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Issue: Tales from the Crypt #2
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Issues: #2 of 7 Issues (11 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagRuss Cochran
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Pages: 68
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
13 (11 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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]

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Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Gary Holman, Roy Carne, Moshe Benyamini.
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Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Synopsis: A man wakes up on an operating table with a scientist standing over him, raving. The man manages to escape and makes his way home to his wife, Nancy. She screams, frightening him away and he stumbles into a carnival hall of mirrors. Now, he knows why Nancy screamed...
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Oil's Well That Ends Well!

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Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Synopsis: A couple of con men manage to trick an entire town into thinking there is oil under the town's park. After collecting a check as a finder's fee, one of the men fakes his death and ends up buried in the cemetery in the middle of the park. When his partner digs him up that night for their escape, they discover that there really is oil there. Too bad one of them drops his cigarette right into it. Boom!
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Love Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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Attacks of Horror!

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Genres: horror
Feature(s): Grim Fairy Tale
Synopsis: A king goes slightly overboard with introducing new taxes. So, the people decide to levy a tax of their own.
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Pages: 6
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There Was an Old Woman!

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: When she finds herself quite dead, the spirit of a old woman demands that her body be put back together and returned to her.
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When the Cat's Away...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: When Jay finds out his frail wife and his best friend are having an affair, he sets a plan into motion to kill them both. He convinces his wife her lover is dead, so she has a heart attack when she sees him. Then, Jay shoots his friend, "mistaking" him for a burglar.
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The Screaming Woman!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: A small girl named Margaret hears a woman screaming that she's been buried alive, but nobody believes her. Then, the girl idly sings a song she overheard the buried woman singing. Margaret's father recognizes the song as one he sang to a woman he almost married. But, she married a neighbor, instead. And that guy is acting pretty suspicious.
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The EC Caper

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
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Water, Water Everywhere...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: Two men stuck floating in the ocean in a lifeboat slowly go mad with thirst, and one of them is finally driven to murder. He finally dies himself, just before the lifeboat is found by rescuers. The irony? They were floating in potable, fresh water.
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...And Not a Drop to Drink!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: Two men are stranded in the desert when their jeep breaks down, and one goes mad and chases after a mirage. The other decides to shoot himself. However, the bullet that kills him also pierces the jeep's radiator, dousing his corpse with water.
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Hail and Heart-y!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Synopsis: A man constantly berates his poor wife to pour ashes on the icy walk, while claiming his heart is too weak to do it himself. Finally, his wife snaps. Later on, a passer-by finds a gold tooth among the ashes on the walkway.
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