Skræk #5

(6. oktober 1994)

Myrna & Enoch! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Al Feldstein; Maja Gabelgaard Nielsen [as Monster-Maja] (translator)

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

Kari Sekkelsten [as Kiste-Kari]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Gravgnaskeren [The Crypt Keeper] (host); Ernest Feeley (carnival owner); Myrna [aka Myranah] (Crypt Keeper's mother, death); Zachary Cling (Myrna's owner); unnamed Egyptian Pharaoh; unnamed wife of Pharaoh; Enoch (Crypt-Keeper's father, death); Dr. Jebson Sickles (Enoch's owner); un named Justice of the Peace

Synopsis

The Crypt Keeper relates his origin story of the meeting between his parents, a 4000-year-old female Egyptian mummy and a two-headed corpse.

Reprints

• from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #33 (December 1952-January 1953)

Oh, ensomme hjerte! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script); Maja Gabelgaard Nielsen [as Monster-Maja] (translator)

Pencils

Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Inks

Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Letters

Kari Sekkelsten [as Kiste-Kari]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Den gamle heks [The Old Witch] (host); Matilda Filby (in flashback, death); Ephie (in flashback, death); Luella (in flashback, death); Veronica (in flashback, death); apartment manager (in flashback); Mr. Bibbs; Janet (a corpse); King (Howard's dog); Howard [aka Mr. Prince; aka Mr. Royal; aka Mr. Throne] (villain)

Synopsis

A man who marries homely wealthy women and murders them for their money receives a lonely-hearts letter from a woman who tells him that she lives in a large stone house and enclosures a photograph of a lovely woman whom she admits the picture displays two years ago, not having a more recent snapshot. Since she is so beautiful, he decides that it's time to wind up his racket and settle down. She accepts his proposal and he dashes out to meet her.....with stunning results.

Reprints

• from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #33 (December 1952-January 1953)

Begravelsen (Table of Contents: 3)

Eventyrtime med Gravgnaskeren [The Crypt-Keeper's Grim Fairy Tale!] / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein; Maja Gabelgaard Nielsen [as Monster-Maja] (translator)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Kari Sekkelsten [as Kiste-Kari]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Gravgnaskeren [The Crypt-Keeper] (host)

Synopsis

In this grim fairy tale, a young prince grows fond of his nanny until one day she appears dead. The king attempts to console his heart-broken son by offering him candy, cake and a pony at the funeral for his nanny. The boy peeks in on her as she is lying in state and sees her move. It turns out she suffers from cataleptic fits and reassures the prince that she will never leave him. The boy thinks of all the nice things that he won't be getting due to the cancellation of the funeral and so brings a candlestick down upon her head.

Reprints

• from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #33 (December 1952-January 1953)

Sværdslugersken (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Albert B. Feldstein ?; Maja Gabelgaard Nielsen [as Monster-Maja] (translator)

Pencils

Johnny Craig

Inks

Johnny Craig

Letters

Kari Sekkelsten [as Kiste-Kari]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Fætter Maddike [The Vault-Keeper] (host)

Synopsis

A sword-swallower marries a man who becomes obese over time by spending all the money she earns with her act on food. She gets revenge by encouraging him to learn the act and when he's got the blade down his throat, she binds his hands in the dressing room and leaves him to the inevitable gas his gluttony has made him liable to.

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #13 (May-June 1952)

Tre små grise... (Table of Contents: 5)

The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Albert B. Feldstein; Maja Gabelgaard Nielsen [as Monster-Maja] (translator)

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Letters

Kari Sekkelsten [as Kiste-Kari]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Gravgnaskeren [The Crypt-Keeper] (host)

Synopsis

A British officer visits his uncle in India during the occupation. His uncle warns him off hunting the wild boars in the area which are sacred to the natives. He disregards him and kills a boar, then prepares it by boiling the hair off, roasting it upon a spit, and finally serving it on a plate with an apple in its mouth. A native servant present during the dinner witnesses this and is horrified. The uncle apologizes to the native head, but word gets out, and though the officer is to leave the area tomorrow, the natives get hold of him and give him the same treatment.

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #14 (July-August 1952)

Telefonboks (Table of Contents: 6)

The Witch's Cauldron! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script); Maja Gabelgaard Nielsen [as Monster-Maja] (translator)

Pencils

Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Inks

Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Letters

Kari Sekkelsten [as Kiste-Kari]

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Den gamle heks [The Old Witch] (host); Jacob Filbert (death); Eileen Filbert (Jacob's wife);

Synopsis

A man subject to cataleptic fits worries that he may be buried alive during one of them so he instructs his undertaker to perform no embalming and has a telephone installed in the coffin. He gets into an car accident while having a fit and it is assumed he was killed him. When he revives in the rapidly oxygen-depleting coffin, he first tries to phone his wife, then his brother, and finally his doctor, all without success. Finally, he tries to dial the operator, but unfortunately for him, it is December 7, 1941, and all circuits are busy!

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #15 (September-October 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

SKRÆKkelige breve / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Michael G. Nielsen [as Maddike-Michael]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

IP-Shoppen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Backissues of "Skræk" and "Skrækmagasinet Ren Horror"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #31 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Next issue promo