Poe 1963, Pt. 9

(Continued from Poe 1963, Pt. 8)

Poe's THE RAVEN
     (A Movie Classic  /  Conclusion)

Dell Comics were, for many years, the single BIGGEST comics publisher in the country.  Their material was so aggressively family-oriented, that they never even got involved with the Comics Code (and had no problems with distribution, apparently).  Much of their output was in "licensed" characters and series, as well as movie adaptations.  Which brings us to this one.

We come now to the 2nd of 5 Dell "Movie Classics" devoted to American International Pictures' POE series, which features an adaptation of the 5th of 8 films in that series directed by Roger Corman.  (Confused enough?)  This also happens to be the 3rd comics adaptation-- more or less-- of Poe's most famous poem...

     "THE RAVEN".

Following in the footsteps of 2 previous MAD magazine versions-- and "The Black Cat" segment of the film "TALES OF TERROR"-- this film was played very much for comedy.  How much of that made it into the comic remains to be seen.

Apart from the superb cast which includes Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court and a very young Jack Nicholson, thie film is also notable as one of the inspirations for Steve Ditko's DR. STRANGE, MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS.  Not only did that comics series debut only a few short months after the film was released in theatres, in the early episodes, the hero bore a striking resemblence to Vincent Price!

Poe's THE RAVEN
photo cover   (Dell  /  September 1963)

"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 10
Adaptation by Don Segall  /  Art by FRANK SPRINGER
Page 23  /  "And now... the EPIC conclusion!"

Page 24

Page 25

Page 26

Page 27

Page 28

Page 29

Page 30

Page 31

Page 32

Extra Feature  /  inside back cover

REPRINT:

CLASICOS DEL CINE  111
Photo cover   (Editorial Novaro  /  Mexico  /  1963)

Copyright (C) 1963 by Alta Vista Productions.

Scan of Poe's THE RAVEN from the Destination Nightmare blog.
Scan of CLASICOS DEL CINE #111 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 Dell Comics at Don Markstein's Toonpedia.
Read about Frank Springer at Lambiek Comiclopedia.
Read an interview with Frank Springer at the Nerd Team 30 site.
See more Frank Springer art at the Romitaman site.
See more Frank Springer art at the Comic Art Fans site.

Read about The Raven at The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore site.
Read about the inspiration for The Raven at The Vintage News site.
Read about The Raven at the Mental Floss site.

Read the complete poem at the Poetry Foundation site.
See THE RAVEN Gallery of Illustrations!

     Audio / Video:
Hear the Basil Rathbone recording!
See the Vincent Price performance!
Hear the Christopher Lee recording!
Watch The Simpsons cartoon!

     Comics:
See the James William Carling RAVEN illustrations!
See the William Ladd Taylor RAVEN illustrations!
See the Gustave Dore RAVEN illustrations!
See the Galen J. Perrett RAVEN illustrations!
See the John Rea Neill RAVEN illustrations!   (coming soon!)

See the Ferdinand H. Horvath RAVEN illustrations!
Read the Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Wally Wood RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Mort Drucker RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Frank Springer RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Nico Rosso RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 2 George Woodbridge RAVEN adaptations!
Read the Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Peter Cappiello RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Paul Coker, Jr. RAVEN adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Steve Ditko RAVEN story!
Read the Jeff Bonivert RAVEN adaptation!
     (Coming soon:)
Read the Ricardo Leite RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Jerry Gersten RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Gahan Wilson RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 1st Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation
     at the Canibuk blog!
Read the 2nd Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation
     at the Canibuk blog!
Read the Thomas Eide RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 2nd Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Eureka Productions RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Stuart Tipples RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Mangosta RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 3rd Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Yein Yip RAVEN adaptation!

Read the David G. Fores RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 3rd Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Edu Molina RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Duncan Long RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Terrier Studios RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Pete Katz RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Rebecca Tough RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Gareth Hinds RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Stefano Lei RAVEN adaptation!  (at Deviant Art)

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

(Continued in Poe 1963, Pt. 10)

Poe 1963, Pt. 8

(Continued from Poe 1963, Pt. 7)

Poe's THE RAVEN
     (A Movie Classic  /  Part 2)

Dell Comics were, for many years, the single BIGGEST comics publisher in the country.  Their material was so aggressively family-oriented, that they never even got involved with the Comics Code (and had no problems with distribution, apparently).  Much of their output was in "licensed" characters and series, as well as movie adaptations.  Which brings us to this one.

We come now to the 2nd of 5 Dell "Movie Classics" devoted to American International Pictures' POE series, which features an adaptation of the 5th of 8 films in that series directed by Roger Corman.  (Confused enough?)  This also happens to be the 3rd comics adaptation-- more or less-- of Poe's most famous poem...

     "THE RAVEN".

Following in the footsteps of 2 previous MAD magazine versions-- and "The Black Cat" segment of the film "TALES OF TERROR"-- this film was played very much for comedy.  How much of that made it into the comic remains to be seen.

Apart from the superb cast which includes Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court and a very young Jack Nicholson, thie film is also notable as one of the inspirations for Steve Ditko's DR. STRANGE, MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS.  Not only did that comics series debut only a few short months after the film was released in theatres, in the early episodes, the hero bore a striking resemblence to Vincent Price!

Poe's THE RAVEN
photo cover   (Dell  /  September 1963)

"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 10
Adaptation by Don Segall  /  Art by FRANK SPRINGER
Page 12  /  "Our story continues..."

Page 13

Page 14

Page 15

Page 16

Page 17

Page 18

Page 19

Page 20

Page 21

Page 22

Don't go away!  We'll be right back with the conclusion...

Copyright (C) 1963 by Alta Vista Productions.

Scan of Poe's THE RAVEN from the Destination Nightmare blog.

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 Dell Comics at Don Markstein's Toonpedia.
Read about Frank Springer at Lambiek Comiclopedia.
Read an interview with Frank Springer at the Nerd Team 30 site.
See more Frank Springer art at the Romitaman site.
See more Frank Springer art at the Comic Art Fans site.

Read about The Raven at The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore site.
Read about the inspiration for The Raven at The Vintage News site.
Read about The Raven at the Mental Floss site.

Read the complete poem at the Poetry Foundation site.
See THE RAVEN Gallery of Illustrations!

     Audio / Video:
Hear the Basil Rathbone recording!
See the Vincent Price performance!
Hear the Christopher Lee recording!
Watch The Simpsons cartoon!

     Comics:
See the James William Carling RAVEN illustrations!
See the William Ladd Taylor RAVEN illustrations!
See the Gustave Dore RAVEN illustrations!
See the Galen J. Perrett RAVEN illustrations!
See the John Rea Neill RAVEN illustrations!   (coming soon!)

See the Ferdinand H. Horvath RAVEN illustrations!
Read the Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Wally Wood RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Mort Drucker RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Frank Springer RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Nico Rosso RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 2 George Woodbridge RAVEN adaptations!
Read the Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Peter Cappiello RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Paul Coker, Jr. RAVEN adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Steve Ditko RAVEN story!
Read the Jeff Bonivert RAVEN adaptation!
     (Coming soon:)
Read the Ricardo Leite RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Jerry Gersten RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Gahan Wilson RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 1st Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation
     at the Canibuk blog!
Read the 2nd Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation
     at the Canibuk blog!
Read the Thomas Eide RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 2nd Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Eureka Productions RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Stuart Tipples RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Mangosta RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 3rd Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Yein Yip RAVEN adaptation!

Read the David G. Fores RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 3rd Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Edu Molina RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Duncan Long RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Terrier Studios RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Pete Katz RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Rebecca Tough RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Gareth Hinds RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Stefano Lei RAVEN adaptation!  (at Deviant Art)

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

Don't miss the 3rd PART of this... coming up next!!!

(Continued in Poe 1963, Pt. 9)

Poe 1963, Pt. 7

(Continued from Poe 1963, Pt. 6)

Poe's THE RAVEN
     (A Movie Classic)    

Dell Comics were, for many years, the single BIGGEST comics publisher in the country.  Their material was so aggressively family-oriented, that they never even got involved with the Comics Code (and had no problems with distribution, apparently).  Much of their output was in "licensed" characters and series, as well as movie adaptations.  Which brings us to this one.

We come now to the 2nd of 5 Dell "Movie Classics" devoted to American International Pictures' POE series, which features an adaptation of the 5th of 8 films in that series directed by Roger Corman.  (Confused enough?)  This also happens to be the 3rd comics adaptation-- more or less-- of Poe's most famous poem...

     "THE RAVEN".

Following in the footsteps of 2 previous MAD magazine versions-- and "The Black Cat" segment of the film "TALES OF TERROR"-- this film was played very much for comedy.  How much of that made it into the comic remains to be seen.

Apart from the superb cast which includes Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court and a very young Jack Nicholson, thie film is also notable as one of the inspirations for Steve Ditko's DR. STRANGE, MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS.  Not only did that comics series debut only a few short months after the film was released in theatres, in the early episodes, the hero bore a striking resemblence to Vincent Price!

(This story was originally set up here on November 18, 2014.  It has been movied to this new location to make it easier to modify in the future.)

Poe's THE RAVEN
photo cover   (Dell  /  September 1963)

Inside Front Cover

"THE RAVEN"  /  Version 10
Adaptation by Don Segall  /  Art by FRANK SPRINGER

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8

Page 9

Page 10

Page 11

Don't go away!  Our story will continue...

Copyright (C) 1963 by Alta Vista Productions.

Scan of Poe's THE RAVEN from the Destination Nightmare blog.

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 Dell Comics at Don Markstein's Toonpedia.
Read about Frank Springer at Lambiek Comiclopedia.
Read an interview with Frank Springer at the Nerd Team 30 site.
See more Frank Springer art at the Romitaman site.
See more Frank Springer art at the Comic Art Fans site.

Read about The Raven at The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore site.
Read about the inspiration for The Raven at The Vintage News site.
Read about The Raven at the Mental Floss site.

Read the complete poem at the Poetry Foundation site.
See THE RAVEN Gallery of Illustrations!

     Audio / Video:
Hear the Basil Rathbone recording!
See the Vincent Price performance!
Hear the Christopher Lee recording!
Watch The Simpsons cartoon!

     Comics:
See the James William Carling RAVEN illustrations!
See the William Ladd Taylor RAVEN illustrations!
See the Gustave Dore RAVEN illustrations!
See the Galen J. Perrett RAVEN illustrations!
See the John Rea Neill RAVEN illustrations!   (coming soon!)

See the Ferdinand H. Horvath RAVEN illustrations!
Read the Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Wally Wood RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Mort Drucker RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Frank Springer RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Nico Rosso RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 2 George Woodbridge RAVEN adaptations!
Read the Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Peter Cappiello RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Paul Coker, Jr. RAVEN adaptation!   (coming soon!)
Read the Steve Ditko RAVEN story!
Read the Jeff Bonivert RAVEN adaptation!
     (Coming soon:)
Read the Ricardo Leite RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Jerry Gersten RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Gahan Wilson RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 1st Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation
     at the Canibuk blog!
Read the 2nd Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation
     at the Canibuk blog!
Read the Thomas Eide RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 2nd Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Eureka Productions RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Stuart Tipples RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Mangosta RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 3rd Luciano Irrthum RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Yein Yip RAVEN adaptation!

Read the David G. Fores RAVEN adaptation!
Read the 3rd Richard Corben RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Edu Molina RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Duncan Long RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Terrier Studios RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Pete Katz RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Rebecca Tough RAVEN adaptation!
Read the Gareth Hinds RAVEN adaptation!

Read the Stefano Lei RAVEN adaptation!  (at Deviant Art)

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

Don't miss the 2nd PART of this... coming up next!!!

(Continued in Poe 1963, Pt. 8)

Poe 1963, Pt. 6

(Continued from Poe 1963, Pt. 5)

TESORO DE CUENTOS CLASICOS  72
"AVENTURAS DE GORDON PYM"
     (w/ English Translation  /  Conclusion)

Editorial Novaro is a publisher based in Mexico City.  Beginning in the 1950s, their output has included reprints of American comics.  For "fiscal reasons" they had subdivisions, EMSA (Ediciones Modernas), SEA (Sociedad Editora America), and for many years were the single largest comics publisher in Latin America.

TESORO DE CUENTOS CLASICOS ("Treasury Of Classic Tales") was Novaro's home-grown version of Gilberton's CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED.

TDCC only did 2 Poe adaptations.  The second was Poe's nautical adventure-disaster tale...

"THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET"

     This was the 3rd comics version of this story, following...
Librairie Arthème Fayard's LE AVENTURES DE GORDON PYM (1948),
Société Parisienne's MONDIAL AVENTURES #29 (1959), and
Hispano Americana's AVENTURAS CELEBRES #53-60 (1959)
     ...the last one 4 years earlier.

I noticed something odd on Page 21 while doing the English translation.  The text in the 2nd panel said that the "Jane Guy" sailed to the "Austral Islands".  
I hadn't heard of them before, so I decided to look them up to make sure the translation was correct.  It was-- but then, when I looked through Poe's novel, 
I realized... they were in the WRONG ocean!  So I changed it to what Poe had written.

Cecilio A. Jacobo Glez commented on this... (January 2, 2918)

"Well, I wouldn't know for sure Professor.  My best guess is that the editors modified the name of sites or locations to make the comic more appealing and interesting to the Mexican audience.  I have seen this type of translations before: in a story published by Charlton Comics, in STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES in 1958, the hero and his girlfriend are going to travel to the Niagara Falls, and in the translation published by Editora Sol in 1968, the editors changed "Niagara Falls" for "Acapulco".

My editors for the Mexican magazine I work for, called this type of translation "Tropicalization", meaning that the use of regional locations would be more interesting to the local audience.

That would be my guess."

As of 10-21-2018, I have not been able to determine who the writer or artist were on this book.  Any help in that area would be appreciated!

ENJOY!

TESORO DE CUENTOS CLASICOS  72
cover by ??   
     (Editorial Sea  /  Novaro  /  Mexico  /  August 1963)

"AVENTURAS DE GORDON PYM"
     ("THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET")  / 
          Version 4
Adaptation & Art by ??  /  
Page 21  /  "And now... the EPIC conclusion!"

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Well, definitely some differences between this and the previous adaptation done in France.  In that one, the natives ambushed the crew during the first trip to their village.  Here, as in the novel, the crew makes it to the village, spends some time there becoming friendly with the natives, and even showing them how to build huts and storage buildings and engage in trade, before being abruptly ambushed & murdered a full month after their arrival.  On the other hand, the French comic showed Arthur, Dick and Augustus (who did not die as he did in the novel) hiding on top of the hill for some time, before making a perilous climb down, and finally taking one of the natives as a prisoner during their escape.  Here, their escape is much quicker and easier.

The most significant change in the French comic was the addition of an epilogue showing the trio having been rescued and make their way back home to The States.  This Mexican comic follows the novel's insane, abrupt ending with no explanation for events.  And because of the added prologue showing the much-later expedition finding Arthur's diary narrative, the implication in this version is that neither he or Dick EVER made it back to civilization!

The most disturbing aspect of all this is the way the natives acted so friendly, yet inexplicably murdered the crew and destroyed the ship.  I can't help but think if I'd done this, I would have provided some deeper explanation than simply "they were savages".

The way the climax goes from the bulk of the crew being killed to the few survivors running off to an unspecified fate continues to remind me of Edgar Rice Burroughs' later story, "THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT".  That story got a sequel to wrap things up.  Poe's got no less than 3 unrelated sequels-- but each was written by a completely different writer.

Copyright (C) 1963 Editorial Novaro.
English Translation Copyright (C) 2018 HENRY R. KUJAWA.

Scans of TESORO DE CUENTOS CLASICOS #72
     from MY collection!
     with special thanks to Jose Antonio Bautista Perez ("Snake Alves") 
          in Spain. 
 
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 Editorial Novaro at Wikipedia.
Read about TESORO DE CUENTOS CLASICOS
     at the Wikipedia site.
See the entire run of TESORO DE CUENTOS CLASICOS covers 
     at the Tebeosfera database site.

Read about THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET
     at the Grade Saver site.
Read the complete novel at the at the Lit 2 Go site.
See the ARTHUR GORDON PYM Gallery of Illustrations. 

     Audio:
Hear the LIT 2 GO audio book!
Hear THE WEIRD CIRCLE episode!

     Comics:
Read the Bernard Lamotte ARTHUR GORDON PYM adaptation!
Read the Yves & Willy Groux ARTHUR GORDON PYM adaptation!
Read the Franc Fuentes Man ARTHUR GORDON PYM adaptation!
     (coming soon)
Read the Editorial Sea/Navaro ARTHUR GORDON PYM adaptation!
     (Coming soon:)
Read the Cesar Lopez Vera ARTHUR GORDON PYM adaptation!
Read the Jorge Bernuy S. ARTHUR GORDON PYM adaptation!
Read the Enrique Alcatena ARTHUR GORDON PYM adaptation!

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

(Continued in Poe 1963, Pt. 7)