This is a combined list of comics in the Classics Illustrated original series 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 Comments Wiki E-comic More
Classics Illus 002 1957 Ivanhoe (v2) gem.png Walter Scott Norman Nodel Unknown
Classics Illus 003 1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (v2) gem.png Alexandre Dumas Lou Cameron John Parker
Classics Illus 005 1956 Moby Dick (v2) gem.png Herman Melville Norman Nodel John Parker (1956), Unknown (1969)
Classics Illus 006 1956 A Tale of Two Cities (v2) gem.png Charles Dickens Joe Orlando Unknown (1956), Norman Nodel (1968)
Classics Illus 007 1957 Robin Hood (v2) gem.png (Howard Pyle) Jack Sparling Victor Prezio (1955) Partly based on Howard Pyle book on Robin Hood
Classics Illus 009 1961 Les Misérables (v2) gem.png Victor Hugo Norman Nodel Gerald McCann (1961), Norman Nodel (1968)
Classics Illus 010 1957 Robinson Crusoe (v2) gem.png Daniel Defoe Sam Citron John Parker (1956)
Classics Illus 012.1 1959 Rip Van Winkle (v2) gem.png Washington Irving Norman Nodel John Parker (1956), Taylor Oughton (1968) Cover title: Rip Van Winkle
Classics Illus 012.2 1959 The Headless Horseman (v2) gem.png Washington Irving Norman Nodel John Parker (1956), Taylor Oughton (1968) Cover title: Rip Van Winkle
Classics Illus 013 1953 Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (v2) gem.png Robert Louis Stevenson Lou Cameron William Kunstler First Lou Cameron art (1953). First CI issue with new art (v2)
Classics Illus 015 1954 Uncle Tom's Cabin (v2) gem.png Harriet Beecher Stowe Rolland Livingstone (1943) John Parker (1954), Unknown (1969)
Classics Illus 016 1960 Gulliver's Travels gem.png Jonathan Swift Lillian Chestney (1943) Unknown
Classics Illus 018 1960 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (v2) gem.png Victor Hugo Reed Crandall, George Evans Gerald McCann
Classics Illus 019 1956 Huckleberry Finn (v2) gem.png Mark Twain Mike Sekowsky, Frank Giacoia John Parker
Classics Illus 023 1961 Oliver Twist (v2) gem.png Charles Dickens Reed Crandall, George Evans Unknown (1957)
Classics Illus 026 1958 Frankenstein gem.png Mary W. Shelley Robert Webb, Ann Brewster (1945) Norman Saunders
Classics Illus 029 1955 The Prince and the Pauper gem.png Mark Twain Arnold Hicks (1946) George Wilson
Classics Illus 035 1961 The Last Days of Pompeii (v2) gem.png Edward Bulwer-Lytton Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers Unknown
Classics Illus 039 1962 Jane Eyre (v2) gem.png Charlotte Brontë H.J. Kihl Unknown (1958), Norman Nodel (1968)
Classics Illus 042 1956 The Swiss Family Robinson (v2) gem.png Johann Wyss Norman Nodel John Parker
Classics Illus 045 1961 Tom Brown's School Days (v2) gem.png Thomas Hughes John Tartaglione Gerald McCann
Classics Illus 047 1955 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea gem.png Jules Verne Henry Kiefer (1948) Unknown (1955), Norman Nodel (1968)
Classics Illus 050 1961 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (v2) gem.png Mark Twain Unknown Unknown
Classics Illus 052 1958 The House of the Seven Gables (v2) gem.png Nathaniel Hawthorne George Woodbridge Unknown
Classics Illus 053 1948 A Christmas Carol gem.png Charles Dickens Henry Kiefer Henry Kiefer
Classics Illus 054 1958 The Man in the Iron Mask (v2) gem.png Alexandre Dumas Ken Battlefield Unknown
Classics Illus 059 1960 Wuthering Heights gem.png Emily Brontë Henry Kiefer (1949) Geoffrey Biggs
Classics Illus 060 1960 Black Beauty (v2) gem.png Anna Sewell L.B Cole, Norman Nodel, Stephen Addeo L.B. Cole (1960), Albert Micale (1968)
Classics Illus 061 1960 The Woman in White gem.png Wilkie Collins Alex Blum (1949) Doug Rosa
Classics Illus 062.1 1957 The Luck of Roaring Camp gem.png Bret Harte Henry Kiefer (1949) Unknown Cover title: Western Stories
Classics Illus 063 1962 The Man without a Country (v2) gem.png Edward Everett Hale Angelo Torres, Stephen Addeo Gerald McCann (1960)
Classics Illus 065 1956 Benjamin Franklin gem.png (Autobiography) Iger Shop (1949) Unknown Art by Alex Blum, Robert Hebberd, Gus Schrotter
Classics Illus 067 1957 The Scottish Chiefs gem.png Jane Porter Alex Blum (1950) Alex Blum
Classics Illus 068 1962 Julius Caesar (v2) gem.png William Shakespeare Reed Crandall, George Evans L.B. Cole (1960)
Classics Illus 069 1957 Around the World in 80 Days gem.png Jules Verne Henry Kiefer (1950) Unknown
Classics Illus 071 1962 The Man Who Laughs (v2) gem.png Victor Hugo Norman Nodel Norman Nodel
Classics Illus 073 1950 The Black Tulip gem.png Alexandre Dumas Alex Blum Alex Blum
Classics Illus 076 1955 The Prisoner of Zenda gem.png Anthony Hope Henry Kiefer (1950) Unknown
Classics Illus 077 1957 The Iliad gem.png Homer Alex Blum (1950) Unknown
Classics Illus 078 1955 Joan of Arc gem.png (Biography) Henry Kiefer (1950) John Parker (1955), Taylor Oughton (1969)
Classics Illus 080 1956 White Fang gem.png Jack London Alex Blum (1951) John Parker
Classics Illus 081 1951 The Odyssey gem.png Homer Harley M. Griffiths Alex Blum (1951), Tony Tallarico (1969) First painted-cover original CI issue (1951)
Classics Illus 084.1 1951 The Gold Bug gem.png Edgar Allan Poe Alex Blum Alex Blum Cover title: The Gold Bug & Other Stories
Classics Illus 084.2 1951 The Tell-Tale Heart gem.png Edgar Allan Poe Jim Wilcox Alex Blum Cover title: The Gold Bug & Other Stories
Classics Illus 084.3 1951 The Cask of Amontillado gem.png Edgar Allan Poe Rudolph Palais Alex Blum Cover title: The Gold Bug & Other Stories
Classics Illus 087 1951 A Midsummer Night's Dream gem.png William Shakespeare Alex Blum Alex Blum
Classics Illus 088 1951 Men of Iron gem.png Howard Pyle Lawrence Dresser, Gustav Schrotter, Harry Daugherty Alex Blum
Classics Illus 089 1951 Crime and Punishment gem.png Dostoyevsky Rudolph Palais Unknown
Classics Illus 099 1952 Hamlet gem.png William Shakespeare Alex Blum Alex Blum (1952), Ed Moritz (1969) New cover in 1969 by Ed Moritz
Classics Illus 101 1952 William Tell gem.png Frederick Schiller Maurice del Bourgo Henry Kiefer
Classics Illus 102 1952 The White Company gem.png Arthur Conan Doyle Alex Blum Unknown
Classics Illus 105 1953 From the Earth to the Moon gem.png Jules Verne Alex Blum Alex Blum
Classics Illus 106 1953 Buffalo Bill gem.png (Biography) Maurice del Bourgo Unknown
Classics Illus 108 1953 Knights of the Round Table gem.png (Howard Pyle) Alex Blum Alex Blum Partly based on Howard Pyle book on King Arthur
Classics Illus 110.1 1953 A Study in Scarlet gem.png Arthur Conan Doyle Seymour Moskowitz Unknown Cover title: A Study in Scarlet
Classics Illus 110.2 1953 The Speckled Band gem.png Arthur Conan Doyle Seymour Moskowitz Unknown Cover title: A Study in Scarlet
Classics Illus 116.1 1954 The Bottle Imp gem.png Robert Louis Stevenson Lou Cameron Unknown Cover title: The Bottle Imp
Classics Illus 116.2 1954 The Beach of Falesá gem.png Robert Louis Stevenson Lou Cameron Unknown Cover title: The Bottle Imp
Classics Illus 118 1954 Rob Roy gem.png Walter Scott Rudolph Palais, Walter Palais Unknown
Classics Illus 120 1954 The Hurricane gem.png Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall Lou Cameron Lou Cameron
Classics Illus 121 1954 Wild Bill Hickok gem.png (Biography) Medio Iorio, Sal Trapani Unknown
Classics Illus 124 1955 The War of the Worlds gem.png H. G. Wells Lou Cameron Lou Cameron
Classics Illus 125 1955 The Ox-Bow Incident gem.png Walter Van Tilburg Clark Norman Nodel Unknown First Norman Nodel art in CI series (1955)
Classics Illus 128 1955 Macbeth gem.png William Shakespeare Alex Blum Unknown Last Alex Blum art in CI series (1955)
Classics Illus 133 1956 The Time Machine gem.png H. G. Wells Lou Cameron George Wilson
Classics Illus 134 1956 Romeo and Juliet gem.png William Shakespeare George Evans Unknown (1956), Ed Moritz (1969)
Classics Illus 136 1957 Lord Jim gem.png Joseph Conrad George Evans Unknown
Classics Illus 138 1957 Journey to the Center of the Earth gem.png Jules Verne Norman Nodel Unknown
Classics Illus 139 1957 In the Reign Of Terror gem.png G. A. Henty George Evans Unknown
Classics Illus 144 1958 The First Men in the Moon gem.png H. G. Wells George Woodbridge et al. Gerald McCann Add'l art by Al Williamson, Angelo Torres & Roy Krenkel
Classics Illus 147 1958 Ben Hur gem.png Lew Wallace Joe Orlando Gerald McCann (1958), Taylor Oughton (1968)
Classics Illus 148 1959 The Buccaneer gem.png (Movie adaptation) George Evans, Robert L. Jenney Norman Saunders Based on 1958 Cecil B. DeMille film
Classics Illus 149 1959 Off on a Comet gem.png Jules Verne Gerald McCann Gerald McCann (1959), Ed Moritz (1968)
Classics Illus 153 1959 The Invisible Man gem.png H. G. Wells Norman Nodel Geoffrey Biggs
Classics Illus 159 1960 The Octopus gem.png Frank Norris Gray Morrow L.B. Cole
Classics Illus 161 1961 Cleopatra gem.png H. Rider Haggard Norman Nodel Poch
Classics Illus 162 1961 Robur the Conqueror gem.png Jules Verne Don Perlin Casey Jones
Classics Illus 163 1961 Master of the World gem.png Jules Verne Gray Morrow Gray Morrow Sequel to Robur the Conqueror
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