Crypt of Horror
#17
(2013)
AC,
2005 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 29.95 USD
- Pages
- 144
- On-sale Date
- 2013-03-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- AC Comics
- Brand
-
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
- Barcode
- 649241925989 01711
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- The Werewolf (photo of Oliver Reed)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. From the film The Curse of the Werewolf.
A Silver Bullet for Your Heart!
comic story / 11 pages
- Reprints
-
from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v1#3 [3] (February-March 1951)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Werewolf images from the cover of Marvel Tales #116 by Joe Maneely, the cover to Adventures Into the Unknown #18 by Ogden Whitney, and an unidentified panel by Steve Ditko.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
Werewolf pages, panels, and covers from Johnny Craig, from The Werewolf Legends by Harry Harrison and Wallace Wood, from Haunt of Fear #14 by Graham Ingels, from Tales from the Crypt #46 by Jack Davis, from Horrific #8 by Don Heck, and from Black Cat Mystery #30 by Lee Elias.
Werewolf!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v1#9 (November 1969) which is reprinted
- from Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #8 [2] (July 1953) [retitled]
-
A Rage to Kill
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #15 (October 1952)
-
The Haunt of the Hyena
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Bruce Andrews; Norma; Ryan; Hyena
- Synopsis
- Bruce and Norma are happy to find themselves the only heirs to the mansion of the 100 years missing John Andrews. That is until they met the Hyena.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #30 (April 1952)
-
Return of the Werewolf!
text story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #25 (October 1954)
-
The Were-Fiends of Finland
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Koljas; Mark; Kristin
- Reprints
- from Skeleton Hand in Secrets of the Supernatural (American Comics Group, 1952 series) #5 (May-June 1953)
-
The Beast from the Deep
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #7 (October 1953)
-
The Survivors!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Carl; Jan; Professor
- Synopsis
- A time capsule containing astronauts is opened by a huge fanged ape like monster. The astronauts awaken and fight for their lives trapped in a future World inhabited by these monsters that were once human. Eventually all the astronauts are killed except for one, who tragically turns into one of the monsters himself.
- Reprints
- from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #6 (November 1952)
-
Late Date with Death
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from Wicked Witchs' Tales [sic] (Gredown, 1978 series) #2 ([February 1979]) which is reprinted - from ?
-
Dead Man's Escape!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A convict from an island prison tries to escape by being dumped in the bay inside of a corpse bag. Instead of dumping him in the bay, a large well has been dug which they are now using to dispose of bodies, inhabited by a large octopus.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #11 (August 1952)
-
The Haunted Mirror!
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Sally; Ted; Marlo
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #20 (August 1953)
-
The Invasion
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Bill; Bill's wife; John Bronheit
- Synopsis
- Bill and his wife stay home due to a storm. Their radio is broken and their television set can only get one channel because of the weather. They see a news broadcast depicting an invasion from outer space. Flying saucers land at Coney Island and wipe out the defenders. A Martian spokesman says all inhabitants of Earth will be eliminated. Bill shoots his wife and commits suicide. But the broadcast was just "an original tele-screen drama entitled The Invasion From Mars."
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #21 (October 1953)
-
Fear Has a Name
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Voodoo (Farrell, 1952 series) #12 (November 1953)
-
12,000 to 1!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #5 (September 1958)
-
The Edge of Fear
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #10 (January 1958)
-
The Bog of Evil!
comic story / 7 pages
- Characters
- Burt Evans; Miranda; Alice Carson
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #20 (August 1953)
-
The Strange Case of the Absent Floor
The Secret Files of Dr. Drew / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Doctor Drew (intro); Sgt. Dawson (intro)
- Reprints
- from Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1942 series) #47 (June 1949)
-
[The Ghost of Bob James]
Ghost Stories / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Bulletman (Fawcett, 1941 series) #9 (November 13, 1942)
-
Terror on TV
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Vampiric monsters take over a television studio and begin attacking the cast and crew of the production. However, the audience watching the program live on their TV sets at home think it's part of the show.
- Reprints
- from Weird Chills (Stanley Morse, 1954 series) #3 (November 1954)
-
The Clock Maker
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- With the help of a witch woman watchmaker Ben Loftus creates lifelike timepieces. When his wife Lois betrays him and plans to kill him, Loftus bewitches them to murder each other.
- Reprints
- from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #13 (September 1953)
-
Premonition
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #8 (January 1954)
-
Sssshhh
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #7 (October 1953)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Table of Contents
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3.
A Silver Bullet for Your Heart!
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4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
Werewolf!
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7.
A Rage to Kill
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8.
The Haunt of the Hyena
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9.
Return of the Werewolf!
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10.
The Were-Fiends of Finland
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11.
The Beast from the Deep
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12.
The Survivors!
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13.
Late Date with Death
-
14.
Dead Man's Escape!
-
15.
The Haunted Mirror!
-
16.
The Invasion
-
17.
Fear Has a Name
-
18.
12,000 to 1!
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19.
The Edge of Fear
-
20.
The Bog of Evil!
-
21.
The Strange Case of the Absent Floor
The Secret Files of Dr. Drew -
22.
[The Ghost of Bob James]
Ghost Stories -
23.
Terror on TV
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24.
The Clock Maker
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25.
Premonition
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26.
[no title indexed]
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27.
Sssshhh
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28.
[no title indexed]
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29.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Dan Stevenson
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