Poe 1979, Pt. 7

(Continued from Poe 1979, Pt. 6)

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12
"O ESTRANO WILLIAM WILSON"
     (English translation)

I've been finding more and more foreign POE comics adaptations, many of them that have NEVER been published in America-- or even in English!  I've made it my goal to correct that situation.

Bloch Editores S.A. was a Brazillian publisher from 1952-2000, the creation of Ukrainian emigrant Adolpho Bloch.  Among their magazines was AVENTURAS MACABRAS ("Macabre Adventures"), which started out reprinting Marvel's DRACULA LIVES! and MONSTERS UNLEASHED.

For the 12th issue, they switched content completely to NEW material by local Brazillian artists.  This issue was in the tradition of Warren's CREEPY #69 and #70, in that it contained (mosty) adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe!  When I ran across this book online, I was looking for something else entirely, and was both surprised and utterly delighted to find I'd gotten ahold of virtually an ENTIRE comic of POE material I had not before laid eyes on.

The 4th of 4 stories here is the somewhat-obscure...

     "WILLIAM WILSON".

     This was the 5th version of this, following...
Taika's ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #6 (1968),   
Skywald's NIGHTMARE #19 (Jun'74), 
Maisal's LAYENDAS MAISAL #6 (Jun'77), and
La Urraca's EL PENDULO #2 (Oct'79)
     ...the last a few months earlier.

At 7 pages, this ties with Osvaldo Talo's as the shortest version so far,
one page less than Skywald's.

The artist on this is Jose Menenzes.

The coloring in this comic is quite BOLD and graphic, which is apparently quite popular in Brazil, though I suspect whoever processed these scans cranked the contrast up WAY too high.  I've tried to "tone it down" a bit in my clean-ups, and I hope I haven't lost any of the original intention along the way.

Incidentally, I haven't mentioned it before, but, after going through all 5 stories in this comic, I have NO IDEA what the idea of this cover was.  The barbarian-woman, the guy in the mask, and the giants bats do NOT appear anywhere in this issue!!

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12
cover by GJOIZ   (Bloch Editores S.A.  /  Brazil  /  1979)

"O ESTRANO WILLIAM WILSON"   
     (WILLIAM WILSON")  /  Version 5
Adaptation & Art by JOSE MENEZES  /  Page 35

Page 36

Page 37

Page 38

Page 39

Page 40

Page 41

There was a 5th story in this comic, but it had nothing to do with Poe,
and will not be included in this project.

Copyright (C) Bloch Editores S.A.  &  Jose Menezes
English Translation (C) 2015 Henry R. Kujawa

Scans of AVENTURAS MACABRAS #12 from the Minhateca.com site.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

Special thanks to Toni Rodrigues for identifying the artist!

For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at Wikipedia.

Read about Bloch Editores at Wikipedia.
Read about Adolpho Bloch at Wikipedia.

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 Juan J. Aguilar WILLIAM WILSON illustrated story!   (coming soon!)
Read the Jose Menezes WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!
Read the Jonas Schiaffino WILLIAM WILSON adaptation!   (coming soon!)

See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!

(Continued in Poe 1992, Pt. 1)

Poe 1979, Pt. 6

(Continued from Poe 1979, Pt. 5)

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12
"MANUSCRITO ENCONTRADO NUMA GARRAFA"
     (English translation)

I've been finding more and more foreign POE comics adaptations, many of them that have NEVER been published in America-- or even in English!  I've made it my goal to correct that situation.

Bloch Editores S.A. was a Brazillian publisher from 1952-2000, the creation of Ukrainian emigrant Adolpho Bloch.  Among their magazines was AVENTURAS MACABRAS ("Macabre Adventures"), which started out reprinting Marvel's DRACULA LIVES! and MONSTERS UNLEASHED.

For the 12th issue, they switched content completely to NEW material by local Brazillian artists.  This issue was in the tradition of Warren's CREEPY #69 and #70, in that it contained (mosty) adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe!  When I ran across this book online, I was looking for something else entirely, and was both surprised and utterly delighted to find I'd gotten ahold of virtually an ENTIRE comic of POE material I had not before laid eyes on.

The 3rd of 4 stories here is the somewhat-obscure...

     "MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A BOTTLE".

     This was the 7th version of this, following...
Youthful's CHILLING TALES #17 (Oct'53),
Taika's ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #3 (1967),
Ibero Mundial's MAESTROS DEL TERROR #5 (1970),
Eerie's TALES OF VOODOO v5 #4 (Jun'72),
Skywald's SCREAM #6 (Jun'74), and  
Warren's CREEPY #69 (Feb'75)
     ...the last some 4 years earlier.

At 12 pages, this is the longest version of this story so far,
beating out Warren's by 2 pages.

The artist on this is Jordi Martinez.

The coloring in this comic is quite BOLD and graphic, which is apparently quite popular in Brazil, though I suspect whoever processed these scans cranked the contrast up WAY too high.  I've tried to "tone it down" a bit in my clean-ups, and I hope I haven't lost any of the original intention along the way.

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12
cover by GJOIZ   (Bloch Editores S.A.  /  Brazil  /  1979)

"MANUSCRITO ENCONTRADA NUMA GARRAFA"   
     (MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A BOTTLE")  /  Version 7
Adaptation & Art by JORDI MARTINEZ  /  Page 20

Page 21

Page 22

Page 23

Page 24

Page 25

The story was interrupted in the magazine by 3 pages of a POE biography.

Page 29

Page 30

Page 31

Page 32

Page 33

Page 34

Copyright (C) Bloch Editores S.A.  &  Jordi Martinez
English Translation (C) 2015 Henry R. Kujawa

Scans of AVENTURAS MACABRAS #12 from the Minhateca.com site.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

Special thanks to Toni Rodrigues for identifying the artist!

For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at Wikipedia.

Read about Bloch Editores at Wikipedia.
Read about Adolpho Bloch at Wikipedia.

Read about MS Found In A Bottle at Wikipedia.
Read the complete story at the Poe Stories site.

     Audio:
Hear THE BLACK MASS radio episode!
Hear Meteo Van's musical MANUSCRIPT piece
     at the Band Camp site.

     Comics:
Read the E. Allgor MANUSCRIPT adaptation!
Read the Osvaldo Talo MANUSCRIPT adaptation!
Read the Ibero Mundial De Ediciones MANUSCRIPT adaptation!
     (coming soon!)
Read the Ezra Jackson MANUSCRIPT illustrated story!
Read the Alfonso Font MANUSCRIPT adaptation!
Read the Leo Summers MANUSCRIPT adaptation!
Read the Jordi Martinez MANUSCRIPT adaptation!

See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!

(Continued in Poe 1979, Pt. 7)  

Poe 1979, Pt. 5

(Continued from Poe 1979, Pt. 4)

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12
"O CASO DO VALDEMAR"
     (English translation)

I've been finding more and more foreign POE comics adaptations, many of them that have NEVER been published in America-- or even in English!  I've made it my goal to correct that situation.

Bloch Editores S.A. was a Brazillian publisher from 1952-2000, the creation of Ukrainian emigrant Adolpho Bloch.  Among their magazines was AVENTURAS MACABRAS ("Macabre Adventures"), which started out reprinting Marvel's DRACULA LIVES! and MONSTERS UNLEASHED.

For the 12th issue, they switched content completely to NEW material by local Brazillian artists.  This issue was in the tradition of Warren's CREEPY #69 and #70, in that it contained (mosty) adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe!  When I ran across this book online, I was looking for something else entirely, and was both surprised and utterly delighted to find I'd gotten ahold of virtually an ENTIRE comic of POE material I had not before laid eyes on.

The 2nd of 4 stories here is the ever-popular...

     "THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR".

     This was the 8th version of this, following...
EC's TALES FROM THE CRYPT #24 (Jun-Jul'51),
Dell's TALES OF TERROR Movie Classic (Feb'63),
Taika's ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #7 (1967),
Populares' EL MONJE LOCO #141 (August 12, 1970),
Doncel's TRINCA #8 (1971),
Skywald's PSYCHO #21 (October 1974), and  
Warren's CREEPY #69 (Feb'79)
     ...the last one some 4 years earlier.  (I guess we were due for a new one.)

The artist on this is Julio Shimamoto.

The coloring in this comic is quite BOLD and graphic, which is apparently quite popular in Brazil, though I suspect whoever processed these scans cranked the contrast up WAY too high.  I've tried to "tone it down" a bit in my clean-ups, and I hope I haven't lost any of the original intention along the way.

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12
cover by GJOIZ   (Bloch Editores S.A.  /  Brazil  /  1979)

"O CASO DO VALDEMAR"   
     ("THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR")  /  Version 8
Adaptation by Jota Santana  /  Art by JULIO SHIMAMOTO  /  Page 13

Page 14

Page 15

Page 16

Page 17

Page 18

Page 19

Copyright (C) Bloch Editores S.A.  &  Julio Shimamoto
English Translation (C) 2015 Henry R. Kujawa

Scans of AVENTURAS MACABRAS #12 from the Minhateca.com site.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at Wikipedia.

Read about Bloch Editores at Wikipedia.
Read about Adolpho Bloch at Wikipedia.
Read about Julio Shimamoto at Wikipedia.
Visit the Julio Shimamoto Facebook page!

Read about Basil Rathbone at Wikipedia.
Read about THE WEIRD CIRCLE radio show at Wikipedia.
Read about THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER at Wikipedia.

Read about THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR at Wikipedia.
Read the complete story at the Poe Stories site.
See the VALDEMAR Gallery of Illustrations.

     Audio:
Hear the WEIRD CIRCLE episode!
Hear the Basil Rathbone CASE OF M. VALDEMAR recording!
Hear the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre PREMATURE BURIAL episode!
     (including THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR)
          (thanks to "Quote Away")

     Comics:
Read the Graham Ingels VALDEMAR adaptation!
Read the George Evans VALDEMAR adaptation!
Read the "Edegar" & Ignacio Justo VALDEMAR adaptation!
Read the Carlos Moro VALDEMAR adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Carlos Gimenez VALDEMAR adaptation!
 
Read the Jose Cardona VALDEMAR adaptation!
Read the Isidro Mones VALDEMAR adaptation!
Read the Julio Shimamoto VALDEMAR adaptation!
     (Coming soon:)
Read the Alberto Breccia VALDEMAR adaptation!
Read the Joan Boix VALDEMAR adaptation!

See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!

(Continued in Poe 1979, Pt. 6) 

Poe 1979, Pt. 4

(Continued from Poe 1979, Pt. 3)

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12
"A MASCARA DA MORTE RUBRA"
     (English translation)

And now for something comparitively normal...

I've been finding more and more foreign POE comics adaptations, many of them that have NEVER been published in America-- or even in English!  I've made it my goal to correct that situation.

Bloch Editores S.A. was a Brazillian publisher from 1952-2000, the creation of Ukrainian emigrant Adolpho Bloch.  In the 1970s, they published Marvel superheroes in a "controversial" digest size.  Among their magazines was AVENTURAS MACABRAS ("Macabre Adventures"), which started out reprinting DRACULA LIVES! and MONSTERS UNLEASHED.

However, for the 12th issue, they switched content completely to NEW material by local Brazillian artists.  This issue in particular was in the tradition of Warren's CREEPY #69 and #70, in that it contained (mosty) adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe!  When I ran across this book online, I was looking for something else entirely, and was both surprised and utterly delighted to find I'd gotten ahold of virtually an ENTIRE comic of POE material I had not before laid eyes on.  Of the 5 stories contained therein, 4 of them were POE adaptations.

The 1st of 4 stories here is the ever-popular...

     "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH".

     This was the 17th comics version of this story, following...
Marvel's ADVENTURES INTO WEIRD WORLDS #4 (Spring'52),  
Charlton's THE THING #2 (Apr'52),  
Continental's CLASSICOS DE TERROR #9 (1960),  
Marvel's STRANGE TALES #83 (Apr'61),   
Dell's THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH Movie Classic (Aug-Oct'64),
Warren's EERIE #12 (Nov'67),  
Taika's ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #3 (1967),  
Marvel's CHAMBER OF DARKNESS #2 (Dec'69),
Promethean's PROMETHEAN ENTERPRISES #2 (May'70),
Milano Libri's LINUS #91 (Oct'72),

Doncel's TRINCA EXTRA DE NAVIDAD (Dec'72),
Skywald's PSYCHO #20 (Aug'74),  
Warren's CREEPY #70 (Apr'75),  
Charlton's HAUNTED #22 (Jun'75),
Warren's CREEPY #73 (Aug'75),  and
Ursus' MACABRO #17 (1975)
     ...the last one some 4 years earlier.  (I guess we were due for a new one.)

The artist on this is Flavio Barbosa Mavignier Colin (or, "Flavio Colin"), one of the most popular cartoonists in Brazil, who in his decades in the business had worked in a variety of styles, ranging from realistic to very "cartoony".  By my count (so far), this would be his 3rd of 4 POE adaptations.  (I'm still looking for scans of 2 of the others.)

The coloring in this comic is quite BOLD and graphic, which is apparently quite popular in Brazil, though I suspect whoever processed these scans cranked the contrast up WAY too high.  I've tried to "tone it down" a bit in my clean-ups, and I hope I haven't lost any of the original intention along the way.

AVENTURAS MACABRAS  12   (MACABRE ADVENTURES  12)
cover by GJOIZ   (Bloch Editores S.A.  /  Brazil  /  1979)

"A MASCARA DA MORTE RUBRA"  
     ("THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH")  /  Version 17
Adaptation by Delmir E. Narutoxde  /  Art by FLAVIO COLIN
English Translation & New Lettering by Henry Kujawa  /  Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8

Page 9

Page 10

Page 11

Page 12

Copyright (C) Flavio Colin  &  Bloch Editores S.A.
English Translation (C) 2015 Henry R. Kujawa

Scans of AVENTURAS MACABRAS #12 from the Minhateca.com site.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at The Poe Museum site.

Read about Flavio Colin at the UniversoHQ site.
Read about Flavio Colin at the Bigorna.net site.
Read about Flavio Colin at the Lambiek Comiclopedia site.
Read about Flavio Colin at the Folha De S.Paulo site.
Visit the Flavio Colin Facebook page!

Read about THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH at the Spark Notes site.
Read about THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH at the Crime Reads site.
Read about THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH at the Slate site.

Read the complete story at the Poe Stories site.
See the RED DEATH Gallery of Illustrations.

     Audio:
Hear the Basil Rathbone recording!
Hear the CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER episode!

      Comics:
Read the Bill Everett RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Bob Forgione RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Manoel Ferreira RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Steve Ditko RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Frank Springer RED DEATH adaptation!
 
Read the Tom Sutton RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Nico Rosso RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Don Heck RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Robert Inwood RED DEATH illustrated story!
Read the Dino Battaglia RED DEATH adaptation!   (coming soon!)

Read the Miguel Calatayud RED DEATH adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Ricardo Villamonte RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Richard Corben RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Wayne Howard RED DEATH adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Esteban Maroto RED DEATH adaptation!   (coming soon!)

Read the Francisco Agras RED DEATH adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Flavio Colin RED DEATH adaptation!
      (Coming soon:)
Read the John Lawn RED DEATH illustrated story!
Read the Auraleon RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Enrique Alcatena RED DEATH illustrated story!

Read the Phillipe Cazaumayou RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Alfonso Martinez RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the A.L. Pareja RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Alberto Breccia RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Daryl Hutchinson RED DEATH adaptation!

Read the Steve Leialoha RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Eric Stanway RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Ted Naifeh RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Horacio Lalia RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Gris Grimly RED DEATH illustrated story!

Read the Stanley Shaw RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Erik Rangel RED DEATH adaption!
Read the Wendy Pini RED DEATH adaptation at the Masque Musical site!
Read the Julio Azamor RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Jean-Louis Thouard RED DEATH adaptation!

Read the Alineromero9 RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Sabaku-No-Sarri RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Eric Stanway RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the David G.Flores RED DEATH illustrated story!
Read the Richard Corben's 2nd RED DEATH adaptation!

Read the Turner Mark-Jacobs RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Edu Molina RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Terrance Lindall RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Pete Katz RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Gareth Hinds RED DEATH adaptation!

Read the Uka Nagao RED DEATH adaptation!

     Misc.:
Read the Flavio Colin BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Flavio Colin MORELLA adaptation!
Read the Flavio Colin RED DEATH adaptation!
Read the Flavio Colin METZENGERSTEIN adaptation!

See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!

(Continued in Poe 1979, Pt. 5)