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Issue: Vault of Horror #18
Publication Date: April 1951
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Issues: #18 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/16/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Sink-hole!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset); Aldous Barstow (corpse); Shirley Barstow; Rick Hudson
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #5 published May 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1994 published January 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #7 published April 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #18 published September 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover title taken from the 1st story in the issue, from which the cover is based.
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Look For This Seal...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Association of Comics Magazines Publishers
Synopsis: Ad promoting the seal of approval for comic magazines.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sink-Hole!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Aldous Barstow; Rick Hudson (health inspector); Shirley Barstow (villain, wife of Aldous, death)
First Line: Well, well, well...
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 had realized. 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 the well to draw some water to quench her mounting thirst and gets a REAL surprise!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #5 published May 1992
as Sink-Hole! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #7 published April 1994
as Sink-Hole! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171).
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.
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Lend Me a Hand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (cameo); Dr. Brown (Dr. Johnstone's assistant); Dr. Brown's nurse (cameo); a drunk (death); Dr. Harold Johnstone (villain, death)
First Line: H-m-m-ph!
Synopsis: Eminent physician Dr. Johnson is the victim of a car accident and loses his hand, which means his career is 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!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1992 published January 1992
as En hjelpende hånd! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #5 published May 1992
as Lend Me a Hand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #7 published April 1994
as Lend Me a Hand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Sink-Hole!,” above).
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Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illo)
Inker(s): ? (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Inspector Mattern
Synopsis: Inspector Mattern and Sergeant Finch were working homicide detail concerning four murders that had occurred under a full moon in the last four months. They laid a trap for the killer. As Mittern sat waiting to spring the trap, he looked up at the full moon and a strange tingling began coursing through his body....and he blacked out. When he awoke, he noticed a heavy weight on his chest, which he discovered to be Sgt. Finch. 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, and it turned out to be himself!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #5 published May 1992
as Trap [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This text story was printed on the inner halves of the two pages, and to each side were EC house ads. One was for Weird Fantasy #1 [with a cover by Al Feldstein], and the other ad [with covers] promoted the Picture Stories From the Bible series: the Complete Old and New Testaments, the Old Testament #1-2 and the New Testament #1.
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untitled

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (cameo)
Synopsis: In this issue's column, the VK first gives the reader voting results for the best tales from last issue, then discusses the requests for back issues of the VOH. He concludes the column by once again promoting the picture of himself [for 10 cents] and subscriptions to his mag.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mask of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (cameo); Ken Anders; Ander's fiancee; unnamed costume shop owner; unnamed woman vampire (villain, vampire, death)
First Line: I call this chilling tale...
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: that of a rotting corpse. His fiancée refuses to go to the party with him, 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!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1992 published January 1992
as Dødsmasken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #5 published May 1992
as The Mask of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #7 published April 1994
as The Mask of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Based on the story "The Cloak" by Robert Bloch.
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Dying to Lose Weight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (cameo); Mrs. Van Klege (wealthy woman, death); Pierre (dress fitter); Tom Adkins (hen-pecked husband, death); Leena Adkins (Tom's wife); Sally Bates (death); Sally's mother; Charlie Street (death); Dr. Perdo (villain, death)
First Line: Hee, hee! Yes, it's me again!
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 in the mausoleum of one of his victims, where he comes face-to-face with the thing that had killed his victims: a giant tapeworm!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1992 published January 1992
as Dødsbra slankekur! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #5 published May 1992
as Dying to Lose Weight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #7 published April 1994
as Dying to Lose Weight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Sink-Hole!,” above).

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