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Classics Illustrated #15: The Call of the Wild


Call of the Wild

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No. of pages 56

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Great for age 12-18 years
The story of Buck, the fiercely loyal and powerful dog of the Yukon, has been author Jack London's most popular novel since it was first published in 1903. Celebrated comics writer Charles Dixon teams with artist Ricardo Villagran in this adaptation of London's novel, which School Library Journal described as "handsome to look at, inviting to read, and a boon to anyone charged with introducing today's youth to classic works."

 

This book is part of a book series called Call Of the Wild .

There are 56 pages in this book. This is a comic book. This book was published 2012 by Papercutz .

Ricardo Villagran is a comicbook artist who began his career as an artist in his native Argentina. After meeting Chuck Dixon in 1983, Villagran went on to pencil and ink comicbooks for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Archie Comics, and countless other companies. He also created his own studio "Villagran Studios. " This mass market book presents eight novella-length tales, penned by today's leading crime and thriller writers, such as Jonathan Maberry, Duane Swierczynski, Chuck Dixon, and Dennis Tafoya. Cobra Wars is edited by Max Brooks, who also supplies a new story, and features new illustrations for each story. " Jack London (1876-1916) was a journalist, as well as a prolific and best-selling novelist, best known for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

This book contains the following story:

Call of the Wild
Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, Buck triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the 'decivilisation' of Buck as he answers 'the call of the wild', an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds.

This book is in the following series:

Call of the Wild

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