Poe 1954, Pt. 2

(Continued from Poe 1954, Pt. 1A)

NIGHTMARE  11
"HOP FROG"

St. John Publications was a small publisher that was notable for several "firsts":  the 1st 3-D comic (THREE DIMENSIONAL COMICS), the 1st movie-comedian tie-in series (ABBOTT AND COSTELO COMICS), and the 1st graphic novel (IT RHYMES WITH LUST).

NIGHTMARE was a title the company picked up and continued from Ziff-Davis.  Initially, they did a 3rd issue after Ziff-Davis had stopped with just 2.  However, a completely different series from St. John, WEIRD HORRORS, after running 9 issues, had its name changed to NIGHTMARE, starting with its 10th issue.  It was a common practice for companies to save money on 2nd-class postal permits by changing the names of existing series.  After 4 issues, the "new" NIGHTMARE had its name changed again, to AMAZING GHOST STORIES.  It ran for 3 issues under this name before finally coming to and end with its 16th issue.  As you can imagine, this sort of thing has no doubt caused endless confusion for collectors over the years.

The St. John NIGHTMARE featured Poe stories in 2 of its issues-- #11 and #12.  The first of these was an adaptation of "HOP-FROG".  Special thanks to 2 different people, Steve Thompson & "Smurfswacker", for identifying the artist!

NIGHTMARE  11
cover by NORMAN SAUNDERS   (St. John  /  February 1954)

"HOP FROG"  /  Version 1
Adaptation & Art by JOHN PRENTICE  /  Page 7

Page 8

Page 9

Page 10

Page 11

Page 12

Looks like as of 2017, this one has FINALLY been reprinted somewhere!

THE COMPLETE NIGHTMARE
cover by NORMAN SAUNDERS   (Gwandanaland Comics  /  June 14, 2017)

Public Domain.

Scans of NIGHTMARE #11 from the Comic Book Plus site.
     Special thanks to "Cimmerian32".
Scan of THE COMPLETE NIGHTMARE from the Amazon.com site.

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 St. John Publications at the Graphite Comics site.
Read about St. John Publications at the Good Girl Comics site.
Read about John Prentice at the Lambiek Comiclopedia site.
Read about John Prentice at the National Cartoonists Society site.
Read about John Prentice at the Jim Keefe site.

Read about Hop Frog at the Interesting Literature site.
Read the complete story at the Poe Stories site.
See the HOP FROG Gallery of Illustrations.

Read the John Prentice HOP FROG adaptation!
Read the Frank Springer HOP FROG adaptation!
Read the Reed Crandall HOP FROG adaptation!
Read the Ignacio Justo HOP FROG adaptation!
     (Coming soon:)
Read the Dino Battaglia HOP-FROG adaptation!

Read the Juan Sarompas HOP-FROG illustrated story!
Read the Daryl & Josef Hutchinson HOP-FROG adaptation!
Read the Eric Stanway HOP-FROG adaptation!
Read the Bill D. Fountain HOP-FROG adaptation!
Read the Horacio Lalia HOP-FROG adaptation!

Read the Lisa K. Weber HOP-FROG illustrated story!
Read the Gris Grimly HOP-FROG illustrated story!
Read the Alberto Vazquez HOP-FROG illustrated story!
Read the Lika K. Weber HOP-FROG adaptation!
Read the Mikel Darnier Tuau HOP-FROG adaptation!

Read the David G. Fores HOP-FROG illustrated story!

See the CHRONOLOGICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
See the ALPHABETICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!

(Continued in Poe 1954, Pt. 2A)