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Issue: The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #19
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Title: The Thing from the Grave and Other Stories
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/02/2017
Volume: 19
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781683960317
UPC/EAN: 978168396031752999
Price: $29.99 USD
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Content Items: 49 (33 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. Michael Catron (senior editor); Gary Groth (executive editor)
Disclose Notes: This is Volume 19 of The Fantagraphics EC Library.
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Color: Black and White with some Color
Dimensions: 7.25" x 10.25" (18.4 cm x 26 cm)
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
horror
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The Thing from the Grave & Other Stories

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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Table of contents with images by Orlando on the edges of the pages.
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Joe Orlando

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Al Feldstein
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EC Artist of the Month.
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Orlando in Bloom

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred von Bernewitz
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
Analysis of the stories in this book, with art by Orlando.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Forbidden Fruit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host)
Two passengers from a downed plane wash up on an island where the only food appears to be fruit that grows on a tree enclosed behind a stockade. The previous occupant tells them from behind the wall that eating the fruit will make their skin rot off, but they don't believe he is sane and so come back to the enclosure later that night and partake of the fruit, but then they get a look at him...
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Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Madame Bluebeard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando [as J. Orlando] (signed)
Joe Orlando [as J. Orlando] (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host)
A woman raises her daughter to hate men and so for six years she murders a husband a year, making each appear an accidental death, as trophies for her departed mother. The seventh victim is not quite dead when he drags himself from the airplane wreck she caused, and thus she has to finish the job off herself with a large rock. When he is interred with the other six dead men that are ignorant they've been murdered "the wind...comes up...seems to sound like a whispher...telling the others..." When she is alone in the cemetery the corpses rise and drag her down into the earth with them.
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Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Ants in Her Trance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror
The Vault-Keeper (host)
A hypnotist places his wife in a trance and commands her to stop her heart. He brings her out of it with the phrase 'snap out of it'. When he falls for another woman, they decide to murder the wife by using the words 'wake up' instead, which won't bring her out of the trance. After she has been dead and buried for a year he brings his lover to the gravesite for appearances sake. She becomes hysterically overcome with guilt and he uses the phrase 'snap out of it'. They head back toward the cemetery entrance, but the grave erupts open and the corpse of his former wife lurches towards them. She hypnotizes them both and inflicts the same heart failure on them.
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Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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A Rottin' Trick!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host)
A man uses a girl then dumps her and makes the mistake of seeking the help of a boat pilot to leave the country who used to love her before she killed herself. The boat pilot drops him off at an island that serves as a leper colony.
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Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Impressed by a Nightmare!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host); Fred & Emma Dworkin
As Fred poured himself a cup of coffee, Emma told him that she'd had a nightmare about cutting her finger, and she couldn't stand the sight of the blood. He told her to forget it, but, sure enough, after he left, she cut her finger....just like in the dream. That night, she dreamed her little girl tripped and fell....and she did the next day. The next night she dreamed their son had an auto accident and that happened as well. Fred said that it was all coincidence....but when she dreamed next that her husband fell into the rollers of the giant printing presses at work, she sprang out of bed to stop him from going to work, only to discover he was already gone. In a panic, she ran down to his work site and rushed into where the presses were, and saw Fred atop the gigantic machine. When he heard her, he turned, slipped and fell into the printing press rollers!
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Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Till Death Do We Part!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
Haunt of Fear
The Old Witch (host)
"The Sixth Sense" with a burglar instead of a psychologist.
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Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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A Hollywood Ending!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host)
A movie producer, who flies out to an Eskimo settlement, is surprised to find a beautiful American girl living among them and quickly falls for her. He secretly sneaks her back to the States without her step-father's knowledge to marry her and put her in films. When her step-father cathes up to them, he reveals to the producer a rather horrifying aspect of the girl.
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Swipe of Cornell Woolrich's "Jane Brown's Body"
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Who's Next?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Haunt of Fear
The Old Witch (host)
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Midnight Mess!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host)
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. He is hungry since the restaurant he was in earlier closed down before he could order something to eat and so he goes for a walk after dinner. He comes upon the same restaurant that he was in earlier and it is open now. He enters the place to get something to eat, but ends up on the menu himself, for it serves as an after-hours eatery to the local vampires.
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Letterer credits by Craig Delich.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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The Lake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ray Bradbury (plot); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host); a little boy; Margaret (the grown-up little boy's wife); lifeguard; Tally (death, in flashback)
Years below, a little boy and his young girl friend, Tally played at the beach building sand castles together. One day, Tally swam out into the water and drowned, leaving the sand castle un-done, and no closure for the boy. Years later, the little boy, now grown, got married and returned to the beach with his wife, and met with the old lifeguard, who showed him Tally's body in a sack. Once more the young man returned to the beach, built an entire sand castle and walked back to his wife, Margaret, leaving the past behind.
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Story was adapted from Ray Bradbury's "The October Country," which appeared in May, 1944's "Weird Tales" and the anthology "Dark Carnival."

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Pleasant Screams!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror!
The Vault-Keeper (host); Felix Purdy (high school teacher); student of Mr. Purdy; a werewolf (villain); a vampire (villain); rotting corpse (villain); little monsters (villains)
A high school teacher narrates his experiences as the main character in the dream of a sadistic student. When he realizes the child is waking up, he is terrified at the true end of his existence.
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Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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The Craving Grave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Vault of Horror
The Vault-Keeper (host); Cynthia (death)
This story is told by a grave. It speaks of spending lonely years of being laughed at by the other graves, because they have children (corpses) while the narrator remains barren. Finally a casket is brought to the craving grave, but the body of Cynthia does not rest in peace. Her no-good nephew, who once robbed her, returns with his wife and begs forgiveness. Cynthia takes the two of them in, only to be murdered for her money.
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Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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The Monkey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
crime
Sue Minner (drug user); Mr. Clements (Eddie's boss); Eddie's unnamed father (death); Eddie's unnamed mother; unnamed narcotics officer; Sid Scanlon (villain, drug dealer); Eddie (villain, drug addict)
A drug addict murders his father in order to get his fix.
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Drug story.

Letterer credit per Russ Cochran and added by Craig Delich 2013-12-12. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Script revisions by Craig Delich.
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Sight Unseen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Crime SuspenStories
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Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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The Thing From the Grave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
horror
The Crypt of Terror
The Crypt-Keeper (host); James Barry (death); Laura Mason (Jame's wife); William (Bill) Ferth (villain, death)
Bill and Jim are rivals for Laura's affection. After Jim proposes and Laura accepts, she worries about Bill's temper. Bill kills Jim and buries his body in the forest and disposes of his car in a sinkhole, then tries to convince Laura that Jim has deserted her, but she refuses to believe it. Bill gets frustrated, admits to murdering Jim and tells Laura that he'll have to kill her too, taking her to a cabin and setting it afire. She screams, awakens Bill's corpse, who then rises from his grave, saves Laura, and takes care of Bill.....once and for all!
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Adapted from text story in The Haunt Of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #15 (May/June 1950).
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Food for Thought

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Carl Wessler
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
Crime SuspenStories
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The Hazing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler?
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Shock SuspenStories
A college student wants to join a frat so he makes up a story about a professor they don't like being a communist in order to get him fired.
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The Operation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
crime
Shock SuspenStories
A diamond thief surgeon cuts open his two goons to smuggle diamonds into the country in their bodies. When he gets a big one worth two hundred fifty thousand he tells the men he will operate on both of them, but place the diamond in only one so that they will not be tempted to disappear. The doctor sends them a note saying he will be delayed because he knows that this will play on their greed and they will turn on each other. They kill each other, but the doctor did not place the stone in either of them but himself.
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Dead Center

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jack Oleck ?
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
drama
Crime SuspenStories
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An Harrow Escape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Carl Wessler
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Crypt of Terror
The Crypt-Keeper (host); Captain Grady; Lt. Morton; Kip Fowler
Captain Grady's ship approached the seemingly derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered....that is, except for one Kip Fowler, who was barely able to tell them the story of how the ship had been caught in a bad storm and forced ashore. They had spotted a castle where they were met by a strange man, who invited them in out of the rain. That night, Kip roamed the castle and found coffins! He hurried back to the room of a female passenger and saw a vampire bending over her, and he drove a wooden stake thru its heart as it jumped at him. The passengers then headed back to their boat and shoved off, but Kip discovered the woman had already been bitten and was a vampire herself. At that point, Fowler passed away, and the Captain & Lt. Morton noticed the female lying near, and the Captain raised a wooden stake and plunged it into her heart. Both went up on deck....then Morton remembered that she had bitten Fowler, and both whirled to see the vampire....Fowler, leaping at them!
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Success Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Crypt-Keeper (host)
A woman and her parents move in with a man they nag constantly to get ahead in the world because he can't afford their demands for gadgets. Eventually the nagging pushes him over the edge and returns from the kitchen brandishing the meat cleaver. He giggles to the arresting officers "I not only got ahead, I got three heads." as they look over the three severed heads on silver platters in the dining room.
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Paid In Full

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Al Feldstein ?
Joe Orlando [as J. Orlando] (signed)
Joe Orlando [as J. Orlando] (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
drama
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The Travelers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
drama
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Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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This Is Your Strife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
Sloppy Sentimentalism Dept.
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Parody of TV show "This is Your Life."
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Breakfast with the Fershlugginers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Al Feldstein
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
Early Morning Radio Programs Dept.
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Parody of popular "breakfast with..." radio morning shows.
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Mother Goon's Nertzery Rhymes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Albert B. Feldstein
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
Ludicrous Literature Dept.
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Mother Goose parodies.
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Just Plain Bull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
Smash That Kitchen Radio Dept.
Parody of radio soap operas.
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Spots Before Your Eyes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
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TV commercials parody. 2 page sequences titled "The Late Evening Sportcaster", "The Weatherman", and "The Home Gardener".
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Comic Strip Advertising Dept.

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Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
Panic
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Parodies of various comic-strip-style advertisements. Idea from Nick Meglin.
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Travel Posters

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Credits
Jack Mendelsohn
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
The Urge to See the World Dept.
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Parody of typical travel posters.
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Carmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Mendelsohn
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
High Class Culture Dept.
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Opera parody.
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Zoo Charade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Mendelsohn
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
humorous
Wild Life on T.V. Dept.
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Parody of TV show "Zoo Parade".
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Out of the Grave

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
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Subject Matter
horror
Marie; The Thing [Jim] (the walking dead); un-named man (villain, death)
Having already killed her friend Jim and buried him, the un-named man tied Marie to the chair and set the cabin on fire, all to get her inheritance. But Jim was not content to allow the girl he once cared for and promised to protect die in the fire, so he rose from the grave to exact his revenge on her tormentor!
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Self Portrait

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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Devilish self-portrait of Orlando as requested by Marie Severin.
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Joe Orlando

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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S. C. "Steve" Ringgenberg
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Biography of Orlando accompanied by art by him.
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Good lord!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Panel enlargement from interior story.
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Behind the Panels

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Janice Lee; Arthur Lortie; Bill Mason; Tom Spurgeon
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Biographies of Ray Douglas Bradbury; Albert B. Feldstein; Gardner Fox; William Maxwell Gaines; Nick Meglin; Jack Mendelsohn; Jack Oleck; Carl Wessler.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Crime, Horror, Terror, Gore, Depravity, Disrespect for Established Authority - and Science Fiction Too! The Ups and Downs of EC Comics

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Ted White
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The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Classic Crime, Shock, Horror - and Outrageous Satire!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Back cover contains blurb about the book; UPC; logos; price; and an image of a hand rising from a grave.

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