Pendulum Press was a publishing company based in West Haven, Connecticut, that operated from 1970 to 1994, producing the bulk of their material in the 1970s.
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10 Facts About Pendulum Press
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Pendulum Press is most well known for their comic book adaptations of literary classics.
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Pendulum Press published a line of historical comics, a line of comic book biographies, and a line of comic book adaptations of inspiring stories and morality tales.
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Pendulum Press received Title One funds from the US government to produce comics with an educational focus.
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In 1970, former Timely Comics editor-in-chief Vincent Fago was hired by Pendulum Press to produce the Pendulum Press Now Age Classics series, which were black-and-white paperback adaptations of literary classics.
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Many of the early issues in the Pendulum Press Illustrated Classics series were reprinted, in color with new covers, in 1976 by Marvel Comics as Marvel Classics Comics.
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In 1994, Pendulum Press reprinted its 1974 adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, colorized in a prestige format comic under the banner of the Phonics Classic Achievement Series.
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In 1976, to tie in with America's bicentennial, Pendulum Press published a line of historical comics called the Basic Illustrated History of America.
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In 1978 Pendulum Press published a primer on the value of comics as an education tool.
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In 1979, the company introduced the Pendulum Press Illustrated Original series, mostly featuring the new superhero Solarman, created by Pendulum Press founder and president David Oliphant.
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