Tales Twice Told TALES OF VOODOO "Devil's Machine"

If you're a faithful reader, you've already seen the 1950s version of this story on Tuesday!

Now here's a retitled, redrawn (and only slightly rewritten) retelling from Eerie Publications' Tales of Voodoo V4N5 (1971)!

Why was the story redrawn when so little was changed from one version to another?
It's not like they made it even more gruesome...as some of Eerie Publications' reworkings did, since they weren't under Comics Code Authority restraints like color comic book were!
Note: illustrator Walter Casadei started his career as a humor and "good girl" artist.

But when he proved he could handle any genre, Walter's assignments became predominantly horror/sci-fi!

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Tales Twice Told WEIRD TALES OF THE FUTURE "Jonah"

In 1950s science fiction, the technology available in the year 2000 was truly amazing...

...it's a pity we didn't really have this stuff when the Millennium came about!

When this story was published in Key's Weird Tales of the Future #6 (1953), we really thought we'd have moving sidewalks, flying cars, interplanetary travel, and shrinking rays by 2000!

The writer is unknown, but the artist is Tony Mortellaro.

Be here Thursday, when we show how this story was retold in 1971!

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Science Fiction Comics

Taylor History of Comics

Vol 3

Tales Twice Told STRANGE WORLDS "Mystery of Asteroid 9!"

Tuesday, we brought you the 1970s tale "Terror Asteroid"...

...today, we're presenting the original version of the story...from 1952!

It's not as visceral (even thought this was the era of horror comics), but still quite cool!

Penciler Gene Fawcette and inker Vince Alascia illustrated the first telling of this tale in Avon Comics' Strange Worlds #9 (1952).

The writer is, sadly, unknown.

The issue also had this kool inside cover contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinsler...

...who also illustrated the story Ransom--One Million Decimars! in that issue.

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Sci-Fi Art: a Graphic History

Tales Twice Told STRANGE GALAXY "Terror Asteroid"

With a really kool title like this...

...you can bet there'll be thrills and chills aplenty in the dark void of space..where no one can hear you scream!

If you think this story from Eerie Publications' b/w magazine Strange Galaxy V1N11 (1971) has a curiously-1950s retro feel to it, you'd be right...sort of.

Though the art by Antonio Reynoso is new, the story itself is lifted, with only minor caption and dialogue changes, from a tale in Avon Comics' Strange Worlds #9 (1952)!

We'll bring you that one on Thursday!

Note: Reynoso was one of numerous South American artists used by Eerie to re-interpret old comics stories in an updated, usually gorier, style for the b/w magazine market.

In fact, he did more stories (over 80 of them) than any other artist!

And, unlike most of their other illustrators, he worked exclusively for Eerie in the American comics business!

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It's a Tale THRICE-Told! WEIRD "Eye of Evil!"

Remember when we ran these two stories last week?

A run of the mill sci-fi tale...

...and it's original, more horror-oriented, version...

As you might have guessed, Eerie Publications got its' claws on these two versions of a story from a defunct publisher Ajax-Farrell and...

...reprinted the heavily-edited, Comics Code-approved version...

...and redid the original story in a rather...unique...way!

Antonio Reynoso brought his surreal style to this redo which appeared in Eerie Publications' Weird V8N2 (1974).

Reynoso was one of numerous South American artists used by Eerie to re-interpret old comics stories in an updated, usually gorier, style for the b/w magazine market.

In fact, he did more stories (over 80 of them) than any other artist!

And, unlike most of their other illustrators, he worked exclusively for Eerie in the American comics business!

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Tales Twice Told STRANGE FANTASY "Monster in the Building!"

Remember this mellow little tale, which we presented HERE?

Well, hang on to your hats, because this is what it originally appeared as...

Was the Comics Code Authority justified in ordering the extensive changes to this tale from Ajax/Farrell's Strange Fantasy #14 (1954) we saw HERE?
What do you think?

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Four Color Fear

Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s