The Illustrated Man
| First published | October 1950 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
Synopsis
A carnival worker is goaded by his wife into becoming the tattooed man for the freak show, but the strange old woman who does the tattooing possesses a supernatural talent.
Notes
First published in Esquire (July 1950)
Publications (33)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1950 | Argosy, October 1950 | The Amalgamated Press | MAGAZINE | 21 |
| 1951 | In the Grip of Terror | Permabooks | Anthology | 7 |
| March 1957 | Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell | Anthology | 273 |
| September 1965 | The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | 252 |
| September 1965 | The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | 252 |
| 1966 | The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | |
| 1967 | The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 33 |
| April 1967 | Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 228 |
| 1974 | Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye | McGraw-Hill | Anthology | 239 |
| 1975 | Bradbury Reads Bradbury: Volume 4 | Listening Library | Collection | |1 |
| 1978 | Horrors, Horrors, Horrors | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 117 |
| 1979 | The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 33 |
| 1979 | Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury | Listening Library | Collection | |9 |
| 1986 | The Illustrated Man | Grafton | Collection | 15 |
| 1988 | The Illustrated Man | Grafton | Collection | 15 |
| July 1990 | The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | 252 |
| 1992 | Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury | Listening Library | Collection | 9 |
| August 1994 | Reel Future | Barnes & Noble Books / SFBC | Anthology | 300 |
| September 1994 | Reel Future | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 300 |
| May 1996 | The Illustrated Man | Gauntlet Press | Collection | |
| June 1997 | The Illustrated Man | Avon Books | Collection | 258 |
| 2001 | The Illustrated Man | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Collection | 258 |
| November 2001 | The Illustrated Man | Book-of-the-Month Club | Collection | 258 |
| August 2003 | Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Collection | 383 |
| September 2003 | Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC | Collection | 383 |
| October 2003 | Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | The Easton Press | Collection | 383 |
| April 2005 | Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Perennial / HarperCollins | Collection | 383 |
| 2007 | Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Perennial / HarperCollins | Collection | 383 |
| December 2008 | Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 | HarperVoyager | Collection | |
| January 2011 | The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun | Barnes & Noble Books | Omnibus | 493 |
| January 2011 | The Illustrated Man and Other Short Stories: L'homme illustré et autres nouvelles | Gallimard | Collection | 125 |
| October 2011 | The Illustrated Man | Harper Perennial Modern Classics | Collection | 258 |
| June 2012 | Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 | Harper Voyager (UK) | Collection |