“The Masque of Red Death”

16 pgs. Appeared first time [COLOR] in The Raven and the Red Death (2013). Reprinted [COLOR] in Edgar Allan Poe’s Spirits of the Dead (2014).
Story: Edgar Allan Poe. Adapt./Art: Richard Corben (no signature). Lettering printed (Nate Piekos of Blambot®).

Czech Republic [CZ]: as “The Masque of Red Death [CZ]” in Duchové mrtvých (2016).
France [FRA]: as “The Masque of Red Death [FRA]” in Esprit des morts (2015).
Germany [GER]: as “Die Maske des roten Todes” in Edgar Allan Poes: Geister der Toten (2005).

Style: Black line with digital colors. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Gothic past. Nudity: Full frontal nudity.
Keywords: Ruins. Stranger. Story. Castle. King. Plague. Party. Colors. Red. Clock. Intruder. Curse. Mag the Hag.
Story Origin: Edgar Allan Poe poem, “The Masque of the Red Death”, and short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”.
Synopsis: Richard Corben adaptation for the story by Edgar Allan Poe. A king lives in a castle surrounded by plague. The put misery out of his mind he throws a party. But in every party there must be a gate-crasher. Visits in the story “The Fall of the House of Usher”, Haunted House part.
Comment: A brilliant and murky horror story for the first time. Mr. Corben has adapted many EAP stories, some several times, but never this one. Beautiful red and other colors.