The Illustrated Story of Magic
by Classics Illustrated

This is a beautiful comics title which entertains as much as it informs you about the history of magic. See illustrated stories from the lives of Robert-Houdin and Harry Houdini. Learn the secrets of some of the most famous stage illusions as well as the 'most marvelous trick in the world'.

This was issued as #23 in the 'World Around Us' series. Art by George Evans and Gray Morrow.

The Illustrated Story of Magic was never reprinted. This digital edition is the first republication of this title in the Classics Illustrated series. Additionally it is the first digital edition of any of the many titles from the Classics Illustrated series.

[This ebook is a licensed reproduction. The copyrights are owned by Jack Lake Productions.]

1st edition 1960; 67 pages.

Contents:

3. The Wizard of France – the story of Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin
15. Secrets of the Pharaohs – the story of the Rosetta Stone
16. The First Magicians
22. The Cursed Trick – The Bullet Catch
26. The Beheading Game – the Irish legend of Cuchulainn
27. The Great Houdini
38. The Most Marvelous Trick in the World – The Hindu Rope Trick
40. The Mysterious Traveler – the story of Paracelsus
41. Witches, Magic and Medicine
53. A Man of Sense – the story of Omar Khayyam
54. The Truth Will Out - explanations
    54. The Prophet Daniel
    55. Heads without Bodies
    58. The Lady Vanishes
    60. How Houdini Did It
    62. Half a Girl is Better than None
65. What’s Magic About It? - puzzles