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Issue: Vault of Horror #5
Publication Date: May 1992
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues (7 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagRuss Cochran
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Russ Cochran, Publisher
On Sale Date: 1992
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098932901005
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Vault of Horror
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From Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #18 published April 1951
was Sink-hole! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Rock
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig
Inker(s): Johnny Craig
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Disclose Notes: Letter from Chad Whitley.
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Sink-Hole!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Craig
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper [cameos]; Aldous Barstow; Rick Hudson
Synopsis: A lonely woman, who had joined a lonely hearts club, accepts a marriage proposal by mail, but when she meets him, he is actually much older than she realizes. After she meets the new area health inspector, Rick Hudson, and falls for him, she murders her husband and dumps him into the well on their property so she can carry on a romance with Hudson. Then she discovers that Hudson is married and leaving town.....disappointed beyond hope, she goes over to well to draw some water to quench her mounting thirst....and gets a REAL surprise!
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From Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #18 published April 1951
was Sink-Hole! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Lend Me a Hand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keepers [cameos]; Dr. Harold Johnson
Synopsis: Emminent physician Dr. Johnson is the victim of a car accident and loses his hand, which means his career if finished. After reading an article in a medical journal about keeping tissue alive by a chemical and mechanical apparatus, the doctor decides to kill a drunk to get a hand to replace the one he lost.....with some very unfortunate results!
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From Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #18 published April 1951
was Lend Me a Hand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William M. Gaines
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Inspector Mattern
Synopsis: Inspector Mattern and his assistant, Sergeant Finch, were working homicide detail concerning four murders that had occured under a full moon in the previous four months. They laid a trap for the killer, which appeared to be some kind of wild animal. As Mittern sat waiting to spring the trap he lost consciousness. When he awoke, he discovered Sgt. Finch was lying atop him, with a slashed throat and wounds that appeared to be that of a werewolf! Then he noticed his hairy hands were covered in blood....and realized that the trap he had set had worked and had caught the killer werewolf...himself!
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From Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #18 published April 1951
was Trap [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Has a spot illustration.
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The Mask of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen
Inker(s): Jack Kamen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper [cameo]; Ken Anders
Synopsis: Ken Anders stops off at an eerie costume shop to get a costume for a party, and the weird owner outfits him with a mask and costume that is supposed to represent his true self. Opening the box upon reaching home, he discovers the costume of a rotting corpse inside. Donning only the costume, he goes over to his fiancee's house, but she begs off because of a headache....so he leaves, but then discovers he left the box with the mask inside at her house. When he returns, she is in the arms of another man....so he leaves devastated. He puts the mask on and heads to the party, and meets a woman dressed as a vampire and falls for her. They head into the garden to unmask and he discovers she really IS a vampire, who then attacks him. Anders drowns her in a lily pond....but then notes his reflection in the pond with terrifying results!
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From Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #18 published April 1951
was The Mask of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. Feature is Vault of Horror despite lack of header to that effect because Vault-Keeper introduces the story.
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You Can't Miss...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Synopsis: Ad for the Tales from the Crypt magazine by Russ Cochran.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I say, Chauncey...
Synopsis: House ad for The Complete Color Mad 4 volume set, The Complete Panic 2 volume set and the Mad Softcover volume.
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Dying to Lose Weight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels
Inker(s): Graham Ingels
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch [cameos]; Dr. Perdo
Synopsis: In a small town populated by many fat people, Dr. Perdo comes to town, offering to help those people through the use of a tiny weight-loss capsule. Four accept his offer and the capsule works on them to perfection, and the town is sorry to see Dr. Perdo move on. But then, the four people suddenly die horrible deaths as if they had starved to death. Six months later, Perdo, in disguise, returns to the town, but is discovered and runs into the cemetery to hide and into the mausoleum of one of his victims, where he comes face-to-face with the thing that had killed his victims: a giant tapeworm!
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From Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #18 published April 1951
was Dying to Lose Weight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Weird Science #11

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Weird Science
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Science #11 published January 1952
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Conquerors of the Moon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): R. M. Lamont
Synopsis: A corporate mining company accidentally destroys all life on Earth while trying to give the Moon an atmosphere.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Science #11 published January 1952
was The Conquerors of the Moon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Only Human!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Andrew Harmon; Miss Landers
Synopsis: Romance develops between Andrew Harmon and Miss Landers while they are employed to help educate an electronic brain.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Science #11 published January 1952
was Only Human! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Discovery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Science #11 published January 1952
was Discovery [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Has a spot illustration.
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Why Papa Left Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Raymond Williams Jr; Doctor Vandeveer Hybolt; Martha Anders; Mr. Axel
Synopsis: Raymond Williams Jr. is transported 25 years into the past where he discovers why his father left the family abruptly after he was born.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Science #11 published January 1952
was Why Papa Left Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig
Inker(s): Johnny Craig
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: No two ways about it...
Synopsis: Advertisement for the Russ Cochran boxed Vault of Horror hardback books.
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Pages: 1
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Coming Soon

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: House ad for the Russ Cochran editions of Haunt of Fear #5 and Vault of Horror #5.
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Pages: 1
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The Worm Turns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Becker; Vaughn
Synopsis: Vaughn learns about cruelty to animals after the spaceship his is part of the crew of crashes on another planet.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Science #11 published January 1952
was The Worm Turns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Subscribe!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Subscription information for the Russ Cochran titles.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels
Inker(s): Graham Ingels
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hee, hee!
Synopsis: Back issues of the EC Classics series.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: On-sale dates and cover images for Vault of Horror #6, Tales from the Crypt #7, Tales from the Crypt #8 and Haunt of Fear #6.
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Pages: 1

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