I CLASSICI A FUMETTI 17
"IL CUORE RIVELATORE"
(IN COLOR w/ English Translation)
Gino Sansoni Editore was a publisher in Italy active in the 1960s & 70s.
Like Société Parisienne d'Édition's MONDIAL AVENTURES in France, Sansoni's I CLASSICI A FUMETTI was an attempt to emulate the success and subject matter of Gilberton's wildly-successful CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED. The series was done in a tiny digest format, in B&W, with 2-3 panels per page. It appears to have run at least 28 issues from 1967-70, and included a number of adapations not done in Gilberton's entire run. Many of the stories focused on beautiful, sexy women, something reflected in most of their covers.
Among them were a number of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations.
Third in line...
"THE TELL-TALE HEART"
This was the 9th comics version of this story, following...
Charlton's YELLOWJACKET COMICS #6 (Dec'45),
EC's THE HAUNT OF FEAR #15 [1] (May-Jun'50),
Gilberton's CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #84 (Jun'51),
EC's SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #8 (Apr-May'53),
EC's THE HAUNT OF FEAR #20 (Jul-Aug'53),
Charlton's WIN A PRIZE #1 (Feb'55),
Warren's CREEPY #3 (Jun'65), and
Taika's ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #7 (1968), and
...the last 5 months earlier.
The art was by Gino Dauro, who did a lot of work in both France and Italy. Daro's simple, straightforward style that focused entirely on storytelling might make him Italy's answer to Dick Ayers. (I know that's a stretch, but I enjoy doing such things.)
This was his 3rd of 4 Poe adaptations.
I have to admit. I did not enjoy processing this one. I suppose maybe I'm getting tired of dealing with far too many versions of the SAME stories. But in this case, it's also the unmittigated nerve of them to do 2 such similar stories ("The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart") back-to-back in the same book. It reminds me of what The CBS Late Movie used to do-- rerun 2 or more similar stories back-to-back, as if they were determined to point out how repetitive they were to their audience. Sheesh!
Although there were some minor changes, I was able to use some of the original POE text here and there-- notably, as the beginning and end of the story. ENJOY!
This was originally posted on Friday, January 26, 2018. For the sake of organization, it has been moved to this new location on 1-2-2021.
I CLASSICI A FUMETTI 17
cover by SERGIO ZANIBONI
(Gino Sansoni Editore / Italy / September 1969)
("THE TELL-TALE HEART") / Version 9
Adaptation by Michelle Gazzarri / Art by GINO DAURO / Pages 32-33
Pages 34-35
Pages 36-37
Pages 38-39
Pages 40-41
Pages 42-43
Pages 44-45
Pages 46-47
Pages 48-49
Pages 50-51
Pages 52-53
Pages 54-55
Copyright (C) Gino Dauro, Sergio Zaniboni & Gino Sansoni Editore.
English Translation & New Color Copyright (C) 2018 Henry R. Kujawa.
Scans of I CLASSICI A FUMETTI #17
from MY collection!
with special thanks to Cristina Mannuzza.
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 Gino Sansoni at the Magliarossonera.it site.
See I CLASSICI A FUMETTI covers at the Comic Vine site.
Read about Gino Dauro at the Lambiek Comiclopedia site.
Read about THE TELL TALE HEART at Cliff Notes.
Read the complete short story at the Poe Stories site.
See the TELL-TALE HEART Gallery of Illustrations.
Audio / Video:
Hear the Boris Karloff INNER SANCTUM MYSTERY episode!
Hear the WEIRD CIRCLE episode!
See the James Mason TELL-TALE HEART cartoon short!
Hear the James Mason TELL-TALE HEART recording!
Hear the Basil Rathbone TELL-TALE HEART recording!
See the Vincent Price TELL-TALE HEART performance!
Hear the Fred Gwynne CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER episode!
Comics:
Read the Rudy Palais TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Johnny Craig TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Jim Lavery TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the George Evans TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Graham Ingels TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Jack Kirby / Jerry Robinson TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Reed Crandall TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Nico Rosso TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Tom Palmer TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Francisco Blanes TELL-TALE HEART illustrated story!
(coming soon)
Read the Ricardo Villamonte TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Mike Ploog TELL-TALE HEART parody!
Read the Alberto Breccia TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Guido Del Carpio Rivera TELL-TALE HEART illustrated story!
(coming soon)
Read the Don McGregor / Yong Montano TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Vilmar Rodrigues TELL-TALE HEART illustrated story!
Read the Pablo Marcos TELL-TALE HEART illustrated story! (coming soon)
Read the Steve Bissette / Rich Veich TELL-TALE HEART parody!
Read the Jesus Blasco TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
(Coming soon:)
Read the E.C. Nickel TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Novedades Editores TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Daryl & Josef Hutchinson TELL-TALE HEART illustrated story!
Read the Rick Geary TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Bill D. Fountain TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Horacio Lalia TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Richard Corben TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Alice Duke TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Kosta TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Gris Grimly TELL-TALE HEART illustrated story!
Read the Ronn Sutton TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Pat Higgins TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Dennis Calero TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Joanna Hellgren TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the David G. Fores TELL-TALE HEART illustrated story!
Read the Edu Molina TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Nikos Malk TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the William Hazle TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Misc:
Read the Gino Dauro RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro BLACK CAT adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro HOUSE OF USHER adaptation!
See the CHRONOLOGICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
See the ALPHABETICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
(Continued in Poe 1969, Pt. 12)
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