Yesterday. we presented this tale...
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| Edited version |
...and then we discovered it had been radically-altered from it's first appearance, and that the original version had never been reprinted!
We will now correct that mistake and present pages unseen in over fifty years!
(You can click on any of the pages to enlarge them.)
We'll present the toned-down version first, then the original, scarier version...
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| Original version |
Note in the original version,
both the wife and singer on tv show a
lot more cleavage!
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| Edited version |
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| Original version |
Again, more cleavage in the original version...
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| Edited version |
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| Original version |
Oddly enough, the wife's cleavage is unchanged, but the look of terror in the last panel is toned down!
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| Edited version |
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| Original version |
Panel four in the original version is much more gruesome than the edited version. Note the dialogue balloon is
unchanged, even though there's no actual weapons fire in the edited version!
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| Edited version |
This last page is radically-different! Prepare yourself!
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| Original version |
Wow!
The edited pages were from Race for the Moon #1 (1958)
The original story was from Witches' Tales #21 (1953)
As you can see, the Comics Code Authority insisted on some major redos, including most of the last page!
Whenever possible, we'll present examples of similar "reworking" of stories pre and post-Comics Code!
