This is a combined list ofcomicsin the Classics Illustrated family which I have classified as GEMs. The list includes links for the following: (a) Wiki page (from the Grand Comics Database, or GCD), (b) e-book (available upon request), and (c) More info on each comic (via optional posts by various contributors).
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Comic Issue
Year
Story Title
GEM!
Author
Art (pencils, inks)
Cover art
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CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 002
1957
Ivanhoe (v2)
Walter Scott
Norman Nodel
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 003
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo (v2)
Alexandre Dumas
Lou Cameron
John Parker
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 005
1956
Moby Dick (v2)
Herman Melville
Norman Nodel
John Parker (1956), Unknown (1969)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 006
1956
A Tale of Two Cities (v2)
Charles Dickens
Joe Orlando
Unknown (1956), Norman Nodel (1968)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 007
1957
Robin Hood (v2)
(Howard Pyle)
Jack Sparling
Victor Prezio (1955)
Partly based on Howard Pyle book on Robin Hood
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 009
1961
Les Misérables (v2)
Victor Hugo
Norman Nodel
Gerald McCann (1961), Norman Nodel (1968)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 010
1957
Robinson Crusoe (v2)
Daniel Defoe
Sam Citron
John Parker (1956)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 012.1
1959
Rip Van Winkle (v2)
Washington Irving
Norman Nodel
John Parker (1956), Taylor Oughton (1968)
Cover title: Rip Van Winkle
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 012.2
1959
The Headless Horseman (v2)
Washington Irving
Norman Nodel
John Parker (1956), Taylor Oughton (1968)
Cover title: Rip Van Winkle
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 013
1953
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (v2)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lou Cameron
William Kunstler
First Lou Cameron art (1953). First CI issue with new art (v2)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 015
1954
Uncle Tom's Cabin (v2)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Rolland Livingstone (1943)
John Parker (1954), Unknown (1969)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 016
1960
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
Lillian Chestney (1943)
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 018
1960
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (v2)
Victor Hugo
Reed Crandall, George Evans
Gerald McCann
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 019
1956
Huckleberry Finn (v2)
Mark Twain
Mike Sekowsky, Frank Giacoia
John Parker
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 023
1961
Oliver Twist (v2)
Charles Dickens
Reed Crandall, George Evans
Unknown (1957)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 026
1958
Frankenstein
Mary W. Shelley
Robert Webb, Ann Brewster (1945)
Norman Saunders
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 029
1955
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
Arnold Hicks (1946)
George Wilson
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 035
1961
The Last Days of Pompeii (v2)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 039
1962
Jane Eyre (v2)
Charlotte Brontë
H.J. Kihl
Unknown (1958), Norman Nodel (1968)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 042
1956
The Swiss Family Robinson (v2)
Johann Wyss
Norman Nodel
John Parker
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 045
1961
Tom Brown's School Days (v2)
Thomas Hughes
John Tartaglione
Gerald McCann
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 047
1955
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
Henry Kiefer (1948)
Unknown (1955), Norman Nodel (1968)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 050
1961
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (v2)
Mark Twain
Unknown
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 052
1958
The House of the Seven Gables (v2)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George Woodbridge
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 053
1948
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 054
1958
The Man in the Iron Mask (v2)
Alexandre Dumas
Ken Battlefield
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 059
1960
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Henry Kiefer (1949)
Geoffrey Biggs
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 060
1960
Black Beauty (v2)
Anna Sewell
L.B Cole, Norman Nodel, Stephen Addeo
L.B. Cole (1960), Albert Micale (1968)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 061
1960
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
Alex Blum (1949)
Doug Rosa
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 062.1
1957
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Bret Harte
Henry Kiefer (1949)
Unknown
Cover title: Western Stories
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 063
1962
The Man without a Country (v2)
Edward Everett Hale
Angelo Torres, Stephen Addeo
Gerald McCann (1960)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 065
1956
Benjamin Franklin
(Autobiography)
Iger Shop (1949)
Unknown
Art by Alex Blum, Robert Hebberd, Gus Schrotter
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 067
1957
The Scottish Chiefs
Jane Porter
Alex Blum (1950)
Alex Blum
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 068
1962
Julius Caesar (v2)
William Shakespeare
Reed Crandall, George Evans
L.B. Cole (1960)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 069
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
Jules Verne
Henry Kiefer (1950)
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 071
1962
The Man Who Laughs (v2)
Victor Hugo
Norman Nodel
Norman Nodel
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 073
1950
The Black Tulip
Alexandre Dumas
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 076
1955
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope
Henry Kiefer (1950)
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 077
1957
The Iliad
Homer
Alex Blum (1950)
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 078
1955
Joan of Arc
(Biography)
Henry Kiefer (1950)
John Parker (1955), Taylor Oughton (1969)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 080
1956
White Fang
Jack London
Alex Blum (1951)
John Parker
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 081
1951
The Odyssey
Homer
Harley M. Griffiths
Alex Blum (1951), Tony Tallarico (1969)
First painted-cover original CI issue (1951)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 084.1
1951
The Gold Bug
Edgar Allan Poe
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
Cover title: The Gold Bug & Other Stories
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 084.2
1951
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
Jim Wilcox
Alex Blum
Cover title: The Gold Bug & Other Stories
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 084.3
1951
The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe
Rudolph Palais
Alex Blum
Cover title: The Gold Bug & Other Stories
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 087
1951
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 088
1951
Men of Iron
Howard Pyle
Lawrence Dresser, Gustav Schrotter, Harry Daugherty
Alex Blum
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 089
1951
Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky
Rudolph Palais
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 099
1952
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Alex Blum
Alex Blum (1952), Ed Moritz (1969)
New cover in 1969 by Ed Moritz
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 101
1952
William Tell
Frederick Schiller
Maurice del Bourgo
Henry Kiefer
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 102
1952
The White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle
Alex Blum
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 105
1953
From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 106
1953
Buffalo Bill
(Biography)
Maurice del Bourgo
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 108
1953
Knights of the Round Table
(Howard Pyle)
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
Partly based on Howard Pyle book on King Arthur
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 110.1
1953
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
Seymour Moskowitz
Unknown
Cover title: A Study in Scarlet
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 110.2
1953
The Speckled Band
Arthur Conan Doyle
Seymour Moskowitz
Unknown
Cover title: A Study in Scarlet
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 116.1
1954
The Bottle Imp
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lou Cameron
Unknown
Cover title: The Bottle Imp
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 116.2
1954
The Beach of Falesá
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lou Cameron
Unknown
Cover title: The Bottle Imp
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 118
1954
Rob Roy
Walter Scott
Rudolph Palais, Walter Palais
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 120
1954
The Hurricane
Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
Lou Cameron
Lou Cameron
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 121
1954
Wild Bill Hickok
(Biography)
Medio Iorio, Sal Trapani
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 124
1955
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Lou Cameron
Lou Cameron
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 125
1955
The Ox-Bow Incident
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Norman Nodel
Unknown
First Norman Nodel art (1955)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 128
1955
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Alex Blum
Unknown
Last Alex Blum art (1955)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 133
1956
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
Lou Cameron
George Wilson
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 134
1956
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
George Evans
Unknown (1956), Ed Moritz (1969)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 136
1957
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
George Evans
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 138
1957
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne
Norman Nodel
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 139
1957
In the Reign Of Terror
G. A. Henty
George Evans
Unknown
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 144
1958
The First Men in the Moon
H. G. Wells
George Woodbridge et al.
Gerald McCann
Add'l art by Al Williamson, Angelo Torres & Roy Krenkel
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 147
1958
Ben Hur
Lew Wallace
Joe Orlando
Gerald McCann (1958), Taylor Oughton (1968)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 148
1959
The Buccaneer
(Movie adaptation)
George Evans, Robert L. Jenney
Norman Saunders
Based on 1958 Cecil B. DeMille film
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 149
1959
Off on a Comet
Jules Verne
Gerald McCann
Gerald McCann (1959), Ed Moritz (1968)
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 153
1959
The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells
Norman Nodel
Geoffrey Biggs
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 159
1960
The Octopus
Frank Norris
Gray Morrow
L.B. Cole
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 161
1961
Cleopatra
H. Rider Haggard
Norman Nodel
Poch
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 162
1961
Robur the Conqueror
Jules Verne
Don Perlin
Casey Jones
CLSC-ILUS
Classics Illus 163
1961
Master of the World
Jules Verne
Gray Morrow
Gray Morrow
Sequel to Robur the Conqueror
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 501
1952
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Brothers Grimm
Alex Blum
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 504
1954
The Pied Piper
Robert Browning
Dik Browne
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 505.1
1954
(Cover title) The Sleeping Beauty
Charles Perrault
Pete Costanza
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 505.2
1954
(2nd story) The Real Princess
Hans Christian Andersen
Pete Costanza
Dik Browne
Based on 'The Princess and the Pea'
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 506
1954
The 3 Little Pigs
Joseph Jacobs
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 507
1954
Jack and the Beanstalk
Andrew Lang (Red Fairy Book)
Alex Blum
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 508
1954
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Robert Southey
William A. Walsh
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 509
1954
Beauty and the Beast
Madame Leprince de Beaumont
Dik Browne
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 510
1954
Little Red Riding Hood
Charles Perrault
William A. Walsh
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 511
1954
Puss-In-Boots
Charles Perrault
William A. Walsh
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 512
1954
Rumpelstiltskin
Brothers Grimm
Bill Walsh
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 513
1954
Pinnochio
Carlo Collodi
Dik Browne
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 514
1955
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Hans Christian Andersen
Dik Browne
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 515.1
1955
(Cover title) Johnny Appleseed
American Folk Tale
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 516
1955
Aladdin and His Lamp
Arabian Nights
Unknown
Unknown
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 517
1955
The Emperor's new Clothes
Hans Christian Andersen
William A. Walsh
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 520
1955
Thumbelina
Hans Christian Andersen
Lin Streeter, William A. Walsh
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 522
1956
The Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen
Dik Browne
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 523
1956
The Gallant Tailor
Brothers Grimm
Mike Sekowsky
Mike Sekowsky
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 524
1956
The Wild Swans
Hans Christian Andersen
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 525
1956
the Little Mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 526
1956
The Frog Prince
Brothers Grimm
Lin Streeter
Lin Streeter
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 527
1956
The Golden-Haired Giant
Brothers Grimm
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
Based on 'The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs'
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 534
1957
The Golden Touch
Nathaniel Hawthorne
William A. Walsh
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 535
1957
The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Mike Sekowsky
Dik Browne
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 536
1957
The Chimney Sweep
Hans Christian Andersen
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 539
1957
The Enchanted Fish
Brothers Grimm
Lin Streeter
Lin Streeter
Based on 'The Fisherman and His Wife'
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 540
1957
The Tinder-Box
Hans Christian Andersen
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 544
1957
The Golden Fleece
Greek mythology
William A. Walsh
Alex Blum
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 546
1958
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Brothers Grimm
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
CLSC-JR
Classics Jr 547
1958
The Wishing Table
Brothers Grimm
Lin Streeter
Lin Streeter
Based on 'The Wishing-Table, The Gold-Ass, and The Cudgel in the Sack'