It's 1790 in Sleepy Hollow, a secluded glen in upstate New York.
Ichabod
Crane, a lanky, intelligent (but extremely superstitious)
schoolmaster, competes with
Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the
handsome and athletic town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old
Katrina
Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of wealthy farmer,
Baltus Van
Tassel.
When Ichabod and Brom both attend a party at the Van Tassels, Brom prepares to deal with his rival...
Did a ghostly
Headless Horseman abscond with
Ichabod?
Or did
Brom Bones simply scare him away?
We will probably never know...
You'll note from the cover at the top of the post, that
the Headless Horseman took second billing to the tale of
Rip Van Winkle.
When the book was reprinted as part of the
Classics Illustrated line with a painted cover (as most
Classic Comics were), the
Headless Horseman wasn't even mentioned, although his tale was still in the book!
