Wednesday, February 6, 2019

CREEPY NO. 70 SPECIAL POE ISSUE (PART 1)


CREEPY
No. 70
April 1975
Warren Publishing Co.
Editor-In-Chief and Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Bill DuBay
Cover: Ken Kelly
Pages: 76
Cover price: $1.00

CONTENTS
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Story adaptation: Rich Margopoulus
Art: Jose Ortiz

"Man of the Crowd"
Story adaptation: Rich Margopoulus
Art: Luis Bermejo

"The Cask of Amontillado!"
Story adaptation: Rich Margopoulus
Art: Martin Salvador

"Shadow"
Story adaptation: Rich Margopoulus
Art: Richard Corben

"A Descent Into the Maelstrom!"
Story adaptation: Rich Margopoulus
Art: Adolpho Abellan

"Berenice"
Story adaptation: Rich Margopoulus
Art: Isidro Mones

Another half dozen superb adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's stories into sequential art. Rich Margopoulus was given the task of scripting them as he had in the previous issue and does an excellent job.

































2 comments:

JMR777 said...

I liked this issue featuring Poe's works. Rich Margopoulos did take a bit of literary liberty with "Man Of The Crowd" since Poe didn't say why the man in question sought crowds, but Margopoulous's concept of a psychic vampire is as good as any explanation.

The last tale, Cask of Amontillado, while good, left out some of the finer points of the story (Montressor's family Crest, the trowel revealed to show Montressor was a 'mason') but a fine rendition of the story nonetheless.

Thanks for the Poe 'Poest'.

John said...

Thanks for the astute observations. You made a good Poe-int.