Sunday, October 5, 2014

Edgar Allan Poe

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There have always been, for me, 4 "classic" writers of the 19th Century whose work I've admired, mostly in film adaptations, but also in the original texts, and sometimes, in comic-books.  They are Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Edgar Allan Poe.

I've already done a lot of work on this blog related to Jules Verne, and still have a lot to go.  I was initially hoping to exhaust anything Verne related before moving on, and possibly go on to H.G. Wells next... but I've decided to go with Poe instead. I don't think Poe gets as much respect in comics as the others, if only because his work consists of short stories and poems, rather than novels.  For a lot of years, you just don't see many magazine covers focusing on Poe, unless it's a collection of several of his short stories in one place.  But as I've discovered, there have been a LOT of Poe adaptations in comics... and I plan to take a look at as many of them as I can!

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HARPER'S MAGAZINE
(??  /  Chicago  /  1880)
"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 1
     Art by JAMES WILLIAM CARLING
          plus   Gallery of Illustrations
THE BELLS
cover by ??  (Porter & Coates  /  Philadelphia  /  1881)
"THE BELLS"  /  Version 1
     Art by R. RIORDAN,  CHARLES P. KING,  F.O.C. DARLEY,
          S.G. McCUTCHEON,  A. FREDERICKS,  GRANVILLE PERKINS
               &  MISS C.A. NORTHAM
          plus   Gallery of Illustrations
THE RAVEN
cover by WILLIAM LADD TAYLOR
     (E.P. Dutton & Company  /  New York  /  1883)
"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 2
     Art by WILLIAM LADD TAYLOR
THE RAVEN
cover by "D.W."   (Harper & Brothers  /  New York  /  1884)
"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 3
     Art by GUSTAVE DORE
LENORE
cover by HENRY SANDHAM, A.R.A.   (Estes & Lauriat  /  Boston  /  1886)
"LENORE"  /  Version 1
     Art by HENRY SANDHAM, A.R.A.
          plus   Gallery of Illustrations
THE RAVEN
cover by GALEN J. PERRETT
     (The Harwell-Evans Company  /  New York  /  1906)
"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 4
     Art by GALEN J. PERRETT
THE RAVEN,  ANNABEL LEE  &  THE BELLS
cover by JOHN REA NEILL   (The Reilly & Britton Co.  /  Chicago, IL  /  1910)
"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 5
     Art by JOHN REA NEILL   (coming soon)
"THE BELLS"  /  Version 2
     Art by JOHN REA NEILL   (coming soon)
"ANNABEL LEE"  /  Version 1
     Art by JOHN REA NEILL   (coming soon)
          plus   Gallery of Illustrations
THE RAVEN
cover by FERDINAND HUSZTI HORVATH
     (Dodd, Mead & Company  /  New York  /  1930)
"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 6
     Art by FERDINAND HUSTI HORVATH

CLASSIC COMICS 17
cover by LOUIS ZANSKY  (The Deerslayer)  /  (Gilberton  /  January 1944)
"ANNABEL LEE"  /  Version 2
     art by ROLLAND LIVINGSTONE
          REMASTERED
CLASSIC COMICS 18
cover by ALLEN SIMON  (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame)
     (Gilberton  /  [March] 1944)
"THE BELLS"  /  Version 3

     Art by LOUIS ZANSKY
          REMASTERED
CLASSIC COMICS 21  /
cover by LOUIS ZANSKY  (The Sign Of The 4),
     ALLEN SIMON  (The Flayed Hand)
     &  ARNOLD L. HICKS  (The Murders In The Rue Morgue)
          (Gilberton  /  July 1944)
     Adaptation by Dan Levin  /  Art by ARNOLD L. HICKS
          REMASTERED   plus  Gallery of Illustrations
YELLOWJACKET COMICS 1  /
cover by HAROLD DeLAY  (Charlton  /  September 1944)
"THE BLACK CAT"  /  Version 1 
     Adaptation by ??  /  Art by BILL ALLISON
          plus  Gallery of Illustrations
YELLOWJACKET COMICS  3
cover by KEN BATTEFIELD (??)   (Charlton  /  November 1944) 
"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"  /  Version 1
    
Adaptation by ??  /  Art by GUS SCHROTTER
         plus  Gallery of Illustrations
YELLOWJACKET COMICS  4
cover by KEN BATTEFIELD (??)   (Charlton  /  December 1944)
"THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER"  /  Version 1
     Adaptation by ??  /  Art by GUS SCHROTTER
          plus  Gallery of Illustrations
CROWN COMICS 1  /
cover by MATT BAKER  (McCombs  /  [Spring] 1945)
"THE OBLONG BOX"  /  Version 1
     Adaptation by ??  /  art by ALEX BLUM
          plus  Gallery of Illustrations
YELLOWJACKET COMICS  6  /
cover by KEN BATTEFIELD (??)   (Charlton  /  December 1945)
"THE TELL TALE HEART"  /  Version 1
     Adaptation by ??  /  Art by RUDY PALAIS with Arnold Hicks
          plus  Gallery of Illustrations
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 40  /
cover by HENRY C. KIEFER   (Gilberton  /  August 1947)
"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"  /  Version 2
     Adaptation by Samuel Willinsky  /  Art by AUGUST M. FROELICH
"THE ADVENTURE OF HANS PFALL"  /  Version 1
     Adaptation by Samuel Willinsky  /  Art by HENRY C. KIEFER
          plus   Gallery of Illustrations
"THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER"  /  Version 2
     Adaptation by Samuel Willinsky  /  Art by HARLEY M. GRIFFITHS
TIT-BITS  1991
cover by ??   (Editorial Manuel Lainez S.A.  /  Argentina  /  August 1947)
"EL ESCARABAJO DE ORO"
  /  Version 1
     Art by AMADIO
THE SPIRIT

cover by WILL EISNER   (Register & Tribune Syndicate  /  August 22, 1948)
"THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER"  /  Version 3
     Adaptation & Layouts by WILL EISNER  /
          Pencils & Inks by JERRY GRANDENETTI
               (NEW COLOR)
MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER COMICS  1
cover by BOB POWELL   (Trans-World Publications  /  November 1948)
"THE TELL TALE HEART"  /  Version 1
     Adaptation by ??  /  Art by RUDY PALAIS with Arnold Hicks   (Reprint)

LE AVENTURES DE GORDON PYM
cover by LAMOTTE   (Librairie Arthème Fayard  /  France  /  1948)
"LE AVENTURES DE GORDON PYM"  /  Version 1
     Art by LAMOTTE   (in English & COLOR)
          plus  Gallery of Illustrations
SUNDAY PIX  Vol.1  1-14
(David C. Cook  /  May 1-July 31, 1949)
"THE GOLD BUG"  /  Version 2
     Adaptation by David S. Piper  /  Art by JOSEPH WIRT TILLOTSON
          plus  Gallery of Illustrations
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 21  /
cover by LOUIS ZANSKY  (The Sign Of The 4),
     ALLEN SIMON  (The Flayed Hand)
     &  ARNOLD L. HICKS  (The Murders In The Rue Morgue)
          (Gilberton  /  August 1949)
     Adaptation by Dan Levin  /  Art by ARNOLD L. HICKS   (Reprint)

EDICAO MARAVILHOSA  15  /
cover by LOUIS ZANSKY  (The Sign Of The 4),
     ALLEN SIMON  (The Flayed Hand)
     &  ARNOLD L. HICKS  (The Murders In The Rue Morgue)
          (Editora Brasil-America Limitada [EBAL]  /  Brazil  /  September 1949)
      Adaptation by Dan Levin  /  Art by ARNOLD L. HICKS   (Reprint)

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED  40  /
cover by LOUIS ZANSKY  (The Sign Of The 4),
     &  ARNOLD L. HICKS  (The Murders In The Rue Morgue)
          (Ayers & James  /  Australia  /  1949)
      Adaptation by Dan Levin  /  Art by ARNOLD L. HICKS   (Reprint)

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED GIANTS 2  /
cover by ??   (Gilberton  /  October 1949)
      Adaptation by Dan Levin  /  Art by ARNOLD L. HICKS
"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"  /  Version 2
      Adaptation by Samuel Willinsky  /  Art by AUGUST M. FROELICH

"THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER"  /  Version 2
      Adaptation by Samuel Willinsky  /  Art by HARLEY M. GRIFFITHS

"THE ADVENTURE OF HANS PFALL"  /  Version 1
     Adaptation by Samuel Willinsky  /  Art by HENRY C. KIEFER   
          (Reprints)

LAWBREAKERS ALWAYS LOSE  10
photo cover   (Marvel  /  October 1949)
"THE KILLER WHO WALKED LIKE A MAN!"
     (inspired by "The Murders In The Rue Morgue")  /  Version 2
          Story & Art by SAM GROSS
ENCHANTING LOVE  2
Photo cover   (Kirby Publishing  /  November 1949)
"THE BEAUTIFUL ANNABEL LEE"   (POE biography)
     Story by ??  /  Art by Bill Draut & Bruno Premiani
Copyright (C) the various publishers.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

(Continued in Poe 1950-1959)

1880-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1974
1975-1979
1980-1984
1985-1989
1990-1994
1995-1999
2000-2004  
2005-2009
2010-2014
2015-2019
2020-2024.

See the ALPHABETICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!

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