Poe 1947, Pt. 1

(Continued from Poe 1945, Pt. 4)

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED  40
Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe  /  "THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"

Gilberton's 4th stab at Poe, in CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #40, was the 1st all-Poe comic, containing 3 of his stories in a single issue.

First up:

"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"

     This was the 2nd comics version of this story, following...
Charlton's YELLOWJACKET COMICS #3 (Nov'44)
     ...some 33 months earlier.

Each of the 3 stories in this issue had 1 page CUT from it in the reprints.  Yep, that reprehensible practice goes back at least that far.  What they actually did was cut certan panels, so that pages 2, 3 & 4 became pages 2 & 3, and everything after that the page number was adjusted by 1.  OY.  Oh well, I'm just glad I can read 'em at all right now.  I wonder if the current license owner is doing "UNCUT" versions in the newest editions?  Somebody should.

Fortunately, the scans I found came from 2 different websites.  The original version was smaller scans, and had the last page missing.  The reprint was larger scans, but had the last page intact.  So I'm gonna combine them to get the "full" story, as I tried to do with the Jesse Marsh "20,000 LEAGUES" earlier this year.

Cover artist Henry C. Kiefer did a lot of adaptations for Gilberton, including  
Jules Verne's "20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA".

(This page was originally set up on Monday, October 13, 2014.  I'm moving it to a new page so it will be easier to make changes in the future.)

ENJOY!

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED  40
cover by HENRY C. KIEFER   (Gilberton  /  August 1947)

"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"  /  Version 2
Adaptation by Samuel Willinsky  /  Art by AUGUST M. FROELICH

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8

Page 9

Page 10

Page 11

Page 12

Page 13

Some time after setting this story up, I ran across Fritz Eichenberg's 1944 Poe illustrations.  It's quite clear that 3 years later, August M. Froelich SWIPED his "Pit And The Pendulum" illustration for the 2nd panel on page 2.

REPRINTS:

All 3 stories in this issue were reprinted in the "Illustrated Library Of EXCITING MYSTERY STORIES" which contains the contents of CLASSIC COMICS #13 (Aug'43), #21 (Jul'44), #30 (Sep'46), and CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #40 (Aug'47), including all 4 Poe stories featured to date.

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED GIANTS  2
cover by ??   (Gilberton  /  October 1949)

EDICAO MARAVILHOSA  27
cover by HENRY C. KIEFER
     (Editora Brasil-America Limitdad  [EBAL]  /  Brazil  /  September 1950)

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED  40
cover by HENRY C. KIEFER   (Thorpe & Porter  /  England  /  1952)

CLASICOS ILUSTRADOS  105
cover by ??   
     (Editora De Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L.  /  Mexico  /  February 28, 1961)

Acclaim reprinted many of Gilberton's stories in digest-size in 1997,
with scholarly essays added.  The 2nd Poe volume included this story...
as seen on the cover!

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED STUDY GUIDES  29
cover by JEN MARRUS   (Acclaim  /  August 1997)

EL ESCARABAJO DE ORO
cover by ALEX A. BLUM   (Books 4 Pocket  /  Spain  /  October 17, 2012)

ILLUSTRERTE KLASSIKERE  53
cover by ??   (Hjemmet / Egmont  /  Norway  /  March 2015)

Copyright (C) Gilberton  &  the various publishers.

Scan of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #40 from the Heritage Auctions site.
Scans of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #40 interiors from the XXXXXX site.
Scan of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED GIANT #2 from the Heritage Auctions site.
Scan of EDICAO MARAVILHOSA #27 from the Mercado Livre site.
Scan of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #40 (Thorpe & Porter) from the GCD site.
Scan of CLASICO ILUSTRADOS #105 (1961)
     supplied by Cecilio A. Jacobo Glez with special thanks!
Scan of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED STUDY GUIDES #17
     from the My Comics Shop site.
Scan of EL ESCARABAJO DE ORO (2012) from the Ediciones Obelisco site.
Scan of ILLUSTRERTE KLASSIKERE #53 from the GCD 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 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 Jose Ortiz PENDULUM adaptation!

Read the De La Rosa PENDULUM adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Guido Del Carpio Rivera PENDULUM illustrated story!
     (coming soon)
Read the Don McGregor / Rudy Mesina PENDULUM adaptation!
Read the Gerry Talaoc PENDULUM adaptation!

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

Gilberton's CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED are currently being reprinted--
     go to the CLASSIC COMICS STORE to BUY your own copies!!!

(Continued in Poe 1947, Pt. 2)