Poe 1966, Pt. 1

(Continued from Poe 1965, Pt. 9)

SUNDAY CITIZEN:  SUNDAY EXTRA
The Greatest Stories of All Time...
     (IN COLOR)

REYNOLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER was a Sunday newspaper based in London, founded in 1850 by George W. M. Reynolds, its first editor.

In 1894, the paper was bought by Henry Dalziel and, in 1924, was retitled REYNOLD'S ILLUSTRATED NEWS.  In 1929, the paper was acquired by the Co-operative Press, linked to the Co-operative Party, and, in 1936, its title was shortened to REYNOLD'S NEWS.

In 1944, it was retitled again, this time as REYNOLD'S NEWS AND SUNDAY CITIZEN.  During the 1950s, it began to make a loss, and was relaunched in 1962 as a tabloid, the SUNDAY CITIZEN, but the final issue was published on June 18, 1967.

The slogan of the SUNDAY CITIZEN, a democratic socialist weekly newspaper, was "The government of the people by the people".  The SUNDAY EXTRA was a 4-page pullout "for the young and all the young at heart" a free comic supplement which contained comic strips by the likes of John Burns and Frank Langford.
     (info from  “The Frank Bellamy Checklist Website and Blog”)

Among the "classics" stories crammed into a single full newspaper page apiece, were at least 2 POE stories.  So far, 1 of them has turned up online.

Frank Bellamy was known for "innovative graphic effects and sophisticated use of colour", and in the dynamic manner in which his art "broke out of the then-traditional grid system".  Among his works were "Heroes Of Spartan", "Fraser of Africa" and "Dan Dare" for the EAGLE comic, "Garth" for THE DAILY MIRROR, as well as "Thunderbirds" and "Captain Scarlet" for TV CENTURY 21.

The sole scan I was able to find online was usable, but not big enough to justify or enable a really exhasutive or satisfying restoration job.  I'm posting it at the exact size I found it at, with the edges trimmed off and some minor clean-up to improve its appearance.  I redid the text to make it readable on the blog!

ENJOY!

SUNDAY CITIZEN  /  SUNDAY EXTRA
(Co-Operative Press, Ltd.  /  London  /  England  /  April 24, 1966)
"THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"  /  Version 7
Adaptation by Alan Forrest / Art by FRANK BELLAMY

(May 1, 1966)
"THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO"  /  Version 6
Adaptation by Alan Forrest  /  Art by ROGER MARTIN   (Coming soon-- I hope)

Copyright (C) Co-Operative Press, Ltd.
Copyright (C) New Text & COLOR by Henry R. Kujawa.

Scan of Sunday Citizen / April 24, 1966
     supplied by Paul Duncan via his Facebook page with special thanks!
     originally from The Frank Bellamy Checklist Website And Blog
     with extra special thanks to Paul Gravett.

Restoration 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.

Visit the Frank Bellamy Checklist Website And Blog.

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 / Video:
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 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!

(Continued in Poe 1966, Pt. 2)