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...which featured Edgar Allan Poe-themed stories! We now present another never-reprinted story of lost love from DC's Scooby-Doo #117 (2007), a tale of Poe...I mean woe...that's filled with Easter Eggs!         Find all the Easter Eggs? Start with the cover caption..."Twice-Told Tales of Terror!", a combination of Twice-Told Tales and Tales of Terror...anthologies of stories by Nathanael Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe...both adapted by producer Roger Corman into B-movies for American International Pictures in the 1960s! (Since Twice-Told Tales (by Hawthorne) starred the legendary Vincent Price, who starred in all the Edgar Allen Poe flicks for AIP, it's usually considered part of the "Poe Cycle"!) Writer Scott Peterson, penciler Robert Pope, and inker Scott McRae load the story with lots of Poe references both in the script and art. Did you know that, though considered one of the first gothic horror writers, Poe was also part of the "American Romantic" movement as explained HERE! Please Support Secret Sanctum of Captain Video Visit Amazon and Buy...  (both starring Vincent Price) Paid Link |
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Showing posts with label Edgar Allan Poe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edgar Allan Poe. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Video's Valentine SCOOBY-DOO! "Tell-Tale Heartburn"
Monday, February 14, 2022
Video's Valentine SCOOBY-DOO "Kingdom by the Sea"
When we think of Valentine's Day, our thoughts naturally turn to...
...wait!
What???
OK, let's just go with it as we present a never-reprinted story of lost (and found) love from DC's Scooby-Doo #117 (2007), a tale of Poe...I mean woe...that's filled with Easter Eggs!
Start with the cover caption..."Twice-Told Tales of Terror!", a combination of Twice-Told Tales and Tales of Terror...anthologies of stories by Nathanael Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe...both adapted by producer Roger Corman into movies in the 1960s!
(Since Twice-Told Tales starred Vincent Price, who starred in all the Edgar Allen Poe flicks for AIP, it's usually considered part of the "Poe Cycle"!)
Writer Scott Peterson, penciler Tim Levins, and inker Dan Davis load the story with lots of Poe references both in the script and art.
Did you know that, though considered one of the first gothic horror writers, Poe was also part of the "American Romantic" movement as explained HERE!
Did you know that, though considered one of the first gothic horror writers, Poe was also part of the "American Romantic" movement as explained HERE!
BTW, You can read Poe's tragic/romantic poem "Annabel Lee" HERE!
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Sunday, April 26, 2020
CoronaVirus Captain's Library & Theatre MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH Conclusion
As the Red Death sweeps across the land, cruel Prince Prospero shelters his toadying "friends" in his castle while forcing the peasants to survive as best they can in the plague-ridden countryside.
He also lusts for peasant girl Francesca and has taken her (along with her father and betrothed) to his fortress.
But the captive Francesca has strange visions where past, present, and a possible future all intermingle.
Prospero dismisses her dreams and considers what fate should befall his two captives, her father and her beloved Gino.
When an escape attempt fails, the Prince devises a public spectacle to punish the two who mean the most to Francesca...
Prospero dismisses her dreams and considers what fate should befall his two captives, her father and her beloved Gino.
When an escape attempt fails, the Prince devises a public spectacle to punish the two who mean the most to Francesca...
Not quite as bloody as the movie, but even though Dell Comics didn't belong to the Comics Code, they realized there were some things a newsstand comic couldn't get away with in 1964!
Here's a kool bonus just for you...the trailer to the flick!
Here's a kool bonus just for you...the trailer to the flick!
There's more contagious cinema coming...soon!
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
CoronaVirus Captain's Library MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH Part 2
As the Red Death sweeps across the land, cruel Prince Prospero shelters his toadying "friends' in his castle while forcing the peasants to survive as best they can in the plague-ridden countryside.
He also lusts for peasant girl Francesca and has taken her (along with her father and betrothed) to his fortress.
But the captive Francesca has strange visions where past, present, and a possible future all intermingle...
Who will live?
Who will die?
Will the party really be the social event of the year?
Who will die?
Will the party really be the social event of the year?
Illustrated by Frank Springer, Dell's Masque of the Red Death (1964) is a fairly-faithful adaptation of the Roger Corman movie based on Edgar Allan Poe's stpry of the same name.
However, due to time constraints, in order to have the comic on newsstands when the movie was in theaters, it was produced using only the script and promo photos as reference, so there are some differences between it and the film as released!
AIP Studios knew the value of comics to their target audience ('tweens and teenagers) and a number of their films, including Beach Blanket Bingo and most of Roger Corman's "Poe" flicks, were adapted into Dell Comics (who didn't follow the Comics Code)!
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Friday, April 17, 2020
CoronaVirus Captain's Library MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH Part 1
A cruel ruler who enjoys tormenting his subjects and allows a pandemic to kill them!
Who does that remind us of?
What does Francesca tell Prospero, and how does he react?
Illustrated by Frank Springer, Dell's Masque of the Red Death (1964) is a fairly-faithful adaptation of the Roger Corman movie based on Edgar Allan Poe's stpry of the same name.
However, due to time constraints, in order to have the comic on newsstands when the movie was in theaters, it was produced using only the script and promo photos as reference, so there are some differences between it and the film as released!
The village is called "Catania" in the film, but Prince Prospero refers to it as "Esteban" in the comic.
AIP Studios knew the value of comics to their target audience ('tweens and teenagers) and a number of their films, including Beach Blanket Bingo and most of Roger Corman's "Poe" flicks, were adapted into Dell Comics (who didn't follow the Comics Code)!
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