Black and White Wednesday: "Bernice" by Poe and Villamonte

From the Master of Terror, Edgar Allan Poe, comes "Bernice" adapted and illustrated by Ricardo Villamonte for Skywald's Scream #7 (cover dated July 1974)...

Black and White Wednesday: "The Oval Portrait!" by Poe, Margopoulos, and Corben

Happy April Fool's Day, Groove-ophiles! We'll celebrate with an awesome adaptation of a classic Edgar Allan Poe shocker from Creepy #69 (cover dated February 1975). Here are Rich Margopoulos and Richard Corben with..."The Oval Portrait!"

Black and White Wednesday: "The Tattletale Heart" by Schwartzberg, Ploog, and Chiarmonte

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Yesterday we planted our peepers on a far-out adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". Today we're gonna dig on a Mighty Marvel-ous parody of that same classic tale of terror, "The Tattletale Heart" by Stu Schwartzberg, Mike Ploog, and Frank Chiarmonte from Crazy #7 (August 1974). Ready or not, here it comes!

Groove's Faves: "Tell-Tale Heart" by Poe, Goodwin, and Crandall

One of the greatest crime/horror stories in all of literature is Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart". This classic has been adapted into nearly every entertainment medium--more than once--and probably will continue to worm its way into the popular consciousness for...perhaps...ever. Here's a classic comicbook version by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall. These scans come from Comix International #4 (1976), but the story was first published in black and white in Creepy #3 in 1965.

Scarier than Doing Your Taxes Week! Groove's Faves: "The Raven" by Poe and Corben

We're winding down with Scarier than Doing Your Taxes Week, Groove-ophiles, and we're ending with a biiiiig question.  Why did we need Classics Illustrated when we had Rich Corben doing adaptations like Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" in Comix International #2 (1975, reprinted from Creepy #67, October 1974)?