thumb|right|300px|Logo for Pendulum's Now Age Books line In 1970, former Timely Comics editor-in-chief Vincent Fago was hired by Pendulum to produce the Pendulum Now Age Classics series, which were black-and-white paperback adaptations of literary classics. Specifically designed for classroom use, they used typeset instead of hand lettering, vocabulary appropriate for grade levels, and included word lists and questions at the back. Comics in the series were published from 1973–1980; the series ended with a selection of Shakespeare plays adapted into comics form.