The First Men In The Moon

In honor of Neil Armstrong's one small step onto the moon on July 20, 1969, here, a Classics Illustrated cover (#144 from May, 1958), depicting what H. G. Wells thought of, when he wrote his novel, The First Men In The Moon.

Wells' men had a little more of an adventure on their trip, and encountered people there, as this alternate cover shows!

See The Invisible Man

Technically, if the formula works, you can't see the Invisible Man.

But, after H. G. Wells wrote the novel, after Claude Rains played him in the movie....there was the Classics Illustrated comic (#153 in November, 1959) with a cover painted by Geoffrey Biggs, and interior art by Norman Nodel, detailing the problems humans have with science gone wild.

Not the last time Wells' work would be adapted, as Marvel did it as well!

Marvel At The Classic Comic Of H.G. Wells' Invisible Man

Comics weren't entirely for the undereducated.  

They even dealt with the classics, as seen (or perhaps NOT seen) with this adaptation of the H. G. Wells' novel, The Invisible Man, in Marvel Classics Comics #25 (1977) with cover likely by John Romita Jr/Pablo Marcos and Frank Giacoia, with the main story by Doug Moench, Dino Castrillo and Rudy Messina as a part of their 36 issue line of adaptations of classic novels.

Remembering H.G. Wells

Author H.G. Wells (Herbert George Wells) was born September 21, 1866 (and passed on August 13, 1946)....and, among many other works, wrote The Invisible Man and The Time Machine (two concepts that have played out in comics time and time again...)

With these classic covers from Classics Illustrated, we remember H.G. Wells!

The Time Machine

From Classics Illustrated #133 (July, 1956), comes the tale of the Time Machine, with a cover from George Wilson, Lorenz Graham handling the adaptation, and Lou Cameron working on the interior pencils and inks of this book...


...relating the tale of the author, his travels in time with a machine of his own invention, going forward into danger, and meeting with the Morlocks and the Eloi (as well as friendly native Eloi girl, Weena, whom the narrator of this tale grows quite fond of....) in the future...

....and of the author's final fate!

The Invisible Man 

From Classics Illustrated #153 (November, 1959), there is the story of the Invisible Man, with a cover by Geoffrey Biggs, and interior art by Norman Nodel (though no one is listed as taking credit for the adaptation of the story, so whomever adapted this is an invisible man)...




...this story deals with a man named Griffin making himself invisible, then he terrorizes the countryside as the formula that made him invisible slowly drives him mad.