COUNT
HOW He 'c,
HEN KING RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED OF
ENGLAND WENT OFF TO THE CRUSADES,
HE LEFT.A REGENCY TO RULE IN HIS
PLACE. THE HEAD OF THIS REGENCY
WAS HIS CRUEL HALE-BROTHER JOHN.
WNBER JOHNS SPCTISM
REACHED 4 PEA N BE
OF THE RICH.
OUT OF THIS UNBALANCED SCALE OF JUSTICE
OSE A CHAMPION OF THEROWN TRO
LAN IN HOGE, HIS SIV
RAISING ADVENTURES AND THOSE OF His MERRY’
MEN BECAME LEGEND, HANDED ON FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION.
AND SO, TOOAT, WE ARE ABLE TO RE-
THE EXCITING TALE OF ROBIN HOOD —
AME TO BE,AND WHAT HE DID CLASSICS DUlustrated
r
JHE story Has 7S STRAIGHT TO A] [BUT-AS THE ARROW ZOOMS TO
BB BEGINNINGS. IN {7 y
BE sHegwoop Forest_|
WITH A PEASANT
JAND HIS HUNGRY CHILD_|
THOUGHT No ONE
ARREST HIAA! | WAS LOOKING, EH?
DON'T CRY, MY SON,
SOON WE SHALL
HAVE MEAT ON OUR
TABLE ENOUGH FOR,
You aNp Your
[ERCY PLEASE) GET UE
QeBeiniet Way & YOU SAXEN
CHLDREN ARE) “DOG!
STARVING! Jf BIND HU,
~ ay HANDS
ANG FEET!
NONE GF THEM SEE A LEAN,
ISINEWY ARM REACHING
OUT OF THE UNDERBRUSH
VU? ROBIN OF LOCKSLEY! 17 _WAS
MY ARROW, TOO, THAT SLEW
THE DEER. ‘THIS’ POOR
EELLOW'S SHOT WENT
FAR OFF ITS MARKS ROBINS ARROW PINIONS
THE GAMEKEEPER TO A
ROBIN HOOD
YOU, MAN. DON'T YOU
DESIRE THE TASTE
OF MY AgROW,
TOO?
WHILE ROBIN'S ARROWS
TWANG MERRILY, THE
OTHER TWO FLEE
MY THANKS . YOU SAVED
ME. THEY WOULD HAVE
SHAVED "OFF MY BARS
AND THROWN MEIN
VAIL. BUT you've BUT
YOURSELF IN DANGER:
BY TAKING THE BLAME!
YOUR CHILDREN
STARVE— YET
YOU PRATTLE,
Take THIS <4
MEAT HOME |)
ANG_EAT
B HEARTILY!
[ROB OF LocKsLEY-
1 HEARD WELL OF
HAVE LANDS, BUT.
. ARE KIND TO
POVERTY
SHOULD NOT
YOU. THEY SAY You } MAKE SLAVES
LATER, A
ROBIN.
ROBIN. DON'T GO HOME!) 7UsT )
HEARD YOU KILLED THE
KING'S DEER WHILE
HUNTING, NOW
THERE'S A DEATH
I? PENALTY FOR
Ee
sucHA CRIME } CLASSICS Illustrated
Twe Law was Newly Jie 1 an, ©\ Vy
ROBIN= WHERE _ WY worey No7, \
PASSED BY KING WHY STOP
ARE YOU GOING? \ WiLL STUTELY.
JOHN-ALL NOTTING=) AT ONE ? COME eAce!voULL ) tL BE BACK
HAM 15 TALKING 4) Tht SHOW bey BE CAUGHT! ACTER I'VE HAD
17 MAKES YOU. THEIA REAL ‘.
SUBJECT TOIT! SPORT!
fe ZONE SPORT,
RAN NorrinaHam!
HAT GOOS
Bay
PLIES
MY MINSTRELS HAVE LosT/ PLAN... \| THEM WITH MORE AND
TOUCH IN OUR TRAVELS! || MORE ALE _ AND ‘PUTS
THEM TO SLEEP!
ULL LEAVE THIS.
SLEEPING BEAUTY”
A SWEETER NOTE!
ae = CLASSICS Plustrated
WREN THEY AWAKEN.
7 MUST PLAN ANOTHER
WAY 70 TAKE HIM,
THEN. BUT FiesT, WE
SHALL SEE WHAT HE
1S UP TO. HE
MIGHT SHOW
AIS HAND?
AY. THEY
US, AND
STOLE THE
WARRANT. WE
BARELY ES
CARED WITH
Ove LIVES /
THIS ISWIT THE WAR
RANT... SMY MINSTRELS)
AND 1 4RE WAITING
WITH ARROWS INSTEAD
OF Hares” .. ROBIN
HOOD, THE QUTLAW!
THAT WAS HE
WITH MANY MEN)
WE MUST FELL
THE SHERIRE =
BUT_NOT THAT
WE DRANK!
SOONER THAN THE SHERIFF
IMAGINES, ROBIN HOOD AND
HIS BAND STRIKE THEIR FIRST
BLOW. AT A HANGING THE
HANG HIM WELL.
WE HELD FROM US
A BUSHEL OF
A_VeLLEY OF ARROWS SWIFT. NOTE. "GREETINGS
Ly FOLLOWS FeOM ROBIN HOOD
ANG HIS MERRY
MEN!” s
WERE
ISHOWERED! ROBIN HOOD
THE SHERIFF CONTINUES
HIS TERRORIZING.
NO-NO- NOT THE
BANDING,
IRONS
ROBIN HOOD! EVERY WHERE
SW STEPHAN!
~ARE YOU
MASQUEPADE;
"1 WAS STOPPED ON
THE HIGHWAY...
MORE VENISON
‘OR OUR GUEST!
"DESPITE MYSELF, | ATI
WAS GOOD "
C=
WE ENTERTAIN OU
GUESTS, TOO, WITH
WOODLAND SPORTS! fy
“AFTER THE FEAST..CAME FROLIC _
THE MEN WERE SO MERRY | HAD
TO LAUGH... BUT THEN -cesereenne CLASSICS Plustroted
THE SHERIFF RIDES TO
LONDON TOWN 7 VISIT
A_MAN WHOSE MIND
WS EVER RESTLESS
WITH BLACK SCHEMES.|
| REPEAT IT, SHERIFF
IT'S THIEVERY
MOCKERY! ROBIN
HOOD AND WIS.
BAND MUST BE
EVERY INN CHARGES
FOR ITS FOOD AND
ENTERTAINMENT OUR
PRICE 1S YOUe
RIEWSED (WET EVER
SET BACK On THE
THRONE. WE AALIST
PREVENT w1S RETURN,
70 ENGLAND FROM
OHM, FOR
AIP AGHINST
THEM f
RICHARD HAS
BEEN C ZED
YOUR MAIESTY_ Oe acioeane
MESSAGE JUST
BescieD sbes ee
EOWA A PORE K j 1S PEMANDED
FOR IS RELEASE!
1AM ASKED TO RAISE J y
THE BANSOM. HAHA! Ww 4 li ;
WE_Wikl ROT IN PRISON
SEFORE 7 L/@T 4 FINGER
FOR HIM, PATE HAS PLAYED HAVE ANOTHER YOUR MAJESTY, ~
WELL INTO MY HANES! PLAN WHEREBY THE SHERIFF OF \
WE 2eoriT___BU7, \ NOTTINGHAM
PAGE, WHAT MESSAGE ) WISHES AN
20 7 Loox THERE! THe \R
LAP SEEMS TO BE
ween!
(1 FIND A PRIEST
To "Maaey vou AND
THE LASS, WiLL <{
‘SHE CONSENT
AGAINST HER FATHERS Jr
WHAT SAY YOU, |ROBINL vou ARE
ROBIN. DO WE J THE FAMED
ROBIN HOOD?
WILL ? ROBIN HOOD
[HE 1s Fee 112 FETCH
TUCK, OF HIM, FOUN-
FOUNTAIN STAIN DALE
[we wie Jones ENoUEH.
ROBIN HOOD WALKS
RAPIDLY ACROSS SUN-
LIT ROADS AND FOREST|
BATHS UNTIL HE REACHES)
THE BANK OF 4 RIVER ..
FOUNTAIN DALE'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE. 1
MUST FIND A WAY.
72 GET ACkOSS!
1 SEEK ONE
FRIAR TUCK,
WHO DWELLS “AT
FOUNTAIN DALE.
‘SUDDENLY, ROBIN HOOD
HEARS BOISTEROUS
SINGING _
tow
WHEN THE STOUT ALE
M6 ALL FLOWING $0 FAST,
OUR SOREOWS AND
TROUBLES ARS THINGS OF
A THE bast, at
TRA LA LALA LALA,
y ALA LALA
SUEH 18 THE LIFE OF A
FRIAR, TRA LA,
THERE'S PLENTY 72 EAT
AND TO BRINK ,
FOR THE GOOD WIFE Wilt.
KEEP HIM A SEAT
BY THE FIRE,
AND THE PRETTY GIRLS
SMILE AT HIS WINK.
FOUNTAIN:
RIVER...
SOMEWHAT. — ,
ACROSS THE
YEG, FATHER,
PALES } BOF 1 22 NOT
WANT 7O GET
MY FINE CLOTHES.
»
GE GOOD &NOUSH)
TO CARRY
ME ACwOSS? CLASSICS IUbcshrated |
THE RIVER IS CROSSED] [ROBIN HOOD QUIETLY UN- |
NOW CAPEY ME BACK’ \BUEKLES THE FRIARS SWORD]
THE POINT OF YOUR
SWORD _SAYs yOU
SHOULD. AND 7 WEAR
4 SWORD TOO!
THE FRIAR BLASTS OUT
AN ANGRY OATH. THEN
His EYES TWINKLE,
AND HE CALMS DOWN.
IT 1S MY DUTY TO
HELP A STRANGER.
HOP ON MY BACK AND
GNE ME OUR SWORD)
S017 WONT GET WET!)
CUNNING Frerske!
BOT THIS TIME
THE STREAM
[LHAVE Your
swoRD
ROBIN HOOD! FRIAR
TUCKS HOW. Now!
— é
ROBIN HOOD.
FRIAR TUCK! .THE ROGUISH FRIAR ‘cep SS
15 NONE OTHER ~ —AND-
THe i an
WHATS MORE
1 SHALL
JOIN, YOUR
WE COULD
USE A STOUT
FRIAR .-- BUT
FIRST, THAT
MARRIAGE, |
WAVE A PLAN.
WHAT A LOVELY AN GONE 72 KING JOIN
TOWN your
NOTTINGHAM 15.
THE SHERIFE
Ril WAY, HE HAS TROUBLE:
Witty ROBIN HOOD HE'S |) PASTE ATEN
MAIDEN WITH
TWe ELDERLY
MEN, FATHER S SHE LOVES,
AND GEAND = De HIM NOTE,
FOR HELP AND HAS
HAVE A SONG THAT
WiLL MAKE THE
ERIPE LOVE THE HEART'S:
MAN SHE MARRIES — We CONTENT!
FOR ALWAYS! DO YOU, ELLEN ) NAY, HOW COULD
SHE, ‘WHEN HE 1S
ROBIN HOOD -
MIS MEN!
KINGS TROOPS? )FNEST THIS IND SO THE MINSTREL
WE MUST GET
KNOW OF YOUR
FEASTS, BUT lth NOT
THE MAN FOR YOU.
LHAVE NO MONEY —
ALAS, NOT A SHILLING
Was
HOLD, KNIGHT,
AND COME 70.4
FEAST SPREAD
BY ROBIN HOOD,
NOW THAT 1 LOOK
CLOSE AT YOU,
LNOTICE vouw JALL MY LANDS:
FACE IS VERY A UNLESS | PAY
SAD. WHAT ASA SUM TO
TROUBLES YOU) THE SHERIFE
KSlI2 RICHACD? JOF NOTTINGHAM!| THE SHERIFE? COME WITH
US, AND FEAST WITHOUT
US WHAT.
BLOOD:
jay G0aD ) SUCKING)
Wires {SNIVEL-
HE'S EVEN TAKEN. \ METHINES
EC- \ THE SHERIEE
1500 POUNDS
WN THIS BAG
ALL OF THEM.
HELL NEVER CLASSICS Illustrated
[ie HeRE 1s 4 way}
TO KEEP
SPILLING BLOCOD-~
ROBIN HOOD ACTS WITH
[LIGHTNING SPEED!
SIR RICHARD,
TOMORZOW
1 CANNOT
THANK YOU
ENOUGH! ROBIN HOOD
THE OTHER JOO POUNDS 15 {SO WAS MY SONS.AFTER\SO-ROBIN HOOD MAKES:
RIGHTFULLY YOURS ,700..) THE TROUBLE, HE LEFT To) PREPARATIONS FOR THE
BUT 1200 OF IT WOULD A JOIN RICHARD IN THE | |DELIVERY OF THE MONEY,
COMPLETE THE IS2USADES. MY SON DEO =
COMPLETE IO pra, NOR THE BATTLE FIELD neo rs \ oa WD
KING RICHARDITMY ALLEG-|UNDER OU? GREAT <| SAFE BE TO TAKE IT
VANCE 13 | KING'S BANNER..H/S \) DELIVERY OURSELVES,
HEART, TOO, WOULD CRY) 73 ANY TOA
FOR? RICHARDS OFFICIALS | SHIP AT A
FREEDOM { (ERE!) CI “HANNEL PORT
17 LEAVES FROM SOUTH = 1S THIS FITTING ?
INGTON. THE CAPTAIN CAN “FROM ROBIN HOOD
BE TRUSTED, | LL PLACE ANB THE FREEMEN
THIS MONEY IK A STRONG OF SHERWOOD FOREST
BOX WITH A MESSAGE, ANG FREEMEN EVERY
AND TAKE (T 7O HAL WHERE, FOR THEI
BELOVED KING.
MAY GOR PROTECT
HIM FROM HIS
ENEMIES AT HOME
AND IN FOREIGN
LANDS, ”
WE HAVE SUCH AN
ASSORTMENT OF COSTUMES
FROM OU GUESTS. METHINES,
THis TIME, 1 WiLk BE
A MONK CARRYING,
A SACRAMENTAL BOX!
BY SAINT CHRISTOPHER,
BLESSINGS ON /T.
AND NOW,LET US
WASH DOWN A BOTTLE
CF GOOD ALE 72
SEND 17 SWIMMINGLY,
ON ITS WAY!
Ay tt
MASTERPIECE YOu MAKEA HOLY MAN
WITHOUT DOUBT, AND A
HOLY MISSION YOU GO,
ON!) Goo sea!
MEANWHILE, A MESSENGER
FROM JOHN’ ARRIVES IN
NOTTINGHAM. yea
HE RANSOM
1500 pounps |?
SNATCHED ouT | COLLECTION.
OF MY HANDS, / ROBIN HOOD
BNE ee MUST HAVE
WHAT NEARLY ENOUGH |
PURPOSE! BY WOWs
NEARLY? BY FAITH,
HE HAS ENOUGH, THIS
PAPER /S A LIST OF
THOSE WHO REPORTED
TOME WHAT HE TOOK
FROM THEA, | SHOULD
HAVE THOUGHT Fe
CONSULT 17 GEFORES
IM A DESPERATE MAAN,
TOMORROW THE FORT
NIGHTS LP. JOHN WitL,
WANT A RECKONING.
1 MUST MAKE ONE
MORE ATTEMPT 72
TAKE ROBIN HOOD OR
AT LEAST THE RANSOM jf
MONEY. 4
RICE WITH ALL HASTE
TO SOUTHINGTON, A BOAT
THROUGH THE BALTIC
LEAVES FROM THERE, ¢
SUSPECT ROBIN HOOD WILL
BOARD ONE, O2 TRY TO
GET THE MONEY ABOARD.
SEARCH EVERYONE,
' 4
‘ p
> : i
nN
y «
WITH THE RANSOM.) SHERIFF 2
YET WOULD 2OBIN
HOOD DELAY THE
DELIVERY ? IE HE
WANTS SOMETHING
CONE, HE WOULD
20 IT HIMSELES ROBIN HOOD
SPIRITED STEEDS SHORTCUT AHEAD OF THE
LUMBERING COACH. WHEN ROBIN HOOD
ALIGHTS AT THE CHANNEL PORT..
7 RECOGNIZE THOSE FELLOWS.
THEY 2E THE SHERIFF'S MEN.
METHINKS I'D BEST BE.
ON GUARD
CAUTIOUS ROBIN HOOD
QUESTIONS ‘THE INN-KEEPER
occ NO, THESE.
(BUSINESS MUST BE,
GOOD. THOSE AD LTTE
SOLDIERS
PRINK MUCH)
SERIOUS MISSION
THE RECOVERY,
OF STOLEN,
Money!
HE STOPS A PASSENGER ON
THE WAY 70 THE BOAT.
| WouLb YoU Bo A BROTHER,
A KINONESS 7 THIS BOX MUST
BE BLACED IN CERTAIN HANDS|
WHEN THE BOAT REACHES”
PORT. (MUST RETURN TO
LONDON TOWN— WILL
You TAKE IT ?.
FEW
AAINUTES,
LATER
ROBIN
HOOD FINDS:
A SECLUDED
SPOT, QUICKLY,
HE EMPTIES’
THE MONEY
FROM THE
STRONG BOX
INTO A SACK,
REFILLS THE
STRONG BOX
WITH STONES,
AND LOCKS:
IT SECURELY:
THEY WILL SEARCH
FOR IT AT THE BOATS,
NO. ONE, NOTHING
WILL GET PAST
) THEM, GOOD FATHER,
BUT PON'T FORGET
171E. A SECRET,
STOPPED AT THE BOATI| [ae sA/> YwELL co
THIS 15 17 ..."TO THE AFTER HIAA!
CAPTAIN... SEND, THIS
Bax 70 sOve EMPEROR,
FOR THE RELEASE OF 4
KING RICHARD OF ENG-
LAND THERE (5.
FriooKk
THIS COULD Wor ar Me?
COME FROM A GAAN IN
ROBIN MONKS ROBES, CLASSICS PUnsbrated
THE MOMENT THE SOLDIERS DEPART, RICHARD HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING
ROBIN HOOD BOARDS THE BOAT. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS
THE MONEY IN HERE ¥ EA IEEE ATION:
13 FROM THE PEOPLE Ha Phat, THe FREE! | HAD NoT|
OF ENGLAND, FOR ie] THOUGHT THAT MY.
THE RANSOM OF BROTHER JOHN
WOULD FURNISH
THE RANSOM ./ BID.
MISJUDGE “THE
MEANWHILE, THE SOLDIERS, WHEN THEY FIND
|NO TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD, BRING THE STRONG-
BOX TO THE SHERIFF.
ALAS! THE >
VILLAIN OBIN THE NEXT Day 15 THE SHERIFF'S
HOOD HAS Daw OF RECKONING, HIS HORT
TRICKED US! F NIGHT HAS EXPIRED J
(Paenans NOT 10 YoU, BUT | JA TOURNAMENT)] /WE WiLL COME TO THIS
WAVE GIVEN THE MATTER <1 TRIED THAT.
MUCH THOUGHT. Wily Bo |
ONE UNDISGU/ISED, | CAN
HE CAME IN MAKE MY HAND WRITING 4
Noe rE UTNM APO |) HE, CAMBY Fal MAKE iy, ane Mri
CAPTURING HIM? 1 WILL ELSES, WHOSE CALL
ENSNAGE HIM AT A ees ROBIN HOADP WILL HEED!
noes ROBIN HOOD
SEVERAL DAYS LATER A TRUMPET | [WHOSE
MESSAGE
IS THIS?
1 BON'T KNOW. AMAN
STEPBED FROM A Boar
AND PAID WELL 72 DELIVER
THIS. | COULD NOT SEE
HIS FACE. HE WORE A
COWL OVER IT!
FOREST. -———aaiag
| WHAT WAS THAT? THE
RICHARD HAS REACHED,
ENGLAND, OF THAT
AM SURE. | HAVE A
TRUE FEELING THAT
HE WILL BE ATASHBY,
AND THAT EVERYTHING
WiLL WORK OUT.
COULD IT BE
SOME TRICK
SOME TRIEK BNoTAND 100)
NOT GO?
Witt) Nor CLASSICS Pllusdrated
JOHN SCANS THE CROWD/HE/S IN THE TAP |
THERES ROBIN HOOD, \ (Wil, HAVE SO;
SO HE BID BELIEVE Youre \ SPORT WITH HUA
HERALDS STORY AND p BEFORE] SPRI
THE FORGERY, HA, HAL
JOHN AND THE SHERIF,
TWO VILLAINS SITTING,
TOGETHER. THAT LOOKS
NOT GOOD, BUT NO
MATTER WHAT... I'LL *)
STAND MY GROUNDS
THE TOURNAMENT BEGIN:
WITH A CONTEST OF KNIGHTS|
IN COMBAT. THE VICTOR]
1S ONE WHO CALLS
HIMSELF THE D/S=
INHERITED KNIGHT.
"CAN THE, DISINHERIT-]
ED_KNIGHT BE RICHARD
HE IS THE BEST RIDER
OF THEM ALL!
1 SEE NO KING RICHARD,
NOR HEAR ANY WORD
THAT HE IS PRESENT.
YET_HE may BE DIS ~ |
GUISED AND MAKE:
HIMSELF KNOWN,
A LIKE THOUGHT FLASHES
THROUGH JOUNS MIND
|Z BUT NAY, RICHARD 15 4
MUCH LARGER AN. Wil”,
TWINK 1 THAT HE AMAY BE HERE?
/ SHOULD NOT GIVE
HIM A THOUGHT
JOHN WOULD Ne
THROUGH THE VISOR OF A KNIGHT IN BLAGK,NOT
MANY YARDS FROM HIMA. §
[WHEN WiLL YOU
( cevear your. *
SELF, RICHARD?
SEL, RICHARD.
WHEN 1 LEARN WHY
THE TRAITOR JOHN.
TOOK THE TROUBLE
7O RELEASE MET ROBIN HOOD
7, KNOW NO ROBIN, OR
ROBIN OF LOCKSLEY Jf
INSOLENT ONE! p< |
THis SAUCY FELLOW,
WHEN | TAKE My
THRONE. ILL SHOW
HIS WHIP-TONGUE
A THING OR TWOS
[SUDDENLY, RICHARDS EVE
1S CAUGHT BY THE FIGURE
HE TOURNAMENT Is RE-
ISUMED WITH ANOTHER
COMBAT, TWO PARTIES OF
KNIGHTS CLASH [>
ONF THE
DISINHERITED
KNIGHT.
NEW OPPONENTS RUSH IN AND BY UN-
FAIR TACTICS SEEM TO BE OVER-
COMING HIM Y
SUT RICHARD.....J
SEIZING A BATTLE-AXE FROM
AN ATTACKER, RICHARD SAVES:
THE OISINHERITED KNIGHT! |
THEN = SWIFTLY.
BY FAITH, HE 1S NOT A DULL ONE\
AFTER ALL - EVEN IF HE NEVER
HEARD OF ROBIN..NO MATTER!
MEANWHILE, THE DISINHERITED KNIGHT 1S
AWARDED THE PRIZE, AND IS UNMASKED
BRAVE LAD LIKE IVANHOE Te JOINS
WY BAND.BUTAH ME Tocay ) 24
PONOT FEEL LIKE ROBIN HOO! CLASSICS Pldsbrated
NO GNE APPROACHES ME. 1S AS ROBIN NEARS JOHN'S Box] JM LOOSLEY,
RICHARD HERE? 1S MY SAFETY 4
BEALLY GUARANTEE? METHINKS |
WILL SPEAK WITH JOHN AND.
UNCOVER HIS HAND!
BUGLE HORN] eng
ant
|So Yeu ARE LocKsiey | WHE@E AFTER THE
MY BROTHER RICHARD } IS CONTEST
PIF 1 Do, 7 WILL
SURELY WIN.
WOULD YOU
LIKE THAT? ff
“a
ASSEMBLED
HERE ARE THE
BEST ARCHERS,
IN THE COUNTRY!
NAY. BUT YOU
WILL NOT WIN.
CONDUCT, AND |
PROMISED HIM
WOULD NOT
MOLEST Yous
ROBIN HOOD STRIDES TOWARD THE FIELD]
{ WAIT! NO ONE SHOULD BE 50 SUPE
OF HIMSELF. YOU WiLL
ENTER LAST TO MEET THE ARCHERS. ROBIN HOOD
WINNER. HOW SICK YOU WILL CANNOT POSSIBLY BEAT
ANY OF THEM ! ROBIN HOOD.
]
hai 3 \ b rh
AAA HAS
1S 1 POSSIBLE? HE AIMED)
ALMOST WITHOUT LOOK-
NG! AND SPLIT THE,
tae
WOW TO GIVE THE KNAVEINAY 1'VE CHANGED
MY MIND. 1 HAD, CLASSICS
HERE /S THE PRIZE.
NOW COME WITH ME.
‘4 GOOD FRIEND AND
JOWN INTO A
HESITANT, ROBIN FOLLOWS)
Ilusbroted
WHY? DOES \NAY,IT FILLS
TENT.
A
FRIENDIAFTER,
WHAT 1 SAW
OF 2OUe
SHOOTING
Tomay |
DESIZE A
NEVER MIND WHERE
HE 15. THIS CONCERNS
YOU 48ND ME ACCEDT.
HERE. IT WASN'T
INSTEABUNBENT \ RICHARD 2ETER,
70 YOUR. ANE YET)ALL / WELL, /
OU REFUSE] «/ peEmEe To Ze~
ENEMY.
WHEN RICHARD BS FOOD AND DRINK}... ROBIN HOOD
FIRST 1D LIKE 7 VEN-| [ON ANOTHER ROAD THE KINGS MEN
TURE INTO SHERWOOD | |GIVE UP THE CHASE.
in my TEMPER / SaiD
120 MUCH, BUT PER.
WHY FUSS
CHANCE It 15 TIME FOREST FOR A FEAST: ra, OVE;
Dea He | EEE con ae tre | (We Lost He Yany More avee
THERE 1S MUCH TO NOT BEEN CAPTURED POUBT HES IN) HAVE BIGGER
BE DONE TO YET. THE FOREST GAME 70 HUNT)
STRAIGHTEN OUT
THIS LAND CALLED
MERRY ENGLAND!
IN. RICHARD,
WY HAND STILL
TREMBLES WITH
EXCITEMENT. KING
RICHARD WAS HERE
IN THE GUISE OF
FOREST HOW CAN WE THE OTHER
KILL HIM? THE FOREST KING'S MEN AND
70 JOIN WITH US
THIS: TUAE WE MUST)
STRIKE THE BLOW.
THINK HOW, JOHA
Wie REWARD US'/, CLASSICS PlLcstreted?
At THE SAME TIME, UNDER THE [PZ
GREENWOOD TREE
+ WOULD LIKE 60 THEN! STOP
TOEND THIS Day \\ THE FIRST ONE!
OF ADVENTURE
WITH A EAST,
HELPS NOT, / HOOD SHOULD
AND IT 1S 8 BE MERRY
FIRST, TELL ME 7AM WORRIED FOR)
WHAT TROUBLES } RICHARD. JOHN
YOU, ROBIN? TURNED THE SUB-'
You S/T 50 JECT WHEN / ASKED
MOODILY, WHERE HEIS... 1F
. THAT: WRETCHED
Jon mas Cone ™
AWAY WITH HUM, Sek
BIP COWN THE
PALACE STONE
ANO NONE OF US 1M TO STOP THE FIRST
THROUGHOUT THE FEAST \| MAN | SEE, AND HERE
SHALL SPEAK THE NAME
RICHARD.
NOW FETCH
A GUEST. WE WILL
IP YOU ARE FRIEND
OR FOE, 1
FOE, 7 WHLe. ROBIN HOOD
HERE- BUT) HUT, TUT, \
7AM YOUR SWORN
FOE! | CECRY LAWLESS ~
NESS AND OUTLAWRY!
YOU BESMIREH THE FAIR
NAY IBY A
SACRED
PLEDGE /
CANNOT.
NOW PUSH
BACK YouR
HOOD- SO
1 CAN SEE
<\ FACE FoR
TWENTY
HOURS.
THE TIME 15
Nor ver Pt
THEN KEEP
ICONCEALED.
PAYING WELL
FOR THE FEAST. | HONOR?
Your’ PURSE
AY, | MUST EAT SOME
OF MY MONEYS WORTH -
BUT LL TURN MY
HEAD TO KEEP MY VOW!
NOTE THERE, STRANGER,
YOU ARE EATING THE wTOHN'S OR
MEAT OF THE KINGS I RICHARD'S?,
6 HEARD INTHE
FOREST TO-
MIGHT YL CLASSICS Illustrated
THEY EVEN FORBID THE 3 LAR TRR ie AST THIERRY MEN ENTERTAIN
NAME OF RICHARD-THE
KNAVES... TRAITORS.
TO me.
et a)
REAL SPORT FoR Your
\\ 100 POUNDS - MORE THAN
WE EVER OFFERED OUR
OTHER GUFSTS!
THIS GARLAND 1S YOUR
MARK, LADS. YOU ARE TO
SHOOT THREE ARROWS
AT S/X SCORE FACES.
WHOEVER MISSES 4S
MUCH AS ONE ARROW
SHALL BE CUFFED BY
Pyite ScaeLer?
HE SHOOTING
BEGINS. EVER SO
OFTEN AN ARCHER STREAKS TO THE
MASSES AND GETS A | GARLAND.
BUFFETING, WHILE
HIS COMPANIONS HOWL
THEIR. AMUSEMENT...
EVENRICHARD GUF-
FAWS,THOUGH HE
BELIEVES HE 15 IN.
THE LAIR OF ROGUES
[| THE SECOND LODSES WITHIN BUT, THE THIRD ARROW IS BADLY
AN INCH OF THE FIRST... FEATHERED AND MISSES ITS Manic |
THE OUTLAW SOME, LAD, IN TRUTH ICANT,
CAN SHOOT! 0x MY BARS II YOURE KING HERE,
; AND NO ONE BARES
TO CUFF A KING / ROBIN HOOD =
SUDDENLY A CHALLENGER III) W aur vou wees NOT
NATED TO BUFFET
ME, (LL BREAK YOU
IN TWAIN [
THEARR A RUMOR AT
COURT, THAT JOHN HAS
SENT OUT MEN TO
HUNT DOWN KING
RICHARD AND HILL
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AS ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD GRAPPLE]
A WARNING COMES ;
ROBIN HOOD! MAKE
HASTE! GET YOUR
MEN TOGETHER |
7MUST FIND
RICHARD AT
ONCE, AND
"YOU, AN ENEMY, WOULD OBIN HOOD:
(NOT UNDERSTAND. WE WHIRLS
HERE WOULD GIVE UP Ouie AROUND, BE-
RICHARD'S ) LIVES TO HELP HiM. WE GINS TS,
Lif? 4 ARE PLEDGED TO SPEAK, BUT
RICHARD OF His Voice
ENGLAND { TRAILS OFF T CALLED YOU JYET, YOU WANT 7O
SAVE KING RICHARD,
MY INSULTS \ THAT TOUCHES
‘KNOW 1 WAS
AMONGST THE:
MOST LOYAL SUB-
JECTS A MAN
1 MUST RECLAIM )TOHN IS PLAN- eB:
77 WAS NAY FRIEND. V THERE ARE
ISAVING AY \WE WILL STAY | MORE OF THEM
ROBIN HOOD! TAKE CARE /
TROOPS ARE COMING!
THEY SAY RICHARD
1S IN THE FOREST.
YOU. WELD \ WILL FIGHT | WIT THEMONCE |
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IN AND WE <4
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Cuz ENEMIES,
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eels ROBIN HOOD
[THESE PIECES OF THIS TIME WHEN THE ATTACKERS ENTER THEY)
CLOTH Wilel. SURPRISE, LOOK ABOUT GUARDEDLY, CAl SLY.
THEM / oe =a
BREAK THEIR
BLADE:
WAITTFIGHT NO] YOUVE NAY, | FELT NOTHING @ROKEN BLADES ARE
‘CUT INTO ONE) WHEN | THRUST! WE'VE | ABANDONED AS.
SOLDIERS FLEE CLASSICS PUlusbrated
JOHN'S BOOT:
LICKER! i
THAN Tt ———
EVER 1140! fae || SURRENDER
Dib YOU THINK TO UNSEAT
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ROBIN HOOD
[TORNADO OF ARROWS! — THE REMAINING
J ATTACKERS, CONFUSED AND WEARY,
TE YOU CAN BE | HOW FIRMLY | SPEAK
SO TEMPTED!) WHEN / HAVE NOT YET,
SUDDENLY, RICHARD DOFFS HIS HOOD-AND THE]
Tone tov oustr RECOGNIZE THEIR RIGHT-
ING.
ITS RICHARPL,
SOHN ARRIVES, ONAWARE THAT
HAS JOINED HIS PROCESSION
HA— THE PEOPLE
WELCOME
THE CROWD GETS A NEW
THRILL AS OUTLAW SDINS CLASSICS Illustrated
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR
THE ANOINTMENT!.
WO! NO! You
WONT GET ROBIN HOOD
EVERYWHERE IN THE PALACE,
MAN IN DESPERATE FIGHT.
THE PEOPLE'S WEAPONS - ANYTHING
THEY CAN THROW! el
“THE BLADE,]
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IN THE CHAGS ROBIN SPIES 4 FACE ROBIN HOOD SIDE-STEPS
THAT HAS HOUNDED HIM... AND LUNGES FORWARO, BUT TH!
FLEES:
HO- MY SWEETEST,
FRIEND I 4
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ome CLASSICS DLcsdrated I
THE TERRIFIED SHER
LOSES His BALancet | A
[ THE FIGHT is OVER... AND
WITH IT THE END OF
NOW, | AM KING AGAIN... AND LIKE 1 BUT 70 You, ROBIN HOOD, AND /ay BUT
HAVE BANISHED YOUR FOLLOWERS, TO YOUR MEN, | GRANT FULL A WHAT | oe
{BANISH YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT PARDON sAND'T ENTER A
OUT _OF ENGLAND IN TWO. PLEA. WILL YOU ENTER
Loavs, youn!