Tales from the Crypt #46

(February-March 1955)

In Memoriam (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein ?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #5 (1979)

Upon Reflection (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heh, heh! Welcome, you dear little morbid monsters...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host); The Old Witch (cameo); The Vault-Keeper (cameo); Chester Wayne; Paul; Matt; Clara Hanson (the Mayor's wife, death); Mayor Elwood Hanson (villain, a werewolf)

Synopsis

The mayor of a small town vows revenge upon a werewolf that kills his wife. On the night of the next full moon, he and his posse encounter a woman they suspect may be the culprit, so he returns to his library to check on the signs of a werewolf in human form. When he enters the darkened room, he sees the werewolf's snarling face looming in front of him, and shoots several times. When the posse enters, are they in for a surprise!

Reprints

• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #1 (1973)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #5 (1979)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #4 [1988] (uke 23 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #1 ([april] 1996)
• in Iskalde Grøss - Klassikerserien (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #[nn] ([mai] 2006)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #30 (December 1999)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #5 (septiembre 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.]

Keywords

Plainsville

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Mark" via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 3675, 13 April 2010), citing an article in Squa Tront #9; the original indexer credited Al Feldstein. The EC Artists' Library, Volume 4 "'Tain't the Meat...It's the Humanity" (2013) also credits Wessler with the story.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Blind Alleys (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

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

Pencils

George Evans

Inks

George Evans

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heh, heh! And now that C.K. has curdled your anemic blood...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Vault-Keeper (host); unnamed blind people; Gunner's unnamed lady friend; Brutus (Gunner's dog); Gunner Grunwald (villain, home's director, eventual death)

Synopsis

The blind victims of an unscrupulous and cruel director lock him and his dog up for several days without food and then release them into a maze with razor blades embedded into the walls. And then turn out the lights.

Reprints

• in Action (Verein Action, 1975 series) #1
• in Tales from the Crypt (Ballantine Books, 1964 series) (December 1964)
• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #1 (1973)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #5 (1979)
• in Gysertimen (Interpresse, 1987 series) #2 (13. maj 1987)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #6 [1988] (uke 35 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #2 ([november] 1996)
• in Nemi (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2003 series) #34 ([februar] 2006)
• in Iskalde Grøss - Klassikerserien (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #[nn] ([mai] 2006)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #30 (December 1999)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #5 (septiembre 2003)
• in Foul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! (HarperCollins, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics (Dark Horse, 2019 series) (2019)
• 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 Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) (January 2023)

Indexer Notes

Colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

The visage of the Vault-Keeper on page 1 is a photostat by Johnny Craig taken from the story "Werewolf Concerto".

This story was Evans's last horror story for EC.

Gone To Seed (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was back-breaking work, but it had to be done.

Reprints

• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #5 (1979)

Success Story (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Joe Orlando (signed)

Inks

Joe Orlando (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's how one failure turned his miserable life into a horrible...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis

A woman and her parents move in with a man they nag constantly to get ahead in the world because he can't afford their demands for gadgets. Eventually the nagging pushes him over the edge and returns from the kitchen brandishing the meat cleaver. He giggles to the arresting officers "I not only got ahead, I got three heads." as they look over the three severed heads on silver platters in the dining room.

Reprints

• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #1 (1973)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #5 (1979)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #30 (December 1999)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #5 (septiembre 2003)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #19 - The Thing from the Grave and Other Stories (October 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Mark" via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 3675, 13 April 2010), citing an article in Squa Tront #9; the original indexer credited Al Feldstein.

Tatter Up! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Inks

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hee, hee! And now it's wind-up spot in C.K.'s new creeps comic...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host); Fanny Ogden (old maid, death); Ragman (creature made of rags); Tony Barrett (villain, death)

Synopsis

A Tony Barrett is murdered by a creature made out of old rags in retaliation for killing the woman he was in love with, but could never love himself.

Reprints

• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #1 (1973)
• in EC Portfolio (Russ Cochran, 1971 series) #6 (1977)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1979 series) #5 (1979)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gemstone, 1994 series) #30 (December 1999)
• in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #5 (septiembre 2003)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #29 - Accidents and Old Lace and Other Stories (January 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Mark" via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 3675, 13 April 2010), citing an article in Squa Tront #9 and confirmed in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 25, No. 10, October 2013. The original indexer credited Al Feldstein.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.