Poe 1974, Pt. 6

(Continued from Poe 1974, Pt. 5)

NIGHTMARE  19
"WILLIAM WILSON"

Skywald Publications was the work of Sol Brodsky & Israel Waldman.  While they had a small run of color comics designed to imitate Marvel, their biggest output and claim to fame were their B&W "Horror-Mood" magazines, done very much in the mode of James Warren's CREEPY and EERIE.

Al Hewetson, a writer & editor, soon joined the company and eventually became full editor when Brodsky returned to Marvel.  Hewetson determined to give Skywald's horror line a more "literate" feel than Warren's had, resulting in, among other things, no less than 19 Edgar Allan Poe adaptations between 1972-75.

Here we come to the 8th of these...

     "WILLIAM WILSON".

This was the 2nd version of this story, following Editora Taika's ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #6 (1968).

This story of an evil man with a mysterious doppleganger has its own kind of "disturbing".  Is the double an unknown relative?  A supernatural being?  All in the title character's mind?

I confess I'm more familiar with this story via its cinematic adaptation in the 1968 anthology film HISTORIES EXTRAORDINAIRES, known in the U.S. as SPIRITS OF THE DEAD.

The art this time is by "Alfonso Font".  Another Spanish artist I know little about... but isn't it fun learning?

This was his 1st of 3 Poe adaptations.

NIGHTMARE  19
cover by SEBASTIA BOADA   (Skywald Publications  /  June 1974)

"WILLIAM WILSON"  /  Version 2
Adaptation by Al Hewetson  /  Art by ALFONSO FONT  /  Page 16

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Oddly enough, this story turned up in some foreign reprint comics that were mainly Warren-oriented.

VAMPIRELLA  3
cover by ENRICH   (Mehmet K. Benli  /  Turkey  /  October 25 1976)

VAMPIRELLA  1
cover by KEN KELLY   (Mehmet K. Benli  /  Turkey  /  1977 ?)

EDGAR ALLAN POE:  THE TELL-TALE HEART And Other Stories #1
cover by BROOKS HAGAN  (Eternity Comics  /  June1988)

Finally, here a 1909 illustration by Byam Shaw.

Copyright (C) Skywald Publishing.

Scan of NIGHTMARE #19 cover from the GCD site.
Scans of NIGHTMARE #19 interiors from the Tebeos de Factura Hispana 2 blog.
     Special thanks to Jose Ruiz DelAmor.
Scan of VAMPIRELLA #3 (1976) and #1 (1977) from the GCD site.
Scan of THE TELL-TALE HEART And Other Stories #1 from the GCD site.
Scan of 1909 Byam Shaw illustration from Wikipedia.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at Wikipedia.

Read about Skywald Publications at Wikipedia.
Read about Sol Brodsky at Wikipedia.
Read about Al Hewetson at Wikipedia.
See more Sebastia Boada art at Comic Art Fans.
See more Sebastia Boada art at the Webagora site.
Read about Alfonso Font at Wikipedia.
Read about Alfonso Font at Lambiek Comiclopedia.

Read about THE WEIRD CIRCLE radio show at Wikipedia.

Read about WILLIAM WILSON at Wikipedia.
Read the complete short story
     at the Edgar Allan Poe Society Of Baltimore site.

Hear THE WEIRD CIRCLE episode!

Read the Osvaldo Talo WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!
Read the Alfonso Font WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!
Read the Albert Breccia WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!
Read the Jose Menezes WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!
Read the Jonas Schiaffino WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!   (coming soon!)

     Misc:
Read the Alfonso Font WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!
Read the Alfonso Font MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE adaptation!
Read the Alfonso Font GOLD BUG adaptation!   (coming soon!)

See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!

(Continued in Poe 1974, Pt. 7)