"Shadow"

8 pgs. Appeared first time in Creepy #70 (1975). Reprinted in Eerie #86 (1977) and in Edgar Allan Poe (1985).
Story: Edgar Allan Poe, Adapt: Richard Margopoulos. Color(colored by overlays)/Art: Richard Corben (no signature). Lettered by hand (Warren).

BR: as "Edgar Allan Poe's Sombra [BRA]" in Kripta #24 (1978).
FRA: as "Ombre", in Creepy [FRA] "annual serie" #25 and Edgar Poe [FRA] (1981), in La chute de la maison Usher (1986), and in Fantastik #2.
GER: as "Schatten", in Edgar Poe [GER] (1981).
ITA: as "Ombra", in Image [I] #1 (1982).
NL: as "Schadun", in Creepy [NL] Special: Edgar Allan Poe [NL].
SPA: as "Sombra [SPA]", in Creepy [SPA] rinde tributo a Edgar Allan Poe, in Rufus #52 (1977), in Richard Corben obras completas #4 (1985).
YUG: as "Senka" in Spunk #14 (1981).

Style: Black line, full color by overlays (). Graytones (). Genre: Horror. Time Span: Ancient past. Nudity: None.
Keywords: Greece. Pestilence. Dead friend. Celebration. Isolation. Visitor.
Story Origin: Edgar Allan Poe short story, "Shadow - a Parable".
Synopsis: Pestilence kills people in ancient Greece.Behind stucked door and covered window seven warriors gather together for memory party of dead friend. They've got a visitor.
Comment: Brilliant color artwork. Every page have one pager frame and all the rest frames are inside of it. Prologue is a little detached and a standing still (for purpose, of course), story contains not much dialogue. In Edgar Allan Poe version all white texts on black or dark color background are turned to black on white or light color background.
Alternative: This story was originally made in color, though Warren printed it for the first time in B&W. The version they used was the earlier B&W version. The color version was used for the first time in Edgar Allan Poe [says Horror in the Dark #3 (1991)].

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Created: 12th Sept. 1997. Modified: June 27, 2008.