YELLOWJACKET COMICS 3
Famous Tales Of Terror / "THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"
(w/ Gallery of Illustrations)
After skipping one issue, another Poe adaptation turned up.
2nd in line...
"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"
...the earliest comics version of this classic tale. Once again, I imagine most people are familiar with the Roger Corman mystery-thriller, which is actually a sequel (of sorts) to the Poe original, which has been adapted in films, comics,
tv shows, and even a children's book!
The artist, Gustav Schrotter, was active in comics until the early 1950s, at which time he moved into children's book illustration. Like most of Charlton's Poe adaptations, it's a bit on the crude, primitive side, but it does follow the original short story rather faithfully.
This was his 1st of 2 Poe adaptations.
(This page was originally set up on Friday, October 10, 2014. I'm moving it to a new page so it will be easier to make changes in the future.)
YELLOWJACKET COMICS 3
cover by KEN BATTEFIELD (??) (Charlton / November 1944)
Adaptation by ?? / Art by GUS SCHROTTER / Page 20
As a bonus, here the cover of a 1960 children's book illustrated by Schrotter.
Scans of YELLOWJACKET COMICS #3 interiors
from the Comic Book Plus site
Special thanks to "Josemas".
Scan of DISCOVERING DINOSAURS (1960) supplied by Eric Wright
at the Evil Ernie's Worldwide Illustrated House Of Horrors FB group.
Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa.
For more:
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at The Poe Museum site.
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at the Biography site.
Read about Charlton Comics at Don Markstein's Toonopedia site.
Read about Charlton Comics at The Power Of Comics site.
Read about THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM at the Spark Notes site.
Read about THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM at the Cliff Notes site.
Read about THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM at the Shmoop site.
Read the complete story at the Poe Stories site.
See the PENDULUM Gallery of Illustrations.
Audio:
Hear the Basil Rathbone PIT AND THE PENDULUM recording!
See the Vincent Price PIT AND THE PENDULUM performance!
Hear the Henry Hull SUSPENSE episode! (ep. 24 / 1-12-1943)
Hear the Jose Ferrer SUSPENSE episode! (ep. 273 / 11-28-1947)
Hear the Vincent Price SUSPENSE episode! (ep.724 / 11-10-1957)
Hear the Raymond Burr SUSPENSE episode! (ep.805 / 6-7-1959)
Hear the Tony Roberts CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER episode! (3-4-1975)
Comics:
Read the Gus Schrotter PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the August M. Froehlich PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Russ Heath PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Doug Wildey PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Everett Raymond Kinstler PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Gedeone Malagola PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Frank Bellamy PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Ruben Lara Romero PENDULUM adaptation!
See the Pablo Marcos PENDULUM tribute!
Read the Ricardo Villamonte PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Arturo Cassilas PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Jose Ortiz PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Felipe Jimenez De La Rosa PENDULUM adaptation!
(coming soon!)
Read the Guido Del Carpio Rivera PENDULUM illustrated story!
(coming soon!)
Read the Juan Sarompas PENDULUM illustrated story! (coming soon!)
Read the Don McGregor / Rudy Mesina PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Gerry Talaoc PENDULUM adaptation! 16
(Coming soon:)
Read the Monroe Eisenberg PENDULUM illustrated story!
Read the Novedades Editores PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Steve Pugh PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Susan Ma PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Jean-Louis Thouard PENDULUM adaptation! 21
Read the Jose Domingo PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Carlo Vergara PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the J.C. Fabul PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Gareth Hinds PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Kyle Roberts PENDULUM adaptation! 26
See the CHRONOLOGICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
See the ALPHABETICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
Don't miss the BONUS GALLERY of ILLUSTRATIONS up next!
(Continued in Poe 1944, Pt. 8)
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