JOYAS LITERARIAS JUVENILES 88 / KING CLASSICS 14
"EL ESCARABAJO DE ORO" / "THE GOLD BUG"
(Conclusion)
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)
cover by ANTONIO BERNAL
(Editorial Bruguera & King Features Syndicate / 1977)
Adaptation by Ramon Bacardit / Art by ANTONIO CALMEIRO TOMAS
English Translation by Dr. Marion Kimberly
Page 21 / "And now... the EPIC conclusion!"
Copyright (C) 1977 King Features Syndicate, New York, U.S.A.
Scans of KING CLASSICS #14 from my collection.
Scans of reprints from the Leelibros and Mercadolibre sites.
Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa.
For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at The Poe Museum site.
Read about Joyas Literarias Juveniles at The Mystic Bubble blog.
Read about Anthony Bernal at The Mystic Bubble blog.
Read more about Joyas Literarias Juveniles and the many artists involved
at the Seronosa site.
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!
(Continued in Poe 1974, Pt. 1)
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