PAICO Classics
Paico Classics, also Paico Classics Illustrated, was a series of Indian comic books published by Pai and Company, Cochin between April 1984 and December 1988. The series were the reprints of "Pendulum Illustrated Classics" translated into various Indian languages. R. Gopalakrishnan, also associated with the Poompatta children's magazine, was the editor of Paico Classics.
In 1985 February, prominent Malayalam authors Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Kamala Surayya and M. T. Vasudevan Nair participated in the launching function of the series.
Pai and Company republished the series in Malayalam and English during 1998–2000.
Titles published
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas — Jules VerneA Christmas Carol — Charles DickensA Midsummer Night's Dream — William ShakespeareA Tale of Two Cities — Charles DickensAs You Like It — William ShakespeareBen-Hur — Lew WallaceBlack Beauty — Anna SewellCrime and Punishment — Fyodor DostoyevskyDon Quixote — Miguel de CervantesDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Robert Louis StevensonDracula — Bram StokerFood of the Gods and How It Came to Earth|Food of the Gods] — H. G. WellsFrankenstein — Mary ShelleyGreat Expectations — Charles DickensGulliver's Travels — Jonathan SwiftHamlet — William ShakespeareHuckleberry Finn — Samuel L. Clemens Iliad — HomerIvanhoe — Walter ScottJulius Caesar — William ShakespeareKidnapped — R L StevensonKing Lear — William ShakespeareMacbeth — William ShakespeareMerchant of Venice — William ShakespeareMoby Dick — Herman MelvilleOliver Twist — Charles DickensOthello — William ShakespearePride and Prejudice — Jane AustenRobinson Crusoe — Daniel DefoeRomeo and Juliet — William ShakespeareThe Sea-Wolf — Jack London- Stories of O. Henry — William Sidney Porter Taming of the Shrew — William ShakespeareThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the Baskervilles — Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hunchback of Notre Dame — Victor HugoThe Invisible Man — H. G. WellsThe Vicomte of Bragelonne: [Ten Years Later#Part Three: The Man in the Iron Mask (Chapters 181–269)|The Man in the Iron Mask] — Alexandre DumasThe Mysterious Island — Jules VerneThe Odyssey — HomerThe Prince and the Pauper — Samuel L. Clemens The Prisoner of Zenda — Anthony HopeThe [Return of the Native] — Thomas HardyThe Scarlet Pimpernel — Baroness OrczyThe Tempest — William ShakespeareThe Three Musketeers — Alexandre DumasThe War of the Worlds — H. G. WellsThe Time Machine — H. G. WellsTom Sawyer — Samuel L. Clemens Treasure Island — Robert Louis StevensonTwelfth Night — William Shakespeare