Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery

Graphic Classics
144 pages
graphic novel
full colour
Retail price $17.95


The blurb says it all:
Edgar Allan Poe’s
Tales of Mystery
Graphic Classics Volume Twenty-One
Fifteen stories and poems of mystery and terror
by the original creator of the detective story:
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue –
The great mystery story prototype,
adapted by Antonella Caputo and Reno Manquis
• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar –
A mesmeric mystery
illustrated by Michael Manning
• The Man of the Crowd –
A strange tale of the city,
adapted by Rich Rainey and Brad Teare
• Berenice –
Death and dental horrors
illustrated by Nelson Evergreen
• The Tell-Tale Heart –
An alternate version
adapted by Ronn Sutton
• The Oval Portrait –
A new comics adaptation
illustrated by Craig Wilson
• King Pest –
adapted by Antonella Caputo and Anton Emdin
with new color by Glenn Smith
• Hop-Frog –
A new presentation in comics
adapted by Rod Lott and Lisa K. Weber
• The Masque of the Red Death –
Now in full color
adapted by Stan Shaw
• Alone –
illustrated by Maxon Crumb
• A Dream Within a Dream –
illustrated by Neale Blanden
• To Violet Vane –
illustrated by Molly Kiely
• Spirits of the Dead
illustrated by Andy Ewen
• Eldorado –
illustrated by Roger Langridge
• The Conqueror Worm –
illustrated by Leong Wan Kok


Of course, Graphic Classics have always had a good name when it comes to print quality and packaging. A package arrives with “Graphic Classics” written on it I get excited!

“The Murders In The Rue Morgue” has been adapted into film and TV -and comics more than once. Interestingly, there was an incident that paralelled the killings later in the 19th Century: I came across the story while researching Some More Things Strange And Sinister (it’s included in the book).  This adaption both script and art-wise is a great one. A fitting start to the book.


“To Violet Vane” is drawn by Molly Kiely for whom I have had a growing respect over the years.
There are humorously drawn strips.  Okay, I had my funny bone removed years ago but I can appreciate the art of Neal Blanden, Roger Langridge, Lisa K. Weber, et al.

The modern setting for “The Tell-Tale Heart” was great but, really, British police helmet straps are hardly ever used and certainly not kept on by curtain rings!





This is a wonderful collection of stories/strips and Graphic Classics seems to go from strength-to-strength and I, for one, cannot wait to see what they come up with next!

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