One of the best-known "Invasion from Mars" tales is Orson Welles' 1938 War of the Worlds radio show...
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| Edited version |
...which this twice-told tale "updates" to the television era!
But, it's radically-altered from it's first appearance, and that the original version had never been reprinted!Here's a page-by-page comparison!
First the toned-down version, then the original, scarier version...
First the toned-down version, then the original, scarier version...
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| Original version |
Note in the original version, both the wife and singer on tv show a lot more cleavage!
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| Edited version |
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| Original version |
Again, more cleavage in the original version...
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| Edited version |
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| Original version |
Oddly enough, the wife's cleavage is unchanged, but the look of terror in the last panel is toned down!
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| Edited version |
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| Original version |
Panel four in the original version is much more gruesome than the edited version. Note the dialogue balloon is unchanged, even though there's no actual weapons fire in the edited version!
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| Edited version |
This last page is radically-different! Prepare yourself!
Ready?
Proceed...but remember, I warned you...
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| Original version |
Wow!
The edited pages were from Harvey's Race for the Moon #1 (1958), which was reprinted in Harvey's Shocking Tales Digest #1 (1981)
The original, never-reprinted (in that form) story was from Harvey's Witches' Tales #21 (1953)
As you can see, the Comics Code Authority insisted on some major redos, including most of the last page!
What do you think, fans?
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