Selecoes De Terror, Pt. 8

(Continued from Selecoes De Terror, Pt. 7)

SELECOES DE TERROR  71-80

Early issues from Editora Continental / Outubro must be a rare thing.  Very few of them have been posted online in their entirety, few of them turn up for sale online, and it's even difficult to find covers posted.  But I do what I can.

Sometime in the mid-1960s, Continental / Outubro founders Jayme Cortez & Miguel Penteado had a falling out.  Cortez left to go into advertising, while Penteado left to start a new publishing house, Graphic Editora Penteado (GEP).  This left the once artist-driven company in the hands of their business partners-- the accountants.  Around this same time, Editora Abril (April) hit them with ANOTHER "cease-and-decist" order, as they had registered a Trademark on every month of the year.  Bering forced to change their company name for the 2nd time in under 5 years, they hit on "Taika", the name of one of their nieces. (I swear, you just could not make up a story like this.)

The company continued on for another decade, although the number of reprints increased exponentially, and the quality of their printing (and cover design work) steadily nosedived.  A sad end to an outfit that started out so promising.

But in the meantime, in spite of all that, they did manage to knock out some FABULOUS material, including a TON of new covers among the growing number of reprints.  MOST of the new covers were by Nico Rosso, who also became the main artist on their long-running "Dracula" series.

Personally, I wish websites would simply lump any books from Continental / Outubro / Taika together and treat it like the SINGLE publishing company it really was.

Many of these have not turned up yet.  I'll be posting them when they do.

ENJOY!

SELECOES DE TERROR  71
cover by NICO ROSSO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  November 1967)
     "THE LONE WOLF"

SELECOES DE TERROR  72
cover by ??
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  December 1967)
     "??"   (not yet available)
SELECOES DE TERROR  73cover by NICO ROSSO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  January 1968)
     "NIGHT OF THE SABBATH"

SELECOES DE TERROR  74
cover by ??
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  February 1968)
     "??"   (not yet available)
SELECOES DE TERROR  75
cover by NICO ROSSO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  March 1968)
     "??"

ALMANAQUE SELECOES DE TERROR  1-A
cover by JOSE EVOLDO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  March 1968)
     "??"
SELECOES DE TERROR  76
cover by ??
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  April 1968)
     "??"   (not yet available)
SELECOES DE TERROR  77
cover by NICO ROSSO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  May 1968)
     "KALI, THE GODDESS OF DESTRUCTION"

SELECOES DE TERROR  78
cover by NICO ROSSO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  June 1968)
     "THE INCA MEDALLION"

SELECOES DE TERROR  79
cover by NICO ROSSO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  July 1968)
     "??"

SELECOES DE TERROR  80
cover by NICO ROSSO
(Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  August 1968)
     "SOULS OF THE WORLD OF SHADOWS"

Copyright (C) Editora Taika.

Scan of SELECOES DE TERROR #71
     from the ?? site.
Scans of SELECOES DE TERROR #73, 75, 78, 79 & 80
     from the Mercado Livre site.
Scan of SELECOES DE TERROR #77
     from the Nostalgia Do Terror site.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

For more:
Read about Editora Continental / Outubro / Taika at Guia Dos Quadrinhos.
Read about Jayme Cortez Martins at Wikipedia.
Read about Jayme Cortez Martins at Bigorna.net.
Visit the Jayme Cortez blog!
See more covers from Editora Outubro at the Nostalgia Do Terror site.
See more covers from Editora Taika at the Nostalgia Do Terror site.

(Continued in Selecoes De Terror, Pt. 9)