One of the best-known Mars invasion tales is Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio show...
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...which this twice-told tale "updates" to the television era!
But, it's radically-altered from it's first appearance, and the original version had never been reprinted!First the toned-down version, then the original, scarier version...
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| Original version |
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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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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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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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This last page is radically-different! Prepare yourself!
Ready?
Proceed...but remember, I warned you...
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Wow!
The edited pages were from Harvey's Race for the Moon #1 (1958), which was reprinted in Harvey's Shocking Tales Digest #1 (1981)
The original, never-reprinted, story was from Harvey's Witches' Tales #21 (1953)
As you can see, the Comics Code Authority insisted on some major redos, including most of the last page!
What do you think, fans?
