Poe 1973, Pt. 6

(Continued from Poe 1973, Pt. 5)

JOYAS LITERARIAS JUVENILES  88  /   KING CLASSICS  14
"EL ESCARABAJO DE ORO"  /  "THE GOLD BUG"
     (Part 2)

Editorial Bruguera in Barcelona, Spain, from 1970-1983 published 270 issues of JOYAS LITERARIAS JUVENILES (LITERARY YOUTH JEWELS), and were clearly following in the same path as Gilberton's more famous CLASSIC COMICS / CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED.  One big difference was, most of their adaptations of classic stories were never translated into English.

Fortunately for my POE project, one that was, was the ONLY story of Poe's that was done by JLJ...

     "THE GOLD BUG".

     This was the 10th comics version of this story, following...
Manuel Lainez' TIT-BITS #1991 (Aug'47),
David C. Cook's SUNDAY PIX #1-14 (May 1-July 31, 1949),
Gilberton's CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #84 (Jun'51),
Boy Scouts Of America's BOYS' LIFE (Jul'54),
Empresa Nacional's CAVALEIRO ANDANTE #453 (Sep'60),
Sea/Novaro's TESORO DE CUENTOS CLASICOS #51 (Nov'61),
Thorpe & Porter's CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #84 (Jul'62),
Serg's 3 HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES (1968), and
Corriere Della Sera's CORRIERE DEI PICCOLI 1971 #12 (Mar 21, 1971).
 
Unlike the previous adaptations of this story I've read, this one was greatly expanded, in the same fashion many episodes of "THE SAINT" with Roger Moore were when they turned existing short stories into hour-long TV episodes.  There's a major sub-plot, involving another man living on the island, that was added just for this version.

JOYAS LITERARIAS JUVENILES  88
cover by ANTONIO BERNAL   (Editorial Bruguera  /  Spain  /  1973)

KING CLASSICS  14
cover by ANTONIO BERNAL
     (Editorial Bruguera  &  King Features Syndicate  /  1977)

"THE GOLD BUG"  /  Version 10
Adaptation by Ramon Bacardit  /  Art by ANTONIO CALMEIRO TOMAS
English Translation by Dr. Marion Kimberly
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Don't go away!  We'll be right back with the conclusion...

Copyright (C) 1977 Editorial Bruguera, S.A., Barcelona, Spain
Copyright (C) 1977 King Features Syndicate, New York, U.S.A.

Scan of JOYAS LITERARIAS JUVENILES #88 from the Lalecturaderamon site.
Scans of KING CLASSICS #14 from my collection.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa.

For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at The Poe Museum site.

Read about Editorial Bruguera, S.A. at Wikipedia.
Read about Joyas Literarias Juveniles at The Mystic Bubble blog.
Read about Anthony Bernal at The Mystic Bubble blog.

Read about THE GOLD BUG at the Bookriot site.
Read the complete story at the Poe Stories site.
See the GOLD BUG Gallery of Illustrations.

     Audio:
Hear the FAMILY THEATER episode!
Hear the Vincent Price GOLD BUG recording!

     Comics:
Read the Amadio GOLD BUG adaptation!   (coming soon)
Read the Joseph Wirt Tillotson GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Alex A. Blum GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Henry Sharp GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Fernando Bento GOLD BUG adaptation!

Read the Editorial Sea/Novaro GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Mick Anglo GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Alexis-Thomas Hinsberger GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Dino Battaglia GOLD BUG adaptation!   (coming soon)
Read the Antonio Calmerio Tomas GOLD BUG adaptation!

     (Coming soon:)
Read the Alfonso Font GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Guido Del Carpio Rivera GOLD BUG illustrated story!
Read the Arturo Arnau GOLD BUG illustrated story!
Read the Pablo Marcos GOLD BUG illustrated story!
Read the Novedades Editores GOLD BUG adaptation!

Read the Silvio Camboni GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Jorge Hardmeier GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Niesa Editores GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Jean-Louis Thouard GOLD BUG adaptation!
Read the Miguel Serratosa GOLD BUG adaptation!

Read the NBM / Papercutz GOLD BUG adaptation!

See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!

Don't miss the 3rd PART of this... coming up next!!!

(Continued in Poe 1973, Pt. 7)