Classics Illustrated — Gilberton Publications
Issue: #147
Last valuation update: 2024-06-26
Ben Hur takes place when Rome was the most powerful civilization on Earth. Young Judah Ben Hur is persecuted for his beliefs by his Roman friends and finds himself serving on a prison ship. A fateful attack by pirates sees him freed and adopted by a Roman politician. When he returns to his homeland he challenges his former friend Massala to a chariot race and becomes a follower of Jesus, making it...
First appearances: Pontius Pilate
Creators: Gerald McCann, Lew Wallace
Characters: Pontius Pilate, John the Baptist, Ben-Hur, Jesus Christ