- Script
- Ray Bradbury (story); Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script adaptation)
- Pencils
- Graham Ingels
- Inks
- Graham Ingels
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch (host); Ezra Deepley (undertaker, death); Clem Bookin (cemetery caretaker); Mrs. Bridgeman (voice only); John Bridgeman (Mrs. Bridgeman's husband, dentist, cameo, also in flashback, death); Fredrick Dunhill (town Mayor, cameo, also in flashback, death); Horace Streetwall (banker, cameo, also in flashback, death); Dr. Claude Fowler (cameo, also in flashback, death)
- Synopsis
- Ezra Deepley is an undertaker who feels he has suffered injustice at the hands of influential town citizens so when they die during an epidemic of disease, Ezra takes advantage of the situation to revenge himself upon their corpses. But soon, the five corpses rise and get their revenge on Ezra.
- Reprints
E.C.'s first Bradbury swipe, of "The Handler."
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Vault-Keeper (host); three unnamed girls (all die); Dr. Alex Farnsworth (mention only); girl vampire (villain); a drifter (villain, male vampire, death)
- Synopsis
- A drifter is "turned" by a vampire, but doesn't understand this strange new condition and powerful urges, so he attempts to track the woman down. He continually feels that he has found her at last only to realize his mistake when he has slaked his blood thirst upon his latest victim. Eventually the citizens discover his hiding place and pound a stake through his heart and he dies without ever fully comprehending what has happened to him.
- Reprints
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- ? (masthead illustration)
- Inks
- ? (masthead illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Paul Murdock (death); Richard Murdock (villain, Paul's heir)
- Synopsis
- Richard Murdock awakens suddenly from his slumber, wondering if someone was snooping around in this unused and closed-off wing of the Murdock mansion, once exclusively used by Paul Murdock. He realized that when the insurance company ruled that Paul's disappearance was for good, he'd get the fortune left behind. Later, when the coroner and the servants found the body of Richard in the hallway outside his room, the cause of death was officially listed as fright!
- Reprints
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- ? (masthead illustration)
- Inks
- ? (masthead illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- The Old Witch
- Reprints
Editorial (no letters).
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen
- Inks
- Jack Kamen
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch (host); Samuel Westlake (Hiram's brotherdeath); Hiram Westlake (death); Robert Westlake (Hiram's brother); Ezra Westlake (Hiram's brother); Granny; unnamed minister; Lisa Westlake (Robert's wife, death); Jonah Westlake (a jokester, Hiram's brother, death)
- Synopsis
- An unpopular family member with a penchant for playing practical jokes on the occasion of family member's funerals outsmarts himself when he takes the place of his brother's dead wife in her coffin and the family refuse to view his screams as anything but another gag, thus burying him alive.
- Reprints
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Cover story.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Crypt-Keeper (host); Hendrick Villhem (cheese-maker, death); Prince's butler; Bradbury Prince (villain, cheese factory owner, death)
- Synopsis
- The owner of a cheese factory murders his partner, Hendrick Villhem, by shoving him into a cheese vat in order to avoid sharing the profits with him. He dreams of being pursued by glowing cat's eyes and crawls across a mouse trap baited with cheese from which dangle the hands of his partner---then the trap springs shut!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- P & V Cheese Company
Letterer credit by Craig Delich per Al Feldstein.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).