It kept me thinking for a long time what happened to all my collections i had. Classics illustrated was founded in 1941 by russianborn publisher albert lewis kanter. Kanter introduced classic comics, later renamed classics illustrated. Mr c collects the classics illustrated series of comic books but does it in a unique way.
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