The Time Machine (Classics Illustrated)

Wells, H. G.

ISBN 10: 1906814333 / ISBN 13: 9781906814335

Editore: Classics Illustrated Comics, 2015

Signs of wear and consistent use. Codice articolo 3IIT4Q005237_ns

Riassunto:

Wells’ classic tale tells the story of the unnamed time traveller, who travels hundreds of thousands of years into the future, where he encounters the strange, child-like people, the Eloi, and the terrifying underground race, the Morlocks. Stuck in this future and separated from his machine, how can the traveller possibly return to his own time? Is he destined to spend the rest of his life amongst these creatures? Classics Illustrated tells this thrilling tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of H. G. Wells, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Informazioni sull?autore: Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English author now best known for his science-fiction novels, which include The Time Machine, The First Men in the Moon and The Invisible Man.<br /><br />American illustrator and writer LOU CAMERON attended the California School of Fine Arts. He was active as a comic book artist in the 1950s. He was a versatile artist for Gilberton's 'Classics Illustrated' series. drawing comic adaptations of novels by Herbert George Wells, Ann S. Stephans, Alexandre Dumas, Emile Zola and Robert Louis Stevenson.<br/><br/>He was furthermore a contributor to the mystery titles published by Atlas, including Astonishing Comics, Journey into Mystery, Uncanny Tales and Journey Into Unknown Worlds. He illustrated stories in the same genre for DC titles like House of Mystery, House of Secrets and Tales of the Unexpected, as well as Ace Periodicals' Baffling Mysteries, Web of Mystery and Hand of Fate. He additionally did horror stories for St. John Publishing and romance and western features for Story Comics. In 1951 and 1952 he did a syndicated feature called 'So It Sesms'.<br/><br/>During the same period, Cameron was active as a pulp book illustrator. From 1957 he focused on his work has a writer, which he has done under his own name but also as Julie Cameron, Dagmar, Mary Manning and Ramsay Thorne. Among his many (mainly suspense, war and western) novels are 'Beyond the Scarlet Door', 'The Amphorae Pirates', 'Belle of Fort Smith' and 'The Dirty War of Sgt. Slade', as well as the 'Stringer' western series.

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Titolo: The Time Machine (Classics Illustrated)
Casa editrice: Classics Illustrated Comics
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Brossura
Illustratore: Cameron, Lou
Condizione: good