Crypt of Horror #13

(2011)

The Thing in the Pool (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Myron Fass (signed)

Inks

Myron Fass (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Ann Winsor; George Winsor; Sebastian Corday

Synopsis

An architect loses his secretary, who he's secretly in love with, to a young good looking man. Wanting revenge on the couple he offers them a huge mansion complete with a beautiful swimming pool as a gift. It turn out that inside the pool is a prehistoric furry tentacled monster. The architect encountered this monster years ago in a small watering hole and built the swimming pool over the hole to destroy the couple. Unfortunately for him the monster also makes him a victim.

Reprints

• from Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #2 (September 1952)

I Chopped Her Head Off! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#1 (January 1970)
which is reprinted
• from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #8 (January 1954) [reworked]

Yeech! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v1#9 (December 1969)
which is reprinted
• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #19 (June 1953) [retitled]

Indexer Notes

Art credited here to Carl Burgos.

Vampire (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#5 (October 1970)
which is reprinted
• from Mysterious Adventures (Story Comics, 1951 series) #2 (June 1951) [reworked]

The Floating Coffin (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lin Streeter (credited)

Inks

Lin Streeter (credited)

Letters

?

Characters

Kent Bullard; Jean; John Saunders

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #42 (April 1953)

Million-Year Monster (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Gattuso ?

Inks

Dick Beck

Letters

?

Characters

Professor Rigby; Jill Rigby; Kelvin Jones; Mike

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #14 (February 1953)

Stretching Things (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bruce Hamilton

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Characters

Lawrence Dawson (first appearance, death); Dr. James Doyle; Dr. Harrell

Synopsis

Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him. He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. However, Dawson's face becomes permanently twisted and he goes to scientist Harrell, who has a formula to restore him to normal. Dawson kills Harrell before he learns the proper dosage. When the police arrive to arrest Dawson, he's just a puddle on the floor.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #5 (January 1954)

A Corpse for the Coffin (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Lester Peters; Mrs. Harvey; Dr. Amos Craddock; Alfred Hamilton Knoll

Synopsis

Undertaker Peters and Dr. Craddock kill Alfred Hamilton and split the funeral fee.

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#4 (August 1970)
which is reprinted
• from Mysterious Adventures (Story Comics, 1951 series) #19 (April 1954) [reworked]

The Vampire's Bones! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Riss (credited)

Inks

Pete Riss (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Gary Owens

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #37 (November 1952)

Medusa's Head (Table of Contents: 10)

Mister Mystery / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Hy Fleishman (credited)

Inks

Hy Fleishman (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mister Mystery (host)

Reprints

• from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #15 (February 1954)

The Blind, the Doomed-- and the Dead! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Doctor Death (host)

Synopsis

A carnival owner tries to buy out the proprietor of the wax museum. When the latter refuses, he is killed, but returns to drag his murderer before a ghostly tribunal. The sentence is death.

Reprints

• from This Magazine Is Haunted (Fawcett, 1951 series) #4 (April 1952)

No Rest for the Dead (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jack Croner; Swanson (ghost); Kennedy (ghost); Deskin (ghost)

Synopsis

A cemetery caretaker tortures the ghosts in his cemetery.

Reprints

• from Journey into Fear (Superior, 1951 series) #12 (March 1953)

The Werewolf of Warsham Manor (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Moe Marcus

Inks

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Robert Warsham, last of the Warsham clan, hurries to his uncle’s death bed and learns about a family curse. In an experiment gone wrong decades ago, the scientist partner of Vincent Warsham was turned into a were-beast and killed. When the members of the Warsham family turn 45 years of age, the wolfman stalks and kills them in revenge.

Reprints

• from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (May-June 1951)

The Tomb (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (July 1971)
which is reprinted
• from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #14 (October 1952) [reworked]

She Stalks at Sundown (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Cameron (signed)

Inks

Lou Cameron (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Big game hunter Ken Jorgens finds the cub of a were-tigress in Bengal and brings it back home to the US. He raises the animal, experiences its transformation into human form - and falls in love with "Tigra". Her struggle with her animal instincts poses problems though.

Reprints

• from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #22 (January 1954)

Satan's Demons (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Félix Saborido (signed)

Inks

Félix Saborido (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

After a handsome stranger shows up at his door one stormy evening, a man's daughter dies of a mysterious disease.

Reprints

• from Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#5 (September 1970)
which is reprinted
• from Weird Terror (Comic Media, 1952 series) #12 (July 1954) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• from Danger (Comic Media, 1953 series) #?

Life in the Fass Lane! (Table of Contents: 17)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Characters

werewolf

Corpse in the Coffin (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chilling Tales of Horror (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#2 (August 1969)

Fiend of the Undead (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jon Blummer (credited)

Inks

Jon Blummer (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jean Peterson; Steve; Bimoze

Reprints

• from Out of the Night (American Comics Group, 1952 series) #6 (December 1952-January 1953)

Witches Revenge (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v4#2 (April 1970)
which is reprinted
• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #21 [1] (June 1951) [reworked]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Characters

mummy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Nadeau (signed)

Inks

John Nadeau (signed)

Colors

John Nadeau (signed)

Indexer Notes

Same image as the front cover, but without trade dress.