THE MUMMY (DELL COMICS)

Well, Monster Kids, here's another Dell Comics adaptation of a Universal's classic monster movie.

Wrongly classified as a Dell Movie Classic according to some references, the indicia clearly indicates "THE MUMMY" with no volume or number -- just the date. This time, the art is by Jack Sparling and there is some speculation that the script might have been written by Don Segall (maybe even Don Arneson). No surprise that once again, the character's names have been changed and the plot doesn't follow the movie. But there is one surprise that didn't even happen in any of Universal's Mummy movies -- the monster speaks!

THE MUMMY

No number (One-shot)

September-November 1962

Dell Publishing Co. Inc. (Dell Comics)

Editor: Don Arneson

Cover: Vic Prezio?

Pages: 36

Cover price: 12-cents

Read FRANKENSTEIN HERE.

Read THE WOLFMAN HERE.

Read THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON HERE.

Read TALES FROM THE TOMB HERE and HERE.

DELL MOVIE CLASSICS: TWICE TOLD TALES

TWICE TOLD TALES

Dell Movie Classic No. 58 (#12-840-401)

November 1963-January 1964

Dell Publishing Co.

Editor: Don Arneson

Cover: Photo cover

Script: Paul S. Newman

Art: Frank Springer

Pages: 36

Cover price: 12 cents

Roger Corman is well-known for his cycle of films adapting stories by Edgar Allan Poe. One of his films, TWICE TOLD TALES, is sometimes mistaken for one of them. In truth, it is a portmanteau of stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of our earlier classic authors and probably best known for his novel, "The Scarlet Letter". His specialty is described as "dark romanticism" which sometimes crosses over into the weird and the supernatural.

This Dell Movie Classic was published not long after the release of Corman's film. The stories include  "Rappaccini's Daughter", "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" and "The House of Seven Gables".