(March 1991)
Gladstone,
1990 Series
- Price
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
- Brand
-
Gladstone G
- Editing
- John Clark (reprint editor)
[no title indexed]
Tales From the Crypt / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed as Jack Davis (circle))
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed as Jack Davis (circle))
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #45 (December 1954-January 1955)
-
Introducing the Haunt of Fear
text article / 1.5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Graham Ingels; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Graham Ingels; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Telescope
The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island. His only companion: a less-than-friendly rat.
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #45 (December 1954-January 1955)
-
The Substitute
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A prisoner plans his escape from an island penal colony. He manages to hide inside a coffin that is slated to be shipped off the island, and it looks like it's going well. Right until he realizes he's about to be buried at sea.
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #45 (December 1954-January 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
The Crypt-Keeper's Corner / letters page / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Letters from Brian Jeffrey, Jack Young, Jason Shock, Jeff Cadaver, John Robinson, Chad Emerson, David Knauer, Keith Blankenberg, Felice Goldman, Kristina Wallender, Tim Wheeler, The Idea-Keeper, Donald Fortenberry, Kris Gallimore, Justin Folds, Lisa Bova, Jason Simpson, Frankie Santaniello, Loyd Cryer.
Murder Dream
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man repeatedly dreams of a maniac murdering his sweetheart. The dreams seem so real...and they are! The only hitch is that he himself is the murdering maniac!
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #45 (December 1954-January 1955)
-
The Switch
The Witch's Cauldron! / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A very old man falls in love with a very young woman. So, he hires a doctor to perform a head transplant on him. Will this be enough to win over the woman of his dreams?
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #45 (December 1954-January 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
The Crypt-Keeper's Poetry Corner / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Poems by Charles A. Young, D. King, Keith Blankenberg, Johnathan Taulber, Joe Wilson, Allan Klemz, John C. Burr, Howie Beveridge, the editor.
Crime SuspenStories #5
Crime SuspenStories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #5 (June-July 1951)
-
The Sewer!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A man and woman murder her philandering husband and dump his body in a sewer. She immediately feels remorse and runs to confess to the police. To save himself, the man enters the sewer to move the body. But, the corpse ends up plugging a pipe and flooding the sewer, drowning the killer.
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #5 (June-July 1951)
-
Mr. Biddy... Killer!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- After a fight with his wife, Archie goes for a walk in the park. He meets a strange man named Mr. Biddy, who seems to understand Archie's problems and volunteers to kill Archie's wife. After the murder, the police arrest Archie, but he protests that Mr. Biddy did the killing. In a roundabout way, the police finally believe him. Sort of.
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #5 (June-July 1951)
-
The Gullible One
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- After his son is killed, a man gathers the suspects in his house. He claims to know who the killer is, and puts a plan in motion to get revenge. But, does he really know as much as he claims?
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #5 (June-July 1951)
-
Partially Dissolved
The Haunt of Fear / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An escape artist's ambitious assistant yearns for the spotlight. He ensures an escape goes wrong and his mentor is lost at sea. He really should have stayed away from the water after that...
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #5 (June-July 1951)
-
Smart!
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #5 (June-July 1951)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tales From the Crypt -
1.
Introducing the Haunt of Fear
-
2.
Telescope
The Crypt of Terror -
3.
The Substitute
-
4.
[no title indexed]
The Crypt-Keeper's Corner -
5.
Murder Dream
-
6.
The Switch
The Witch's Cauldron! -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Crypt-Keeper's Poetry Corner -
8.
Crime SuspenStories #5
Crime SuspenStories -
9.
The Sewer!
-
10.
Mr. Biddy... Killer!
-
11.
The Gullible One
-
12.
Partially Dissolved
The Haunt of Fear -
13.
Smart!
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- mcomics
- Chris Boyko
- Michael Hoskin
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