ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR 7
"O CASO DO SENHOR VALDEMAR"
(IN COLOR w/ English Translation / Conclusion)
REMASTERED
Editora Continental / Outubro / Taika were 3 names used by the same small publisher in Brazil. The work of artists Jayme Cortez & Miguel Penteado, they produced some wonderful comics, many of them in the horror genre, each doing many gorgeous, stunning cover paintings!
I have discovered, between my own researches and the IMMENSE help of artist and fellow fan Toni Rodrigues, that Continental / Outubro / Taika during their run produced at least 25 POE adaptations-- MORE than Skywald or Warren !! It's my intention to compile, clean up, TRANSLATE and COLOR every one of these for my POE blog project!!
ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #7 was an ALL-POE comic anthology.
First up, and 17th in line from the publisher, that perennial favorite...
"THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR"
This was the 3rd comics adaptation of the story, following...
EC's TALES FROM THE CRYPT #24 (Jun-Jul'51), and
Dell's Movie Classic, Poe's TALES OF TERROR (Feb'63),
...the last one 4 years earlier!
This was one of 8 POE stories that Toni Rodrigues e-mailed me hi-res scans of, all at the same! I wasn't even aware of its existence until it arrived in the e-mail, along with the others. Wow.
In translating this, I wound up using more of POE's original words in any other I've done. It's also the one story in this entire massive POE project for which I have been compelled to do the MOST amount of fixes and changes to the art, to try to bring it up to an acceptable standard. Despite this, I find the visual storytelling in this to be just about the most monotonous and boring I've seen! Oh well. It's no wonder this thing has taken me so long to do.
I originally set this up on 3-16-2016. 3-1/2 years later, I upgraded the lettering, word balloons, skin tones and a lot of the linework. The "remastered" version was finished on 12-7-2019.
ENJOY!
ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR 7
cover by NICO ROSSO (Editora Taika / Brazil / 1968)
("THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR") / Version 3
Adaptation by Francisco De Assis / Art by "EDEGAR" & IGNACIO JUSTO
Page 16 / "And now... the EPIC conclusion!"
Page 18
ALMANAQUE DE CONTOS DE TERROR 1
cover by ?? (Editora Taika / Brazil / 1973)
English Translation & New Color
Copyright (C) 2015 & 2019 Henry R. Kujawa.
Scans of ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #7 from Toni Rodrigues
with special thanks!
Scan of ALMANAQUE DE CONTOS DE TERROR #1
from the Guia Dos Quadrinhos site.
Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa.
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