cover instead of 47
Third printing - HRN 85
Fourth printing - HRN 155
Fifth printing - HRN 165
Sixth printing - HRN 167
![Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 85]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/42033dfd-17a0-4b4f-a97c-4a1eb2c82d70.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 85]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/5a90ad55-4a2c-4d4a-9691-9fe7362afaf9.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 155]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/bbbad226-db83-480c-807b-4ce7efb7f06b.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #49 [HRN 166]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/8f4f09b4-3bfe-4b6d-8aed-60bd7cbcdf94.jpg?height=300)
Key Facts
Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: a poor representation of what Mark Twain's novel is about due to gratuitous violence including an eye gouge
Key Facts
Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: a poor representation of what Mark Twain's novel is about due to gratuitous violence including an eye gouge
![Classics Illustrated #50 [HRN 164]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/39c7295a-f679-472d-8bb3-a7f3ac28ba31.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #51 [HRN 167]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/50706578-d317-4289-be45-7de1df5640c5.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #52 [HRN 121]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/37d95b8d-fd61-40ee-a9a4-72a36983868b.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #54 [HRN 142]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/8de28b5d-b234-451a-9337-aed602363382.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #54 [HRN 166]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/88e6a6ee-1ea5-4f39-bdf2-651b9cf331b1.jpg?height=300)
Key Facts
Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: Wertham felt the adaptation did not capture the characterizations of the novel
Key Facts
Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: Wertham felt the adaptation did not capture the characterizations of the novel
![Classics Illustrated #55 [HRN 97]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/b173562957436155.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #55 [HRN 121]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/c67d9570-9d2a-49c9-a7cc-326c5a44d062.jpg?height=300)
![Classics Illustrated #55 [HRN 166]](https://image.keycollectorcomics.com/media/dc80654f-1170-4632-8080-f6fda43556d6.jpg?height=300)
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