Thursday, November 12, 2015

Poe 1953, Pt. 4

(Continued from Poe 1953, Pt. 3B)

THE HAUNT OF FEAR  20
"THUMP FUN"

EC's 6th foray into Poe was a VERY loose "adaptation", more like a "variation on a theme" really, taking its inspiration from...

     "THE TELL-TALE HEART"  (What?  AGAIN???)

     This was the 5th comics version of this story (more or less), 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), and
EC's SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #8 (Apr-May'53),
     ...the latter only 3 months earlier.

The artist is another one of EC's legendary line-up, Graham Ingels.  Sadly, in the wake of the anti-violence witch-hunt which all but DESTROYED the once massive, thriving comic-book industry in America, Ingels became deeply ashamed of his work in the horror genre, and never wanted to discuss it with anyone.

This was his 3rd of 3 POE adaptations.

THE HAUNT OF FEAR  20
cover by GRAHAM INGELS   (EC  /  July-August 1953)
"THUMP FUN"
     (inspired by "THE TELL-TALE HEART")  /  Version 5
Story by Albert B. Feldstein  /  Art by GRAHAM INGELS  /  Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7
Page 8
Here's the reprints...

HAUNT OF FEAR  4
cover by GRAHAM INGELS   (Russ Cochran  /  1985) 
ISKALDE GROSS  6
cover by GRAHAM INGELS   (Semic  /  Norway  /  May-June 1988)
ISKALDE GROSS POCKET  2
cover by PRIETO MURIANA   (Semic  /  Norway  /  [November] 1996)
THE HAUNT OF FEAR  20
cover by GRAHAM INGELS   (Gemstone  /  August 1997)
SUCKER BAIT AND OTHER STORIES
cover by GRAHAM INGELS   (Fantagraphics  /  February 2014)
THE EC ARCHIVES:  THE HAUNT OF FEAR  4
cover by ??   (Dark Horse  /  April 2017)
Graham Ingels.
Copyright (C) George Evans & the various publishers.
New Color Copyright (C) 2015 Henry R. Kujawa.

Scan of THE HAUNT OF FEAR #20 cover from the Heritage Auctions site.
Scans of THE HAUNT OF FEAR #20 interiors (1997 reprints)
     supplied by Ron Harris with special thanks!
Scan of HAUNT OF FEAR #4 (1985) from the GCD site.
Scan of ISKALDE GROSS #6 (1988) from the GCD site.
Scan of ISKALDE GROSS POCKET #2 (1996) from the GCD site.
Scan of SUCKET BAIT AND OTHER STORIES (2014) from the ?? site.
Scan of THE EC ARCHIVES: THE HAUNT OF FEAR #4 (2017) 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.


Visit the EC Fan-Addict Club Facebook group.
Read about Graham Ingels at Lambiek Comiclopedia.

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!

     Misc.:
Read the Graham Ingels AMONTILLADO adaptation!
Read the Graham Ingels VALDEMAR adaptation!
Read the Graham Ingels TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!

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

(Continued in Poe 1953, Pt. 5)

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