(2005)
HarperCollins,
2005 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 29.95 USD
- Pages
- 276
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Brand
-
HD Harper Design
- ISBN
-
0-06-074698-X
- Barcode
- 9780060746988 52995
- Editing
- Alison Hagge (editorial consultant)
- Color
- color cover; color interior
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 11"
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover; glossy interior
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
Introduction!
about comics / 11 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- A. Mutt; Jeff; Skippy; Superman; M. C. Gaines (photo); Bill Gaines (photo); Henry Donenfeld (photo); Jack Liebowitz (photo); Moon Girl; Dr. Fredric Wertham (photo); Al Feldstein (photo); Nancy Gaines (photo)
- Synopsis
- A history of EC Comics.
- Pages
- 9 - 19
Al Feldstein!
about comics / 9 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Al Feldstein; Rumplestiltskin; Tom Thumb; Sheena; Sunny; Peggy; The Crypt-Keeper; The Vault-Keeper; The Old Witch; Santa Claus; Alfred E. Neumann; Bill Gaines
- Synopsis
- A biography of Al Feldstein.
- Pages
- 21 - 29
Reflection of Death!
The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Al Feldstein
- Inks
- Al Feldstein
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Crypt-Keeper; Carl; Al
- Synopsis
- Al and Carl are on their way home when there is a car crash.
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #23 (April-May 1951)
-
Harvey Kurtzman!
about comics / 11 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Black Venus; Bill Gaines; Sid Caesar; Annie Fanny; Harvey Kurtzman (photo)
- Synopsis
- A biography of Harvey Kurtzman and his work.
- Pages
- 39 - 50
[H. Kurtzman]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Yank: The Army Weekly 1945.11.16
- 1945.11.23
- 1945.12.07
Indexer Notes
Two cartoons from high school, three from the army.
Corpse on the Imjin!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A soldier wonders what killed the corpse he sees floating down the Imjin.
- Reprints
- from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)
-
Johnny Craig!
about comics / 7 pages
- Script
- Grant Geissman
- Pencils
- Johnny Craig; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Johnny Craig; ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ?; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Harry Blackstone; Moon Girl; Johnny Craig (photo); Toni Craig (photo); The Vault-Keeper (photo of Johnny Craig); The Old Witch (photo of Johnny Craig); The Crypt-Keeper (photo of Johnny Craig); Amy; Edwin; Susan; Drusilla
- Synopsis
- A biography of Johnny Craig.
- Pages
- 59 - 65
Touch and Go!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (story); Johnny Craig (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Johnny Craig
- Inks
- Johnny Craig
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- William Acton; Arthur Huxley
- Synopsis
- After murdering Arthur, William starts wiping away his fingerprints.
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #17 (June-July 1953)
-
Jack Davis!
about comics / 6.89 pages
- Script
- Grant Geissman
- Pencils
- Jack Davis; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Jack Davis; ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ?; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Jack Davis; The Crypt-Keeper; The Vault-Keeper; The Old Witch; Harvey Kurtzman; Wally Wood; Will Elder; John Severin; Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein; Richard Nixon; Theodore Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- A biography of Jack Davis.
- Pages
- 75 - 81
[no title indexed]
Boondocker / cartoon / 0.11 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can hardly wait to go back to school and start studying again.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Boondocker
- Synopsis
- Boondocker imagines being back at school.
- Reprints
- from Navy News 1945.12.21
Foul Play!
The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Crypt-Keeper; Herbie Satten; Phil Brady; Jerry Deegan; Doc White; Melvin; Moe
- Synopsis
- Herbie Satten figures out a way to win the baseball pennant.
- Reprints
- from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #19 (May-June 1953)
-
Graham Ingels!
about comics / 11 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Graham Ingels; Wonderman; The Old Witch
- Synopsis
- Biography of Ghastly Graham Ingels.
- Pages
- 91 - 101
Horror We? How's Bayou?
The Witch's Cauldron! / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch; Max Forman; Sidney; Everett; Anthony Jackson
- Synopsis
- Max drives on the wrong road in the bayou.
- Reprints
- from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #17 (January-February 1953)
-
Jack Kamen!
about comics / 5 pages
- Script
- Grant Geissman
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Jack Kamen; ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ?; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Jack Kamen; Rulah; The Old Witch; Dean Kamen; Al Feldstein (photo)
- Synopsis
- Biography of Jack Kamen.
- Pages
- 111 - 115
Kamen's Kalamity!
The Den of Iniquity! / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen
- Inks
- Jack Kamen
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein; Jack Kamen; Suzy; Graham Ingels; Johnny Craig; Jack Davis; Evelyn Kamen
- Synopsis
- How Jack learned to draw horror stories.
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #31 (August-September 1952)
-
Wallace Wood!
about comics / 6.67 pages
- Script
- Grant Geissman
- Pencils
- Wally Wood; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Wally Wood; ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Wally Wood; Superduperman
- Synopsis
- A biography of Wally Wood.
- Pages
- 123 - 129
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Not much. What's new with you?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from The Gent 1957
The Precious Years
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Martin Dakan; Jean
- Synopsis
- Martin is five hundred and fifty years old and bored with his eternal life.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #19 (May-June 1953)
-
Joe Orlando!
about comics / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Joe Orlando; Wally Wood; Scooter; The Inferior Five [White Feather; Dumb Bunny; The Blimp; Merryman; Awkwardman]
- Synopsis
- A biography of Joe Orlando.
- Pages
- 139 - 145
Judgement Day!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tarlton
- Synopsis
- Tarlton inspects Cybrinia, the planet of mechanical life, to see if it is ready to join the great galactic republic.
- Reprints
- from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #18 (March-April 1953)
-
Will Elder!
about comics / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Will Elder; Rufus De Bree; American Eagle; Goodman Beaver; Melvin Mole; Harvey Kurtzman (photo)
- Synopsis
- A biography of Will Elder.
- Pages
- 155 - 160
The Night Before Christmas
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Elder; Clement C. Moore
- Pencils
- Bill Elder
- Inks
- Bill Elder
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Marilyn Monroe; Jane Russell; Old Witch; St. Nicholas; Bill Elder; Al Williamson; Johnny Craig; Al Feldstein; Bill Gaines; Nancy Siegel; Jack Davis; Graham Ingels; John Severin; George Evans; Joe Orlando; Wallace Wood; Jack Kamen; Marie Severin; Reed Crandall; Harvey Kurtzman; Bernie Krigstein
- Synopsis
- A visit from St. Nicholas on Christmas eve.
- Reprints
- from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #1 (February-March 1954)
-
John Severin!
about comics / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- John Severin; American Eagle; Melvin; Sylvester P. Smythe; Steve Rampart
- Synopsis
- A biography of John Severin.
- Pages
- 169 - 173
...For Us the Living
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- John Severin
- Inks
- Bill Elder
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Russell Cromwell; Perry: Sol; F.B.I. Chief; Abraham Lincoln; John F. Parker; Charles Forbes; John Wilkes Booth; Mary Todd Lincoln
- Synopsis
- Dr. Cromwell tells the F.B.I. that he came from an alternate timeline.
- Reprints
- from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #20 (July-August 1953)
-
George Evans!
about comics / 6 pages
- Script
- Grant Geissman
- Pencils
- George Evans; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- George Evans; ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ?; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- George Evans (photo)
- Synopsis
- A biography of George Evans.
- Pages
- 183 - 188
Blind Alleys
The Vault of Horror! / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Vault-Keeper; Gunner Grunwald; Brutus
- Synopsis
- A slum lord takes advantage of his blind tenants.
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #46 (February-March 1955)
-
Al Williamson and the Fleagle Gang!
about comics / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Al Williamson; The Vault-Keeper; Marie Severin (photo); Flash Gordon; Angelo Torres; Frank Frazetta; Bill Gaines; Nick Meglin; George Woodbridge; Roy Krenkel
- Synopsis
- A biography of Al Williamson and his artistic cronies.
- Pages
- 197 - 203
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But Al, what's wrong now? We wrote it just for you!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Gaines; Al Williamson
- Synopsis
- Al has a problem with a story.
50 Girls 50
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Al Williamson
- Inks
- Al Williamson; Frank Frazetta; Roy Krenkel
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Sid; Wendy; Laura Masters
- Synopsis
- Sid plans to have a woman a year on a rocket to another planet.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #20 (July-August 1953)
-
Reed Crandall!
about comics / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Reed Crandall; Doll Man; Blackhawk; Chop-Chop; Stanislaus; John Carter; Dejah Thoris; Rod Serling (photo)
- Synopsis
- A biography of Reed Crandall.
- Pages
- 213 - 216
The High Cost of Dying!
The Vault of Horror! / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Vault-Keeper; Henri Courbet; Pierre Courbet; Marie Courbet; Le Ducart; Greviard; Louis
- Synopsis
- Henri must decide what to do with his dead wife.
- Reprints
- from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #21 (September-October 1953)
-
Bernie Krigstein!
about comics / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Bernard Krigstein (photo)
- Synopsis
- A biography of Bernie Krigstein.
- Pages
- 225 - 231
The Flying Machine
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (story); Johnny Craig (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Emperor Yuan
- Synopsis
- A man invents a flying machine in ancient China.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science-Fantasy (EC, 1954 series) #23 (Spring 1954)
-
The Best of the Rest!
about comics / 11 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Marie Severin; Jerry DeFuccio; Bill Gaines; Joe Orlando; Jack Kamen; Harvey Kurtzman; Graham Ingels; Will Elder; John Severin; George Evans; Bernie Krigstein; Johnny Craig; Jack Davis; Reed Crandall; Al Williamson; Al Feldstein; Wally Wood; John Putnam; Moon Girl; Sheldon Moldoff; Powerhouse Pepper; Spacehawk; Dr. Gore; Poontney Spadafroont
- Synopsis
- Biographies of Marie Severin, Sheldon Moldoff, Alex Toth, Basil Wolverton, and Joe Kubert.
- Pages
- 239 - 249
E.C. Christmas Party Art!
cartoon / 8 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein; Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Al Feldstein; Harvey Kurtzman; John Putnam
- Inks
- Al Feldstein; Harvey Kurtzman; John Putnam
- Colors
- Al Feldstein; Harvey Kurtzman
- Letters
- Al Feldstein; Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Adolph Hitler; Harvey Kurtzman; Wally Wood; Jack Davis; Graham Ingels; Bill Elder; Johnny Severin; Paul Kast; Marilyn Monroe; Al Feldstein; Joe Orlando; Jack Kamen; Reed Crandall; John Putnam; Harry Chester; Bill Gaines
Indexer Notes
Cartoons from the various E.C. Christmas parties.
Wanted For Murder
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Lou Kempner; Susan Williams; Harry Baird
- Synopsis
- An escaped convict comes across two people camping.
Indexer Notes
Would have run in Crime Illustrated #3 had they printed it.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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1.
Introduction!
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2.
Al Feldstein!
-
3.
Reflection of Death!
The Crypt of Terror -
4.
Harvey Kurtzman!
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5.
[H. Kurtzman]
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6.
Corpse on the Imjin!
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7.
Johnny Craig!
-
8.
Touch and Go!
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9.
Jack Davis!
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10.
["I can hardly wait to go back to school and start studying again."]
Boondocker -
11.
Foul Play!
The Crypt of Terror -
12.
Graham Ingels!
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13.
Horror We? How's Bayou?
The Witch's Cauldron! -
14.
Jack Kamen!
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15.
Kamen's Kalamity!
The Den of Iniquity! -
16.
Wallace Wood!
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17.
["Not much. What's new with you?"]
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18.
The Precious Years
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19.
Joe Orlando!
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20.
Judgement Day!
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21.
Will Elder!
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22.
The Night Before Christmas
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23.
John Severin!
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24.
...For Us the Living
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25.
George Evans!
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26.
Blind Alleys
The Vault of Horror! -
27.
Al Williamson and the Fleagle Gang!
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28.
["But Al, what's wrong now? We wrote it just for you!"]
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29.
50 Girls 50
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30.
Reed Crandall!
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31.
The High Cost of Dying!
The Vault of Horror! -
32.
Bernie Krigstein!
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33.
The Flying Machine
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34.
The Best of the Rest!
-
35.
E.C. Christmas Party Art!
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36.
Wanted For Murder
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37.
R.I.P!
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