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Tales from the Crypt was a bi-monthly horror comic anthology series from 1950 to 1955. This was published by Bill Gaines (William Gaines) through his company, EC Comics (E.C. Comics), which he inherited from his father in 1947. It traces its origin to a horror story from EC's Crime Patrol #15 comic book. The next issue of Crime Patrol featured even more horror stories, and the title was changed to The Crypt of Terror for #17. After another title change, Tales From the Crypt debuted with issue #20. Along with its sister titles, The Haunt of Fear and The Vault of Horror, Tales from the Crypt was popular, but in the late 1940s and early 1950s comic books came under attack from parents, clergymen, schoolteachers and others who believed the books contributed to illiteracy and juvenile delinquency. With the subsequent imposition of a highly restrictive Comics Code, E.C. Comics publisher Bill Gaines cancelled Tales from the Crypt and its two companion horror titles in September 1954. At the beginning of 1955, Bill Gaines was going to add a fourth horror title, and he decided to name it "The Crypt of Terror" (the original name of Tales From the Crypt; see above), and the first issue was all set for publication. But this was at the time of the Senate investigation, and Gaines realized he could not publish a new title, so he instead published the comic as the last issue of Tales From the Crypt (#46). 18 years later, Ron Barlow and Bruce Hershenson published the issue as their first East Coast Comics reprint, and the original title was restored, so it finally saw publication as was intended in 1955! All E.C. titles have been reprinted at various times since their demise, and stories from the horror series have been adapted for television and film.

Artist: Jack Davis

Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this comic book, and it sold for $410!

Contents: Cover by Jack Davis. "By the Fright of the Silvery Moon!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; After two men are found torn apart on the night of a full moon, the sheriff of a small American farm community seizes a man who has arrived from Hungary with his two sons and has him shot, believing him to be a werewolf. "Midnight Mess!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A man visits his sister in a small town where people get off the street and close up shop before sundown due to a recent spate of seventeen vampire killings, but scoffs at the idea as the work of a homicidal maniac as vampires don't exist. "The Rack" text story. "Busted Marriage!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A man has voodoo dolls made as wedding cake figures in order to get a wealthy woman to marry him. "This Wraps It Up," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Three archeologists, one with a bad heart (Munson), uncover the tomb of the 5th Pharoah of Egypt with a large treasure. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Please note that we don't use a "comic guide" grading system, and OUR grading scale is completely different from standard comic book grading. Our "very good" is completely different from a comic book graded "very good". Note that this comic book will be sent to the winning bidder in a brand new Mylite4 protective sleeve and a full-back 100% acid-free backing board.

Note: We have 19 images of this comic book, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 19 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 9.

Note that due to the greater interest in this comic we have pictured EVERY single page of this comic, which means that you can see EVERY defect the comic has, AND get a good sense of its condition. While we gave the comic an overall condition grade (and sometimes describe the defects in words) please rely on the actual images of the comic to help you decide what YOU think its condition is, and then bid or not bid based on what you are seeing in the images. And if you have ANY doubt as to what the condition of the comic is, or whether you want it in the condition it is is, then please do not bid, as we do not want any retracted bids or returns if at all possible. If in doubt, do not bid!.

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