“The Cask of Amontillado”

15 pgs. Appeared first time [COLOR] in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Premature Burial (2014). Reprinted [COLOR] in Edgar Allan Poe’s Spirits of the Dead (2014).
Story: Edgar Allan Poe, Adapt: Richard Corben, Art: Richard Corben (no signature), Color: Beth Corben Reed, Richard Corben. Lettering: Nate Piekos of Blambo.

Czech Republic [CZ]: as “The Cask of Amontillado [CZ]” in Duchové mrtvých (2016).
France [FRA]: as “The Cask of Amontillado [FRA]” in Esprit des morts (2015).
Germany [GER]: as “Das Fass Amontillado” in Edgar Allan Poes: Geister der Toten (2005).

Style: Full color with black line. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Gothic past. Nudity: Mag the Hag.
Keywords: Vault. Wine. Decade. Carnival. Drunkness. Funcus. Cough. Vanity. Mason. Niche. Wall. Chains. Bricks. Joke. Revenge. Plaster.
Story Origin: Edgar Allan Poe poem, “The Cask of Amontillado”.
Synopsis: A man leads the widowed wife of his friend down to his valut for a zip of wine. He led his friend there as well a decade ago.
Comment: This story was clearly a secondary work for The Premature Burial The art and the story look like there were done quicker than Corben’s previous Poe adaptations. In an interview he said he’s through for Poe adaptations for now. This one looks like one of the last.