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Synopsis
Judah Ben-Hur is wrongly accused of trying to assassinate a Roman governor and is sentenced to a galley. After saving Arrius he is freed from his imprisonment and gains his revenge on Messala. Ben-Hur then meets Jesus of Nazareth and becomes one of the leaders of the early Christian church.
Notes
HRN 147. Reprinted in September 1959 [HRN 152]; November 1959 [HRN 153]; Fall 1960 [HRN 158]; Spring-Summer 1963 [HRN 167]; February 1965 [HRN 167]; September 1966 [HRN 167]; Fall 1968, 25¢ / stiff & soft cover variants [HRN 166]. Above information from Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History by William B. Jones, Jr., 2nd edition.
HRN 158 and 167 editions exist, both with the original cover. The 167 edition differs as to promos.
Reprinted in
- Illustrerade klassiker #83
- Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] #92
- Classiques Illustrés #58
- Illustrerte Klassikere [Classics Illustrated] #69
- Kuvitettuja Klassikkoja #47
- Illustrerede Klassikere #83
- Classics Illustrated #147— cover
- Classics Illustrated #147 [HRN 153]
Credits
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Painting
- Gerald McCann
- Editor
- Roberta Strauss
- Adaptation
- Betty Jacobson
- Art director
- L. B. Cole
- Executive editor
- Meyer Kaplan
- Original story
- Lew Wallace
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