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Issue: Vault of Horror #35
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #35 of 29 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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...And All Through the House...

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 Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6 [1988] published January 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #4 published March 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #24 published July 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #8 published November 2003
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover title was taken from the 1st story, from which the cover was based.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): EC Fan-Addict Club
Synopsis: Illustrated ad, w/coupon, for the EC Addict Fan Club.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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...And All Through the House...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Santa Claus
First Line: Ho, ho, ho! And what would you like for Christmas?
Synopsis: A terrific thud w/the fireplace poker and her husband Joseph lay dead on the floor. But then she heard her little girl upstairs, who asked her mommy if Santa Claus had come yet, and was told no and to go back to sleep. The wife then returned downstairs, cleaned off the poker, turned on the radio and heard an announcement of a maniac woman-killer dressed as Santa on the loose in the area. She wondered how she would be able to get rid of Joseph's body, when there was a knock at the door. She looked outside and saw a Santa at her door, the woman-killer, and paniced knowing she couldn't call the Police w/her husband's body there on the floor. Quickly she ran to every door and window, locking them, putting Joseph into a closet and then trying to board up windows from the inside. Going upstairs to check on Carol, her daughter, the woman was terrified when she found the little girl gone.....but more terrified when she went downstairs to see Carol having let in "Santa Claus"!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #[nn] published December 1964
as And All Through the House [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 [1987] published January 1987
as Bank! Bank! Nissen kommer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #4 published March 1992
as ...And All Through the House... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #24 published July 1998
as ...And All Through the House... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story, although the art doesn't quite match up. The murderer is not the victim's husband, was dressed as Santa Claus, and there was no coffin under the Christmas tree.
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Tombs-Day!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Prof. Burton; Melody Allen
First Line: Heh, heh! For a while, I thought the Vault-Keeper...
Synopsis: The expedition, led by Professor Burton, neared the Pyramid of Khafra, the scene of the disappearance of a previous expedition. As they passed by the Sphinx, in legend called the "Father of Terrors", he told the accompanying journalist, Miss Allen facts about the previous expedition. Reaching the entrance to the pyramid, all entered to make a preliminary investigation when suddenly the massive stone panel they had entered through closed behind them, and a booby-trap killed of one the explorers. The group headed down some passages to find a possible exit, and as they proceeded, one by one members of the group were killed, leaving only Burton and Allen alive. As they made their way deeper into the pyramid, Burton told her that legend said the sphinx actally lived at one time, but Allen pooh-poohed the idea. Suddenly they came upon King Khafra's tomb, crawled through a passage and reached the interior to find all of Khafra's wealth and some hieroglyphics stating the legend of the sphinx was true.....just before the living sphinx sprang out and killed them!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #4 published March 1992
as Tombs-Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1993 published January 1993
as Redselskrypten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #24 published July 1998
as Tombs-Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Space to Breathe!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illo)
Inker(s): ? (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lionel Blivet
First Line: Lionel Blivet stamped down on the brake...
Synopsis: Lionel reached the top of the Waraiji Mountain range on a deserted dirt road, stepped out of his car and then turned on the radio. Up here, he could breathe....relax in the open air, and as he readied himself to scale a crude path to the top, he mused that he should flip off the radio in the car so that the battery wouldn't run down. But before he could do so, a large blur flew past him into a cave, so he decided to explore, and forgetting to turn the radio off. As he entered the cave, something brutally hit him and knocked him down, so he moved out of the cave only to be attacked again by many of the creatures who savagely ripped at his body: huge, horrible man-killing BATS! And as he tasted the blood in his mouth and as his last ounce of consciousness ebbed away, all he could think of was the car radio and that he had left it on.....and that the battery was going to ..........!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #4 published March 1992
as Space to Breathe! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: VK starts off his column touting EC's newest mag, Panic, then prints letters from Rosemary Cage, Richard Gunst, Allan Katz and Jerry Simonetti, plus some "Perverted Poetry" from Michael Reynolds, Larry Tucker, Arnold Hageman, Kreda Freeman and Paul H. Cox. He closes out the column pushing subscriptions for the Vault of Horror and memberships in the EC Fan Addict Club.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Beauty Rest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Helen Curtis; Joyce Noble
First Line: Here's a horrible yarn about a girl who got her...
Synopsis: Helen gazed out the window of the room she shared w/Joyce as the latter bid goodnight to a Mr. Boxer, the man she told Helen would help her to win a beauty contest the next day: "Miss Corpse of 1954"! Helen decided to play a trick on her roomie: she'd drug Joyce's drink w/sleeping pills, take a note Boxer had given to Joyce and appear in her place the next day. Helen gave the note to the man in charge, got into her suit and won the contest, being told to report that evening to an address for the award presentation. Arriving home, Helen found Joyce dead in bed [from an overdose of those pills], she called the Police and reported it as a suicide. Later Helen reported to the address she was given, but told the people there she had taken Joyce's spot.....a bad move, since she discovered that the wonner had to ACTUALLY be a corpse to win. That's the last she knew as the men came at her with scapels, rubber tubes and embalming fluid!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #4 published March 1992
as Beauty Rest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #24 published July 1998
as Beauty Rest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Shoe-Button Eyes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Billy (young blind boy, death); Billy's mother (death); Billy's father (death); Jed (Billy's step-father, death)
First Line: Hee, hee! Well it's time for me to brew my goo...
Synopsis: The little boy celebrated the best Christmas he ever had because he could now see! Born blind, all he ever knew was the love of his mother, and the companionship of his teddy bear. His father died, so Mom remarried a cruel and vicious man who mistreated her. He always said that the little boy had "shoe-button" eyes, just like his teddy. One day, the little boy's mother became deathly ill, and he asked his step-dad to help her. He abused her, took the boy's bear and ripped the eyes off of it. Mom sewed on new button eyes before she died. Jed killed the boy, who regained his sight in heaven.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagEC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn] published January 1970
as Shoe-Button Eyes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNacht der vampiers #[nn] published January 1973
as Poppe-ogen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as Knap-øje [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #6 published January 1977
as Shoe-Button Eyes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6 [1988] published January 1988
as Knappøye! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #4 published March 1992
as Shoe-Button Eyes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #24 published July 1998
as Shoe-Button Eyes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Most of the story is told in flashback.

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