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Professor H's Wayback Machine

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« Reply #350 on: November 09, 2014, 04:54:30 AM »

From BEWARE #10 (Jun'52), here's the 3rd comics adaptation of
"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"
     art by Doug Wildey !!!

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1952-pt-2.html
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« Reply #351 on: November 11, 2014, 05:02:49 AM »

And now for something a bit classier...

From NIGHTMARE #2 (Fall'52), here's the 4th comics adaptation of
"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"
     art by Everett Raymond Kinstler !!!

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1952-pt-3.html
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« Reply #352 on: November 13, 2014, 03:00:37 AM »

Tired of reruns? Why bother? HERE's why...

From CHILLING TALES #16 (Youthful / Jun'53) comes the comics adaptation of
"THE CURSE OF METZENGERSTEIN"
     art by Vince Napoli

These scans were originally by "Karswell" and have appeared on 4 DIFFERENT sites before this, but I have done my usual ADDITIONAL clean-up work on them, making my presentation superior to all the previous ones.  (It's not bragging if it's true.)

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1953-pt-1.html
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« Reply #353 on: November 13, 2014, 04:19:03 AM »

Watch the 1953 Columbia animated short
"THE TELL-TALE HEART"
narrated by James Mason!!!

http://www.openculture.com/2010/10/edgar_allan_poe_the_animated_tell-tale_heart.html
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« Reply #354 on: November 13, 2014, 07:30:48 PM »

From CHILLING TALES #17 (Youthful / Oct'53) comes the 1st comics adaptation of
"MS FOUND IN A BOTTLE"
     art by E. Allgor

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1953-pt-2.html
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« Reply #355 on: November 14, 2014, 05:20:22 PM »

From NIGHTMARE #11 (St. John / Feb'54) comes the 1st comics adaptation of
"HOP FROG"
     artist unknown, but it reminds me a lot of Joe Maneely

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1954-pt-1.html
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« Reply #356 on: November 14, 2014, 08:01:32 PM »

Okay, be honest, you KNEW this was coming...

From MAD #9 (EC / Feb-Mar'54) comes the 1st comics adaptation of
"THE RAVEN"
     Adaptation & layouts by Harvey Kurtzman
     Art by Will Elder

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1954-pt-2.html
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« Reply #357 on: November 15, 2014, 06:35:53 PM »

From NIGHTMARE #12 (St. John / Apr'54) comes the 2nd comics adaptation of
"THE BLACK CAT"
     artist unknown...  any ideas / suggestions?

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1954-pt-3.html
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« Reply #358 on: November 15, 2014, 09:31:08 PM »

From BOYS' LIFE magazine (Jul'54) comes the 2nd comics adaptation of
"THE GOLD BUG"
     art by Henry Sharp

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1954-pt-4.html
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« Reply #359 on: November 16, 2014, 03:01:30 PM »

Henry,

Here's a bunch of radio adaptations of Poe that you can listen to while you're researching the Poe comics.

https://archive.org/details/POEonOTR

Best

Joe
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« Reply #360 on: November 16, 2014, 04:54:53 PM »

Oh wow, COOL!

And speaking of... you just ain't gonna believe this!

From MAD #55 (EC / Jun'60) comes the 2nd comics adaptation of
"THE RAVEN"
     Adaptation by Paul Laikin
     Art by Mort Drucker

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1960-pt-1.html
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« Reply #361 on: November 17, 2014, 03:05:20 AM »

My very 1st full-fledged MOVIE REVIEW blog page!!
From 1960, Roger Corman's "HOUSE OF USHER"

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1960-pt-2.html
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« Reply #362 on: November 20, 2014, 05:06:13 AM »

From STRANGE TALES #83 (Apr'61) comes the 1st (VERY LOOSE) comics adaptation of
"THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH"
     Story & art by Steve Ditko

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1961.html
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« Reply #363 on: November 21, 2014, 05:52:34 AM »

Except for a party and the "it's not a mask" reveal it has nothing in common with Masque of the Red Death. Unless one of the creators said it was inspired by Poe, I'd consider it a coincidence.

I'd say you're correct about Cora being based on Bette Davis. I could sorta see Lucille Ball in a few panels, but Bette was stronger.

BTW this story was featured in a Comic Book Legends Revealed installment a while back. Apparently the Comics Code took offense at the Devil appearing in a story so those final two panels were added afterwards (without Steve's approval or help).

Nothing to do with this particular "version", but something that bugs me about most adaptations of Masque is how they usually give Death a red mask, despite the fact that 1. masque refers to the party, not an archaic spelling of mask, & 2. the description in-story has him wearing a white outfit & mask splattered with red.
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« Reply #364 on: November 21, 2014, 10:48:20 PM »

Thanks for the comments.  Somebody steered me toward that one, and I figured, why not.  The 1975 reprint cover actually has "The Masque of the Black Death" as a blurb.  Hmm.  Meanwhile, editor Len Wein managed to BLOW the ending of the story-- right there on the cover.  It takes a certain kind of incompetence to do that!

I've noticed in recent years that many comics artists based characters on real people.  The thing is, with "cartoony" styles (Kirby, Ditko, Heck, etc.) this may not always be so obvious.  Plus, when you have multiple artists doing the same characters over the years, and fans generations removed, most poeple wind up unaware of the "models".

While Kirby often used then-current actors, I've noticed Ditko had a liking for those 20 years earlier.  (Like Ronald Colman as Dr. Strange.)
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« Reply #365 on: November 21, 2014, 10:51:57 PM »

From Poe's TALES OF TERROR (Dell / Feb'63) comes the 2nd comics adaptation of
"THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR"
     Art by George Evans

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1963-pt-1.html
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« Reply #366 on: November 23, 2014, 01:45:39 AM »

From Poe's TALES OF TERROR (Dell / Feb'63) comes the conclusion of the 2nd comics adaptation of
"THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR"
     Art by George Evans

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1963-pt-2.html
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« Reply #367 on: November 25, 2014, 08:30:20 PM »

From Poe's TALES OF TERROR (Dell / Feb'63) comes the 3rd comics adaptation of both
"THE BLACK CAT" and "THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO"
     Art by Fran Matera

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1963-pt-3.html
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« Reply #368 on: November 26, 2014, 06:31:45 PM »

From Poe's TALES OF TERROR (Dell / Feb'63) comes the 1st comics adaptation of
"MORELLA"
     Art by George Evans with George Wunder

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1963-pt-4.html
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« Reply #369 on: November 27, 2014, 05:51:29 PM »

A bit late finding this, but...
From THE THING #2 (Charlton / Apr'52) comes the 1st comics adaptation of
"THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH"
     Art by Bob Forgione

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1952-pt-1.html
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« Reply #370 on: November 30, 2014, 08:22:10 PM »

From Poe's THE RAVEN (Dell / Sep'63) comes the 3rd comics adaptation (MORE OR LESS) of
"THE RAVEN"
     Art by Frank Springer

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1963-pt-5.html
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« Reply #371 on: December 02, 2014, 05:55:52 PM »

From Poe's THE RAVEN (Dell / Sep'63) comes the 2nd part of their comics adaptation (MORE OR LESS) of
"THE RAVEN"
     Art by Frank Springer

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1963-pt-6.html
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« Reply #372 on: December 03, 2014, 09:42:27 PM »

From Poe's THE RAVEN (Dell / Sep'63) comes the 3rd part of their comics adaptation (MORE OR LESS) of
"THE RAVEN"
     Art by Frank Springer

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/11/poe-1963-pt-7.html
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« Reply #373 on: December 05, 2014, 04:52:35 PM »

From Poe's THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (Dell / Aug-Oct'64)
comes the 3rd comics adaptation of
"THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH"
as well as the 2nd comics adaptation of
"HOP FROG"
     Art by Frank Springer

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/12/poe-1964-pt-1.html
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« Reply #374 on: December 06, 2014, 09:35:10 PM »

From Poe's THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (Dell / Aug-Oct'64)
comes the 2nd part of their comics adaptation of
"THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH"
including the 2nd comics adaptation of
"HOP FROG"
     Art by Frank Springer

http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2014/12/poe-1964-pt-2.html
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