Silly Hans (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Classics Illustrated Jr. #538: Silly Hans. HRN = 574. 32 pages. Softcover. Condition: Fair to Good. Except for crayon markings on inside of front cover (connect the dots) and an attempt to color the illustration on the inside of the rear cover, the interior is clean and free of tears, chips and stains; paper is moderately toned but not brittle. Binding is stable--staples are intact with some tearing of the cover at the staples but all pages are firmly attached; there is significant wear along the fold. Pictorial front cover is clean but worn. It has numerous shallow vertical creases and a batch of shallow random creases, with a 1-1/2" tear at the fore edge that goes through Hans's left shoulder, a 1/2" tear at the bottom edge, a tiny chip at the lower fore edge corner and some toning that is evident in the blue edges of the cover. Rear cover is reasonably clean with a 3-1/2" horizontal tear originating at the fore edge. Both covers have moderate-to-heavy toning. None of the tears are taped.

A very good plus comic book. Backcover lists to number 574.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Classics Illustrated Jr. #538: Silly Hans. FIRST PRINT (inside the front cover, it advertises next month's title). 32 pages. Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Except for inked markings on inside of front cover (connect the dots), the interior is clean and free of tears, chips and stains; paper is moderately toned but not brittle. Binding is very secure--staples are intact with no tearing of the cover at the staples and all pages are firmly attached; there is slight wear along the fold. Pictorial front cover is clean and has very light general wear with a 1" strip of slight color distortion along the entire fore edge, minor bumping at the lower fore edge corner, and an ink stamp ("L 8 12") in the middle of the cover. Rear cover is very clean and undamaged.