Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Marvel Classics Comics #1

by Kin Platt (Narrator), Néstor Redondo (Art)

The Ageless classic now in Comics

Genres: Comics, Classics

52 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Pseudonyms: Kirby Carr, Guy West, Alan West, Guy York & Wesley Simon York

Kin Platt (1911–2003) was the author of the perennially popular I Can Read Book Big Max, as well as several outstanding young-adult novels and the Max Roper mystery series for adults. Mr. Platt was also a noted cartoonist.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Platt

Reviews

[Paxton Holley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad. This has pretty good art. It takes some liberties with the original story’s timeline and presentation to the reader, but that’s to be expected from a comic adaptation. I enjoyed it.

Marvel did a different adaptation a few years earlier in Supernatural Thrillers #4. It still took a few liberties but I think I liked it better.

[Aria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice book. I like that he found out the secret about making evil men and good men. And that he liked to be evil. I liked that the bad guy was killed, but I did not like that the good guy, who WAS the bad guy was killed!

[Izzat Isa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Walaupun cerita ini boleh dikatakan telah terkenal, saya teruja untuk membacanya semula, dalam versi komik. Lukisan semestinya cantik. Saya membaca versi alih bahasa ke Bahasa Melayu oleh MPH yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1983.

[HatBett23 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I prefer the Hyde from "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" this one will do.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why would you put this in an abridged illustrated form?! Children should not read this! I wish I hadn't read it but that's not the point!!!!

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice retelling of the book.
These marvel classics got me interested in tracking down the books and got me hooked on guys like Wells and Stevenson.

[Dani (The Pluviophile Writer) · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's interesting to finally read this book after years of knowing the films and such first. The novel is more impersonal than I thought it would be. Many of the portrayls of this story are from the view point of Dr.Jekyll or Mr. Hyde while the majority of the novel it is narratored and explored through Dr. Lanyon and other friends of Dr. Jekyll's. Even the ending, it's a letter confession that Dr. Lanyon is reading from Dr. Jekyll of what had happened to him and how he became Mr.Hyde. This approach was not what I expected and it was pleasantly surprising because I felt I got a different twist on the story, or the actual story itself, after seeing so many different portrays. Overall, a quick and good read.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2* It wasn't this edition, but the graphics were quite good. Why not more. It was confusing, and I know the story. The 10 year old with whom I read this really struggled, but it did give us some good talking points. Maybe it's too sophisticated, but... Should be accessible. The men all looked the same, and that makes it hard for a kid to follow. Still, it is a brilliant intro to some classics even if they are in comic form!

[Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fairly faithful and quite vivid adaptation into graphic novel format. Some lines are almost exactly as they appear in RLS's original text.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read sometime in college