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Issue: Crypt of Shadows #8
Publication Date: January 1974
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Issues: #8 of 21 Issues (22 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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How Deep My Grave!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Russ Heath
Inker(s): Russ Heath
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #23 published August 1954
was Ask No Questions! [Illustration on Cover, Front]with slight modifications
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Look Homeward, Werewolf!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Lawrence
Inker(s): Mort Lawrence
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A werewolf hires a boatman to get him across the river but warns the man that water causes a violent reaction among his kind and if a single drop touch him, his life is forfeit. The boatman agrees, as he claims to be the best boatman for miles around and will have no problem keeping the werewolf dry. They cross the river without incident, but then it starts to...rain.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #23 published August 1954
was Look Homeward, Werewolf! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [E-603]
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Ask Me No Questions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: A father thinks his son asks him silly questions and so he gives him silly answers which annoys his mother. When the boy asks him where he came from, the father replies "The stork brought you." The boy asks "How did the stork know where to bring me?" The father replies "I blew my magic whistle" (which is a hunter's moose horn). The boy takes the horn outside and blows it and when the father goes to retrieve it, he sees dozens of storks delivering dozens of babies.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #43 published March 1975
as Ne me pose pas de question! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #23 published August 1954
was Ask Me No Questions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: [E-679]
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Smile, Blast Ya, Smile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob McCarthy
Inker(s): Bob McCarthy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: An editor for a science fiction publication is in danger of losing his job to a man who always smiles. The boss likes his story picks and so do the readers. When circulation rises the editor is fired and turns to drink. He attacks his former assistant with a knife, shredding the smiling mask, revealing the alien underneath. No one believes him and he is placed in an asylum.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #23 published August 1954
was Smile, Blast Ya, Smile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: [E-670]
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The Man Who Made a Wish!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: A man makes a pact with Satan for money and Satan gives him a disease that the medical community will pay him 10,000 dollars to partake in their study, but the disease will ensure that he will only have one month of life to spend the money.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystic #7 published March 1952
was The Man Who Made a Wish! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: [9518]
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Deep Grave. Cold Grave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Hodge (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Hodge (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A homeless man receives a ragged old coat with pockets full of cash, but the cash disappears if he removes the coat, so everyone thinks he must have stolen the money, and won't accept it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #23 published August 1954
was The Lucky Stiff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled: Deep Grave, Cold Grave!
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [E-725]
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Just Thomas and Lee - and the Soapbox Makes Three!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee; Roy Thomas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, Marvel Mini-Items, FOOM membership form.

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