Vault of Horror #3

(January 1992)

Johnny Craig (Table of Contents: 1)

The EC Artist of the Issue / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Johnny Craig; ? (photograph)

Inks

Johnny Craig; ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Two of a Kind! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Vault of Horror / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Johnny Craig

Pencils

Johnny Craig

Inks

Johnny Craig

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editing

Al Feldstein (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Brad and Willow agree to go to a log cabin in the mountains for a short vacation. But, Brad invited Willow because he's a ghoul looking for a meal. Willow invited Brad because she's a vampire looking for a meal. But, they fall in love and each privately swears not to harm the other. Then, a big snowstorm strands them in the cabin. However, they still manage to hold to their private vows. Willow drinks all of her own blood, and Brad eats most of his own flesh.

Reprints

• from Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #26 (August-September 1952)

Graft in Concrete! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editing

Al Feldstein (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A contractor blackmails a dirty mayor to get his road plans approved by the town council. After greasing a few more palms, the plan is approved. Sure, there's a cemetery right where the road's going to go, but moving bodies costs too much. They decide to simply build right over the graves. But, while inspecting the progress of the roadwork, the mayor, councilors, and contractor find out that the dead will have the last word. The men are found in their car the next morning, squashed flat by a steamroller.

Reprints

• from Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #26 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Joker! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Vault of Horror / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines

Letters

typeset

Editing

Al Feldstein (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #26 (August-September 1952)

Half-Way Horrible! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Vault of Horror / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)

Pencils

Sid Check

Inks

Sid Check

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editing

Al Feldstein (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man is suffering from a split-personality, and nothing seems able to cure him. Psychiatry doesn't help, and neither do drugs. In desperation, he visits a voodoo priest, who fashions a voodoo doll of his patient. The priest then plunges a needle into the "bad" side of the doll, hopefully "killing" the rift in the man's mind. It works, too! An unfortunate side-effect is that the left side of the man's body was also killed, and has become a rotting corpse.

Reprints

• from Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #26 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Hook, Line, and Stinker! (Table of Contents: 6)

Tales from the Witch's Cauldron / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Graham Ingels

Inks

Graham Ingels

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editing

Al Feldstein (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Stanley loves to fish. At least, that's what he tells his wife, Bernice. He's always going away on fishing trips, leaving her alone with all his mounted trophies. One day, she follows him and finds out his "fishing trips" are no more than excuses to hook up with his mistress. So, when Stanley returns home one night, Bernice decides to mount a trophy of her own up on the wall.

Reprints

• from Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #26 (August-September 1952)

It Was the Monster From the Fourth Dimension (Table of Contents: 7)

Weird Science / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Feldstein

Inks

Al Feldstein

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editing

Bill Gaines (original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Hank has quite a shock when he sees a giant pink blob descend upon one of his cattle and devour it. Then, Hank himself has to flee for his life. Desperate, he visits a friend of his, the scientist Willy. After listening intently to Hank's story, Willy theorizes that the creature is from the "fourth dimension". Willy uses a device to propel himself into the fourth dimension, where he hopes to determine the blob's weak point. Minutes later, the device explodes and Willy reappears. He's dead, with a look of horror frozen on his face. On the upside, the blob seems to have been killed, as well.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #7 (May-June 1951)

Something Missing! (Table of Contents: 8)

Weird Science / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editing

Bill Gaines (original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Roger has succeeded in inventing a machine that can convert matter from one form to another. His wife, Hannah, is not impressed; she wants Roger to go back to teaching so they can make some money. This attitude drives Roger into the willing arms of his assistant, Sally. One night, with Hannah rapidly approaching, Roger transforms Sally into a statue to escape a compromising situation. In a rage, Hannah shatters the statue and leaves. Roger frantically reassembles the statue and reverses the process, returning Sally to human form. Oops. It appears he missed a piece. Yuch.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #7 (May-June 1951)

Miracle! (Table of Contents: 9)

Weird Science / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Bill Gaines (original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #7 (May-June 1951)

...Gregory Had a Model-T! (Table of Contents: 10)

Weird Science / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Ben Oda

Editing

Bill Gaines (original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Old Gregory sure does love his old Model-T. He even claims it's human, in a way. But, Gregory falls very ill, and his sister has to sell all his belongings to pay the medical bills. Even the car ends up sold to a local teen. He just bought it for a few laughs, but it becomes clear the car doesn't like him at all, finally driving itself away without him. When Gregory finally dies, onlookers are astonished to see a driverless Model-T following the hearse. Later on, the old car is found at the bottom of a cliff. It just couldn't go on without Gregory.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #7 (May-June 1951)

The Aliens! (Table of Contents: 11)

Weird Science / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editing

Bill Gaines (original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

After a long voyage, astronauts land on an alien world, where they soon meet up with the world's natives. Relations do not end well, with each side accusing the other of insults and instigating war. But, it turns out that one group were from Mars, and the others were from Venus. They had both landed on Earth at the same time, mistaking the others for the native inhabitants. And now, both worlds have declared war on the people of Earth, who know nothing about any of this!

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #7 (May-June 1951)