(October-November 1952)
EC,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Copy seen with a date stamp of "Aug 25 P.M."
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Tales from the Crypt (Superior, 1950 series) #32 ([circa December 1952]) -
in Den store skrækbog (Williams, 1974 series) ([1974]) -
in Horreur - une anthologie en bandes dessinées (Williams France, 1974 series) (2e trimestre 1974) -
in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #3 (1979) - in Les Meilleures Histoires de... (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 series) #[1] - Terreur (1983)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #5 (March 1992)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #16 (June 1996)
-
in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #3 (julio 2003) - in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #3 (julio 2022)
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'Taint the Meat...It's the Humanity!
The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heh, heh! Come in, fiends!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Crypt-Keeper (host); Mrs. Vinkle; Mr. Fuddy; Mrs. Dickleborg; Mr. Snerd (death); Mr. Grundy (death); Mrs. Snerd (death); Mrs. Abacrombie (death); Mrs. Gabber; Mr. Vandercliff; Sarah Gristle (Zach's wife); Junior (Zack's son, death); Pete (Sheriff); Zack Gristle (villain, butcher, death)
- Synopsis
- A butcher during the war gets around rationing points by selling steak to the wealthy customers who will pay cash for it and horsemeat, then stale meat and finally tainted meat to everyone else. When Junior, his son, dies from the tainted meat, his wife seizes a carving knife and advances upon her husband, cutting him neatly into serving portions, and putting him on display in his butcher shop's display case.
- Reprints
- in EC Horror Library of the 1950's (Nostalgia Press, 1970 series) (1970)
-
in Der beste Horror aller Zeiten (BSV - Williams, 1973 series) (1973) - in Den store skrækbog (Williams, 1974 series) ([1974])
- in Horreur - une anthologie en bandes dessinées (Williams France, 1974 series) (2e trimestre 1974)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
- in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #1 - Tales from the Crypt (August 1985)
-
in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #2 [1988] (uke 11 1988) which is reprinted - in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #1 ([april] 1996)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #5 (March 1992)
- in Skræk (Semic Interpresse, 1994 series) #2 (7. april 1994)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #16 (June 1996)
- in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #3 (julio 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) #3 (julio 2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Colorist and letterer credits added by Craig Delich, letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Roped In!
The Vault of Horror! / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- George Evans (signed)
- Inks
- George Evans (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heh, heh! Welcome to the Vault of Horror, fiends!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Vault-Keeper (host); unnamed Policeman; Miss Ballentine (secretary); Donald Morgan (construction company co-owner); Ellis (villain, construction company co-owner, death); Buckley (villain, construction company co-owner, death); Wagner (villain, construction company co-owner, death?)
- Synopsis
- Three business partners in construction make a patsy out of a fourth to take the blame for shoddy construction of a hospital that collapses and kills twenty-one patients. They take a flight in a small plane out in South America and, when trying to fly through a gap between two mountains at night, become snagged by cables. When the dawn arrives, they realize that their plane has become stuck in a giant spider's web.
- Reprints
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
- in Les Meilleures Histoires de... (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 series) #[1] - Terreur (1983)
-
in I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #v1#9 ([settembre 1991]) - in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #5 (March 1992)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #6/1994 (uke 50 1994)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #16 (June 1996)
- in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #3 (julio 2003)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #30 - A Slight Case of Murder and Other Stories (April 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #3 (julio 2022)
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Indexer Notes
Colorist and letterer credits added by Craig Delich, letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Evans 1st story for EC Comics.
The visages of the Vault-Keeper on pages 1, 3 and 4 are photostats of Johnny Craig drawings. Evans drew the Vault-Keeper on the last panel of the story.
Curse!
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marie Severin ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- Marie Severin ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ramsey squeezed the trigger and felt the pistol buck violently in his hand.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- uin-named native guide (death); Ramsey (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Ramsey, while searching an island for a half-million treasure, intended as a sacrifice to primitive gods, and sealed up in a mountain, kills his native guide, ignores a curse carved into the stone on the mountain, and plants dynamite charges in it to uncover the treasure. Unfortunately for Ramsey, the mountain was volcanic........and the explosion activated it!
- Reprints
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #5 (March 1992)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #16 (June 1996)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #3 (julio 2022)
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- Keywords
- Molokko Island
Indexer Notes
This text story has a title header image of precious gems and starts "Ramsey squeezed the trigger...".
This is NOT the same as the text story with the same title, "Curse!", found in Tales From the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #24.
Credits added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
The Crypt-Keeper's Corner / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Al Feldstein ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #3 (julio 2022)
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Indexer Notes
Letters from E. Kavanagh, James Slayden, Alan Cresswell, Marvin Gilbert, Robert Hammersley.
Cutting Cards!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Fred Peters (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Peters (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Read of the stark horror two men found in a game of cutting cards!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Crypt-Keeper (host); Gus Forney (gambler); Lou Crebis (gambler); two un-named doctors
- Synopsis
- Two professional gamblers hate each other so much that they challenge each other to a game of chop poker. Chop poker is like strip poker, although, instead of removing an article of clothing, they use a meat cleaver to remove a digit or limb. They have their personal doctors act as seconds during their bizarre duel to the finish, but the gamblers find themselves unable to proceed when they've both hacked each others arms and legs off.
- Reprints
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #6/1989 (uke 36 1989)
- in I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #v1#9 ([settembre 1991])
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #5 (March 1992)
- in Skræk (Semic Interpresse, 1994 series) #2 (7. april 1994)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #16 (June 1996)
- in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #3 (julio 2003)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #31 - Three for the Money and Other Stories (December 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #3 (julio 2022)
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Indexer Notes
Colorist and letterer credits added by Craig Delich, letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Squash...Anyone?
The Witch's Cauldron! / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)
- Inks
- Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Peanuts, popcorn... tee hee!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch (host); Emma (circus elephant, death); Bessie (circus elephant); Rene (Milo's wife and assistant, death); Milo (villain, elephant trainer, death); Leeta (villain, Milo's lover, death)
- Synopsis
- An elephant trainer whose performance entails having the animal raise its foot an inch above his beautiful wife-assistant's face is having an affair with a woman who convinces him to have the elephant crush the wife and have the elephant shot blaming the death on the elephant. He does so, and marries the lover and trains a new elephant. A year later they return to the same town where the murder was conducted and the dead woman and beast rise from the grave to seek their revenge.
- Reprints
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
- in Les Meilleures Histoires de... (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 series) #[1] - Terreur (1983)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #2/1990 (uke 10 1990) which is reprinted
- in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #6 ([september] 1998)
- in I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #v1#9 ([settembre 1991])
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #5 (March 1992)
- in Skræk (Semic Interpresse, 1994 series) #2 (7. april 1994)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #16 (June 1996)
- in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #3 (julio 2003)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #7 - Sucker Bait and Other Stories (February 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Tales from the Crypt (Diábolo Ediciones, 2021 series) #3 (julio 2022)
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Indexer Notes
Colorist and letterer credits added by Craig Delich, letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Script revision by Craig Delich from Albert B. Feldstein.
Cover story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
'Taint the Meat...It's the Humanity!
The Crypt of Terror -
2.
Roped In!
The Vault of Horror! -
3.
Curse!
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4.
[no title indexed]
The Crypt-Keeper's Corner -
5.
Cutting Cards!
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6.
Squash...Anyone?
The Witch's Cauldron!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Jason Sacks
- Tom Vincent
- Mike White
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