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Notes: Cover with two illustrations by Graham Ingels.

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Penciller(s): Graham Ingels

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Notes: Cover with two illustrations by Graham Ingels.

Doctor of Horror and Other Stories

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Becoming Ghastly

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First Line: He conjured some of the grisliest images in comic book history.

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Notes: Essay on the stories including in this volume along with a photo of and art by Ingels.

Smokin' Six-Guns!

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Genres: crime

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The Saga of Spotlight John

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Genres: crime, western

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Curse of the Pharaoh

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Genres: crime

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The Gentleman Gunman

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Genres: crime

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The Rise and Fall of Blackie Archer

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Genres: crime

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Doctor of Horror

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Vault of Horror

Character(s): Un-named retiring school Dean; Professor (later Dean) Alfred LeMonet (villain, death)

Synopsis: At the Hampshire Surgeon School, Professor LeMonet is told that attendance in his classes must increase if he is to remain as a teacher there, so he digs up cadavers for use in his anatomy classes, and enrollment suddenly blossoms, to the Dean's delight. LaMonet decides to kill his competition to get the Dean's job, then sees an opportunity to become Governor as well. LeMonte hires men to go out and kill people along the waterfront area, and bring their cadavers to the school to impress the royal surgeon, but the men make a grievous error, for LeMonte's body is among the other corpses!

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The Hungry Grave

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: A woman hates her husband so she gives him small doses of arsenic trying to work up her nerve to finish him off, but all she succeeds in doing is allowing him to develop a tolerance to the stuff. When he overhears her plot to leave him in a sack for her lover to bury in a dug-up grave, he poisons her instead and puts her in the sack so that the lover buries her not quite dead. Then, he kills the lover with an ax.

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Rats Have Sharp Teeth!

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Genres: horror

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Notes: This story is an adaptation of Henry Kuttner's classic short story, "The Graveyard Rats".

The Killer in the Coffin!

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Nan Parker; Faye Booth (Ernest's secretary); Ernest Parker (villain, insurance man, Nan's husband)

Synopsis: A man fakes his death from the plague in order to have a perfect alibi for murdering his wife. But he doesn't count on his lover, the lovely Faye Booth, contracting the plague and being unable to unearth his coffin.

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A Snapshot of Death!

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Genres: crime

Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories

Character(s): Louie (pool hall proprietor); Frank Darrow (Jean's husband); Doctor Hartley (also in flashback); Jean Darrow; unnamed Policeman; "Red" Morgan (villain, death)

Synopsis: A woman enters a pool room and hires a man to kill a lady, whose picture she provides to him. Imagine his surprise when he notes that the photo is of the woman wanting the crime committed.

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Rx...Death

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: A sister worries that her brother is under too much stress and so asks a doctor to write a prescription for some medicine. The doctor does so, but the old-fashioned druggist has only a bottle with the correct label, but after the doctor examines it, he realizes it is not the correct substance. After the contents have been analyzed, the results indicate that for the past several weeks, her brother has been slowly digested alive.

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Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Buried Alive!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Vault of Horror

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (cameo); Sam [Zobo, the Living Corpse] (death) Paul; Rita (death)

Synopsis: At a two-bit carnival patrons pay 10 cents to see Zobo the man who stays buried under six feet of earth for 8 hours, able to accomplish it due to shallow breathing. His girl Rita digs him up, then off she goes to see her lover, Paul. Sam is mad when he finds out, but Rita convinces him that the love bit is a sham to drain the guy of his money. Rita convinces Sam to do his burial routine as a part of the plot, but really planning on keeping Sam buried for all time. When Sam catches wind of this, he plans his own surprise for Rita.....a plan that backfires big time.

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Monster Maker!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): A Scientific SuspenStory

Character(s): Unnamed doctor at London Hospital; Whitsly (Ravenscar's assistant, death, brain transplanted into dead body to live again); Dr. John Ravenscar (villain, London Hospital Chief Surgeon, death)

Synopsis: Dr. Ravenscar intends to transplant the brain of an ape into a human body, but the assistant drops it. Enraged, Dr. Ravenscar uses the assistant's brain instead, but the assistant gets his revenge by luring the doctor out of an open window over the sea cliff.

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A Moment of Madness!

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Genres: crime

Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories

Character(s): Dr. Ralph Bently (brain surgeon, death); Diane Sanger (Bentley's sweetheart); a hobo (death); Cargile (a doctor)

Synopsis: A noted brain surgeon is experiencing blackouts, which cause him to unconsciously commit acts of violence during his blackouts.

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Death Suited Him

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Genres: horror

Character(s): The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis: The rivalry between two college boys for the love a woman ends when the poorer of the two murders the other, making it look like an accident, to gain his wife and money. To top off his victory he decides to steal the tuxedo for the wedding the victim was wearing when buried, because he is convinced if he were not too poor to afford a tuxedo in college, he could have been her first choice in marriage. She agrees to the wedding, but on the blessed day, he dies from embalming fluid poisoning contracted from the suit.

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Fitting Punishment!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Vault of Horror

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper [cameo]; Ezra Flint; Stanley

Synopsis: After the death of his mother, young Stanley is placed in the care of his uncle Ezra, the town undertaker. Soon, Stanley discovers that his uncle takes jewelry and other valuables from the corpses before burial. Discovered, Ezra kills Stanley and puts him in an available coffin. However, Stanley is too long for it and Ezra shortens him. After the interment, Ezra hears a knock at the door and discovers only Stanley's bandaged foot on the step. Later, another knock leads to Stanley's other foot. A third and final knock brings Ezra face to face with Stanley -- on crutches!

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Notes: This story is loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft's short story, "In the Vault."

The Hunchback!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Roger Compton; Peter Goglo (death); Henry Gordon (doctor); the Ghoul (villain, death)

Synopsis: Roger is visiting a small town and runs into an old college chum of his, Peter Goglo, a man whom the town's people claim to be a ghoul. In fact, the man has a ghoulish undeveloped twin growing out of his back that is a flesh-eater: a ghoul that eventually kills its host!

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Blood Red Wine!

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Genres: crime, horror

Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Ramon (wine connoisseur, death); Pietro Ballo (villain, vintner, death)

Synopsis: Old Ballo, whose wine business had been ruined by a review made by a wine connoisseur, decides to invite the man to his home and do away with him.

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Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Blood Type 'V'!

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Genres: horror

Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Freddie Duncan (reporter for the Evening Sun, death); Jean Duncan (Freddie's co-worker, death); Doctor Bensen (death); un-named hobo tramp (death); un-named blood donor (villain, a vampire)

Synopsis: An auto accident forces a man to seek help for his wife who has been knocked unconscious. When he returns with a doctor, the doctor is surprised to see she has suffered few cuts but nonetheless is nearly dead from massive blood loss. Neither man is the correct blood type to give a transfusion, but a passing stranger with the correct type offers to do so. The woman recovers and disappears after which a spate of vampire attacks occur. Freddie suspects the "donor" to be a vampire and confronts and kills a vampire that turns out to be Jean, then is killed by the true vampire.

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Baby -- It's Cold Inside!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (cameo); Barton Gordon

Synopsis: Barton Gordon is making his way through a blinding snowstorm to answer a want ad for a superintendent and he comes to the rundown apartment house mentioned in the ad. He is told by a resident that the new owner, Marcus Kingsley, doesn't supply heat to the tenants, so Gordon decides to visit him, finding a yellow-skinned man living in an air conditioned apartment. One day, the AC unit burns itself out and Kingsley demands its repair. But it can't be fixed for days. When Gordon approaches the Kingsley's apartment, he notices an oozing, decaying flesh flowing out from under the door!

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A Biting Finish!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Bob (death); Ellen (Bruno's wife, death); Thaddius Godkin (death, in flashback); Mr. Lane; Mrs. Lane (death); Jim (member of the posse); Bruno (villain)

Synopsis: A man murders his rival and buries his body in the grave of someone who died in 1867. When he confesses in his sleep, his new wife confronts him and he murders both her and the maid. With police on his heels he takes to an underground tunnel system that passes through the old graveyard. A coffin obstructs his path and he smashes an opening into it to reach inside and pry it out of the way. The corpse inside bites down hard on his hand causing him to bleed to death. As life fades, he notices the name plate on the coffin is the same one that he disposed of the body of his rival.

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Heads-Up!

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Genres: crime, horror

Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Dora Butler (Fred's wife, death); Hal (Dora's lover, death); Fred Butler (villain, freak-show owner)

Synopsis: Dora gets fed up with her husband and his freak show occupation, and falls in love with another circus performer. When Fred discovers the affair and the fact that the pair intend to put him out of the way, he comes up with a plan......

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Last Respects!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Anna Cooper (Anthony's girl, death); Mr. Cooper (Anna's uncle, death); Anthony Colton (villain, Cooper's chauffeur, death)

Synopsis: Anthony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl. When her uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. When she passes, Anthony murders her uncle, then brings a carnival prize to her mausoleum. He accidentally gets locked in and survives nearly a month by catching leaking rain water and devouring the corpse, eventually succumbing to formaldehyde poisoning.

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Dying to Lose Weight!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (cameo); Dr. Perdo

Synopsis: In a small town populated by many fat people, a weird 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. 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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A Strange Undertaking...

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Ezra Deepley (undertaker, death); Clem Bookin (cemetery caretaker); Mrs. Bridgeman (voice only); John Bridgeman (Mrs. Bridgeman's husband, dentist, cameo, also in flashback, death); Fredrick Dunhill (town Mayor, cameo, also in flashback, death); Horace Streetwall (banker, cameo, also in flashback, death); Dr. Claude Fowler (cameo, also in flashback, death)

Synopsis: Ezra Deepley is an undertaker who feels he has suffered injustice at the hands of influential town citizens so when they die during an epidemic of disease, Ezra takes advantage of the situation to revenge himself upon their corpses. But soon, the five corpses rise and get their revenge on Ezra.

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Notes: E.C.'s first Bradbury swipe. Swipe of "The Handler".

Partially Dissolved!

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Genres: crime, horror

Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Ventar the Great (magician, death); Molto (villain, Ventar's assistant, death)

Synopsis: Crowds flocked to the theater to see Ventar, acclaimed as good a magician as the late Houdini or Thurston. The magician later reveals to his long time assistant a new metal he created that dissolves in water, thus allowing him to do a variety of seemingly dangerous illusions. But the assistant double-crosses his master and later assumes the role of master illusionist, until Ventar returns from the grave for justice.

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The Living Death!

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Lester Jerome (psychosomatic doctor); Arnold Manning (surgeon); Laurie (death)

Synopsis: Two doctors are in love with the same woman, but when she develops a tumor on her heart, Dr. Manning operates on her, but she dies. Later, when Dr. Manning suffers from a brain tumor, Dr. Jerome successfully uses psychosomatic medicine on him to save his life. However, a car accident leaves him dead for nearly three months, but also prevents Dr. Manning from decaying by post hypnotic suggestion until he hears the keyword 'Laurie'. When he hears this word, he instantly dissolves into a bag of putrescent slime.

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Notes: Swipe from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Facts In the Case of M. Valdemar".

Reunion!

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Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (cameo); Lillian Ansley; Roger Kane

Synopsis: Lillian was much too young when she married Waldo, and, soon, he began to age. One night at a party, she met Roger, fell in love and agreed to get a divorce from Waldo. Unfortunately, Waldo fell ill with polio and needed constant attention and Lillian told Roger she just couldn't go through with the divorce. They vowed to meet by the lake every five years to see if they can finally be together, but Roger is killed in a train wreck. Still, three years later, she visited the lake again, this time to be greeted by Roger's rotting corpse!

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Room For One More!

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Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis: Young Rodney Whitman loses his parents in an automobile accident and goes to live with relatives. When he reaches twenty he realizes there is only one spot left in the family crypt and wishes to secure it for himself, thus he murders his three living relatives and disposes of their bodies in the swamp, lake, and cellar. The zombies return, dismember Rodney, and claim the remaining casket for themselves.

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Graham Ingels

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First Line: Ingels was an extremely good-natured guy...

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Notes: Biography of Graham Ingels.

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Behind the Panels

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Notes: Biographies of Ray Bradbury, Al Feldstein, Gardner Fox, Bill Gaines, Edgar Allan Poe.

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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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The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library

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The Origin of Ghastly

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First Line: How did Graham Ingels become "Ghastly"?

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Notes: Back cover.