The Last of the Mohicans Lea, of Philadelphia. According to Susan Cooper, its success was "greater than that of any previous book from the same pen" and "in Europe the book produced quite a startling effect." Cooper's novels were popular, but reviewers were often critical, or dismissive. For example, the reviewer of the "London Magazine" (May 1826) described the novel as "clearly by much the worst of Mr Cooper's performances." Mark Twain notably derided the author in his essay "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses", published in "North American Review" (July 1895). Twain complained that Cooper lacked a variety of style and was overly wordy. In the
The Last of the Mohicans Serpent"), starring Gojko Mitić as Chingachgook, appeared in East Germany in 1967, and became popular throughout the Eastern Bloc. In 1977, Lake George Opera presented an opera version "The Last of the Mohicans" by composer Alva Henderson. Classic Comics #4, "The Last of the Mohicans", first published 1942. Marvel Comics has published two versions of the story: in 1976 a one-issue version as part of their "Marvel Classics Comics" series (issue #13). In 2007, they published a six-issue mini-series to start off the new "Marvel Illustrated" series. Famed manga artist Shigeru Sugiura wrote and illustrated a very loose manga adaptation