This issue of <i>Classic Comics</i> contained an adaptation of Wilkie Collins’ detective novel, <i>The Moonstone</i>. Dan Levin adapted the novel for the comic’s publication by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in September 1946. Don Rico composed the cover art that depicts a statue of a deity with the “Moonstone” diamond embedded in its forehead, surrounded by three priests. This cover shows some deterioration.
<i>Classic Comics</i> was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. <i>Classic Comics</i> was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 <i>Classic Comics</i> became <i>Classics Illustrated</i>. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
