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A Bloody Undertaking

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): Johnny Craig ?

Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982

In Content Item: Flag

Vault of Horror #24 published May 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Vault of Horror #13 published October 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The cover title was taken from the first story in this issue, from which the cover was based.

Script, colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

Johnny Craig

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): (photo)

Inker(s): (photo)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: biography

Feature(s): [The EC] Artist of the Issue

Character(s): Johnny Craig

Synopsis: Biography of artist Johnny Craig with a B/W photo of him.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

A Bloody Undertaking!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Gilbert Podges (undertaker, death); Charlie Drayne (Gilbert's assistant, death); Wilma Podges (villain, Podge's wife, a vampire)

Synopsis: Mortician Gilbert Podges gives a young girl a ride from the train station and ends up marrying her. His mortuary business, however, takes precedence over a honeymoon. After he hires a new assistant, Gilbert notes the blood drained from the bodies is disappearing, and stories of a vampire on the loose worry him. The townspeople, however, believe Gilbert's new assistant to be the vampire, and so they track him down and kill him. Gilbert relaxes, but not for long.

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982

In Content Item: Flag

Iskalde Grøss #1/1992 published January 1992
as En blodfattig begravelse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Vault of Horror #13 published October 1995
as A Bloody Undertaking! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

...With All the Trappings!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)

Penciller(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Inker(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Pierre; Maria

Synopsis: People were starting to leave the town cemetery after the burial of Emile, and Pierre swore to Maria that he'd never be buried like that....his body being left to the worms and crawling things. With winter coming on and in need of money, Pierre set out more trap lines than ever before, a concern to Maria. Before he left to cover them, Pierre looked over the materials he'd just received on metal vaults. Three days later, after returning home, he found Maria dead on the floor, and went into town to check out those metal vaults, and discovered they cost $300......a year's worth of trapping for Pierre! Sitting at home dejected, with Maria's body near him, Pierre decides to put her in the ice house for preservation until he can raise the needed funds. Trapping that winter proved financially sound and Pierre went to town and ordered the vault and a funeral service for Maria, then happily headed home. As he entered the ice house to get her body, he froze in horror as he saw a lynx, which had stripped Maria's body of its flesh!

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982

In Content Item: Flag

EC Portfolio #3 published January 1973
as ... With All the Trappings! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Iskalde Grøss #4/1990 published January 1990
as Til beinet [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Vault of Horror #13 published October 1995
as ...With All the Trappings! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Prescription

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): William M. Gaines

Penciller(s): ? (spot illo)

Inker(s): ? (spot illo)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Manley

Synopsis: At the local drug store, Manley had just discovered that he had mislaid the ten Chloralex tablets ordered by the Animal Research Center.....pills that could instantly kill a human being.....were missing! Then he thought of the messenger he had just dispatched to Mrs. Lester's with a prescription.....could he have sent the Chloralex tablets to her in error? He had to get that box back, so he called Mrs. Lester on the phone....but three times it came back busy. He darted out the door, heading for her house, and when he rang her bell, she answered. He asked her if her prescription had arrived, and she said it had. Manley told her that box had been delivered in error and it must have it back immediately for another patient who's need was more urgent, and he assured her that her prescription would arrive within 30 minutes. Taking the box from her, he left quite relieved, to his drug store. All this had been too much and he reached into his vest and took out an aspirin from the case and popped it into his mouth....and felt it dissolve on his tongue. The next instant, he leaped to his feet with a severe burning sensation in his throat and he then a strangling sensation....and sprawled across the prescription table....dead. Just within reach of his hand was the box he had taken the pill from.....clearly marked "Hold for Animal Research Center!"

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: This text story was printed on the inner halves of the two pages, with EC house ads to either side. One promoted Shock SuspenStoriess #2 [with a Wally Wood cover], while the other promoted the Complete Old & New Testament books from the Picture Stories From the Bible series, Picture Stories From World History #2 and Picture Stories From Science #2 [all with covers].

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (spot illo)

Inker(s): Johnny Craig (spot illo)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Vault-Keeper's Corner

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (cameo)

Synopsis: VK first relates reader voting on last issue's stories, then mentions that Wally Wood will be the next featured EC Artist of the Issue in Two-Fisted Tales #27. Then letters from 10 soldiers stationed in Korea, Ted Dahlman, Jack Hargett, William Richard, Jack Maxfield and Virginia Noulin were printed. Finally, there was the usual plug for the photos of the three GhouLunatics for 25 cents.

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Impressed by a Nightmare!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)

Penciller(s): Joe Orlando (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Fred Dworkin; Emma Dworkin

Synopsis: Every night, Emma Dworkin keeps having nightmares that come true the next day.

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982

In Content Item: Flag

Iskalde Grøss #4/1990 published January 1990
as Mareritt med trøkk i! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Vault of Horror #13 published October 1995
as Impressed By a Nightmare! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

The Death Wagon!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Penciller(s): Jack Davis

Inker(s): Jack Davis

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror

Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Police Inspector; Herman Kitch (villain, death); Amos Sink (villain, death)

Synopsis: Sink and Kitch, unscrupulous used car dealers, made a business of buying clunkers for a cut-rate price, then making them seem presentable and sold them to unsuspecting buyers. When all the cars were involved in accidents, resulting in deaths, a Police inspector threatened to get a warrant to examine all of the cars on their lot. To avert this, the pair spent nights fixing up every car on the lot, unaware that the dead, rotting corpses of their "victims" were moving in on them. The next morning the inspector returned with his warrant to find a single car adorned with the duo's body parts.

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982

In Content Item: Flag

Iskalde Grøss #3/1993 published January 1993
as Rullende likkiste! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Vault of Horror #13 published October 1995
as The Death Wagon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.