Tales from the Crypt #25

(August-September 1951)

The Trophy! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well! Heh, heh!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host); The Vault-Keeper (image); The Old Witch (image); The Editor (image); The Associate Editor (image); Clyde Franklin (big game hunter, death of sorts); un-named Morning Globe newspaper reporter; Jeeves (Franklin's servant); un-named lunatic (villain)

Synopsis

A sportsman who is only interested in game for the trophy ends up the victim of a lunatic who thinks the same way about humans.

Reprints

• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #4
• in The Vault of Horror (Ballantine Books, 1965 series) (August 1965)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #4/1993 (uke 33 1993)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (September 1994)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #2 (junio 2003)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #4 - Tain't the Meat...It's the Humanity and Other Stories (March 2013) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics (Dark Horse, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #2 (diciembre 2021)
• in The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Keywords

Morning Globe

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Judy, You're Not Yourself Today! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Vault of Horror! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I see it's 'guest-spot' time for me again!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Vault-Keeper (host); Donald Abelson; Judy Abelson (Donald's wife); George; an old crone (villain, death)

Synopsis

An old crone utters a magical spell that causes her to switch bodies with a man's young wife. He tricks her into switching back by convincing her that the body she has usurped is terminal with cancer, then shoots the crone, and buries her in the cellar.

Reprints

• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #4
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
• in De vloek van de volle maan (Loeb, 1981 series) (1981)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #4/1989 (uke 22 1989)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #4 ([august] 1997)
• in I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #v1#9 ([settembre 1991])
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (September 1994)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #2 (junio 2003)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #2 - Came the Dawn and Other Stories (August 2012) [black-and-white reprint]
• in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #2 (diciembre 2021)
• in The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Inspired by the story "The Thing on the Doorstep" by H. P. Lovecraft.

Cunning! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

In the python infested jungle, a man kills a trader for his jewels and frames the murder to look like the victim was crushed by a python. As the man tries to flee with the stolen loot, he's attacked and crushed by a python.

Reprints

• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #2 (diciembre 2021)
• in The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Loved to Death!! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ever loved someone who didn't love you?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis

A rejected young man buys a love potion that works a bit too well.

Reprints

• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #4
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
• in De vloek van de volle maan (Loeb, 1981 series) (1981)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #4/1989 (uke 22 1989)
• in I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #v1#8 ([agosto 1991])
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (September 1994)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #2 (junio 2003)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #20 - Daddy Lost His Head and Other Stories (November 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics (Dark Horse, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #2 (diciembre 2021)
• in The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2, #2

Indexer Notes

Inspired by the story "The Chaser" by John Collier.

The Works...In Wax! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Witch's Cauldron! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Graham Ingels

Inks

Graham Ingels

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah! You're back!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host); Marie (Henri's husband); Henri (villain, wax museum owner, death)

Synopsis

Henri and Marie are the owners of a wax museum, and Marie claims that the wax figures in the chamber of horrors tell her that they are being tortured, so she averts their eyes from their victims and lowers their weapons. This infuriates Henri who threatens his wife with death should she touch the statutes again. When he discovers Marie has altered the chamber of horrors to a scene more resembling a joyful party, he strangles Marie. The wax figures get revenge and turn Henri into a large candle for Marie's funeral display.

Reprints

• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #4
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
• in I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #v1#8 ([agosto 1991])
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #5/1993 (uke 43 1993)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (September 1994)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #2 (junio 2003)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #13 - Grave Business and Other Stories (June 2015) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #2 (diciembre 2021)
• in The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Cover story. Letterer credit by Craig Delich.