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Issue: Vault of Horror #19
Publication Date: June 1951
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Issues: #19 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A.C.M.P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A.C.M.P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (inset); the Old Witch (inset); the Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #19 published July 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #8 published July 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is based on the 4th story in the issue.

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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Southern Hospitality!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Claudia Jackson Scanlon (Arthur's wife); Mr. Jackson (Claudia's father, death); Martha Jackson (Claudia's aunt, death); Sebastian Cornelius Jackson (Claudia's great-grandfather, image only); Abner Scanlon (villain, a gigolo, death)
First Line: Heh, heh! Welcome to the Vault of Horror!
Synopsis: Abner Scanlon was a gigolo who disliked work and preyed on rich women. When he marries a young girl from one of the South's richest clans, he discovers that she has no money at all. Greedy for money, Abner sells the family's antique vase and begins living it up, leading to a violent outburst and Aunt Martha dying from a heart attack. When he removes great-great grandfather's picture out of a valuable frame in order to sell the frame, Claudia's father dies. Claudia later hears a scream from the attic, and enters to find Abner dead on the floor, pierced by a sword....
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #8 published July 1994
as Southern Hospitality! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Some of the story is told in flashback.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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The Jellyfish!

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 (host); Howard Norton (Charles' brother, business co-owner and chemist); Charles Norton (villain, business co-owner, death)
First Line: Here's a delighthful tale that I'm sure will make the hairs on the back of your neck crawl!
Synopsis: Charles and Howard Norton, of Norton's Pharmaceutical Company, are having an argument. It seems the company has received an order for one million hypodermic inserts for insulin, but can only make 500,000. Not wanting to lose the order, Charles muses that they could dilute each insert by half, and thereby still provide the one million inserts. Howard refuses, calling it criminal, and Charles calls him a spineless jellyfish! Charles dilutes them anyway and many patients die, with Howard going to jail. When he is released, Howard visits his brother, exacting his revenge in an unusual way.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1992 published January 1992
as Maneten! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #8 published July 1994
as The Jellyfish! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Loosely inspired from Ray Bradbury's "The Skeleton," but this is an entirely new story.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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Two Raps!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illo)
Inker(s): ? (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Melvin Brigham
Synopsis: Consulting a medium, Melvin asks if he is to be doomed to the same death his uncle had suffered....and there were two raps, indicating yes. As he paid and prepared to leave, the medium told Melvin that she couldn't force the spirit back into the world beyond. Melvin thought the whole affair was clap trap as he hurried down the darkened road...that is until he kept hearing the low and mournful ghostly raps, and felt a definite choking sensation in his throat....as if some invisible being was strangling him to death. Brigham wailed in terror, "Can I be dying?" and the only answer was: two raps!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This text story appears on the inner halves of the two pages, with EC houses ads to either side. One side promotes Frontline Combat #1 [with a Harvey Kurtzman cover], while the other side promotes [with covers] the line of Picture Stories From the Bible: the Complete Old and New Testaments, the Old Testament #1-2 and 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 (head view)
Synopsis: The VK begins the column offering photos of ALL three Ghoulunatics for 25 cents, then follows up with last issue's story popularity poll results. Letters from Virgina Kessler, Jimmy Morgan and Charles K. Gloman III are printed as well.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Daddy Lost His Head!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (cameo); Martin Blackson; Kathy (his stepdaughter)
First Line: This is the story of the night that Kathy's...
Synopsis: Martin Blackson hates his stepdaughter Kathy because she reminds him of his wife's first husband. When Kathy meets neighbor Mrs. Thaumaturge, Martin intervenes and tells Kathy to leave that "witch" alone or she'll bake her in her oven! After Kathy's mother dies, Mrs. Thaumaturge gives Kathy a man-shaped candy doll. Although Kathy swears she'll never eat it, later while Martin cuts wood, Kathy bites the doll's left hand, then hears a scream as Martin has cut off his left hand. When he hears about the doll, Martin demands Kathy hand it over, but she proves it isn't evil by biting off its head!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4 [1988] published January 1988
as Pappa mistet hodet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #8 published July 1994
as Daddy Lost His Head! [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 "Sweets to the Sweet" by Robert Bloch.
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Reunion!

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); Waldo Ansley (death); Lillian Ansley (Waldo's wife, death); Roger Kane (death)
First Line: Hee, hee!
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!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7 [1988] published January 1988
as Gjenforeningen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #8 published July 1994
as Reunion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).

Cover story.

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