XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Vault of Horror #40
Publication Date: December 1954
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #40 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes:  
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In19
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (9 total)
Disclose Issue Images
An Harrow Escape

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #29 published October 1999
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover title taken from 2nd story in the issue, as the cover was based on that story.
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD & Panic
Synopsis: House ad for MAD magazine and Panic Comics.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
Disclose
Old Man Mose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Drusilla (cameo); Mose; Ned Rogers
First Line: Heh, heh! Well, here we are, all set to go again!
Synopsis: Ned stopped his wagon when he saw townspeople throwing stones at old Mose, a man they thought worshipped the Devil. He chased them off, then invited the man to his home, where he was welcomed by his wife. A few days later the townsfolk told Ned about killings that had occurred in the area and they blamed Mose for it. When Ned rushed home he found his wife on the floor and Mose in the doorway with scratches to his face. Ned attacked Mose and beat him to death, but then heard the last words of his dying wife tell him that Mose was protecting her from an escaped murderer.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8/1989 published January 1989
as Gamle Moses! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #29 published October 1999
as Old Man Mose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose
An Harrow Escape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Captain Grady; Lt. Morton; Kip Fowler
First Line: Heh, heh! Salutations, scare-seekers!
Synopsis: Captain Grady's ship approached the derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered except Kip Fowler. Kip told them the story of how the ship had been caught in a bad storm and forced ashore. They had spotted a castle where they were met by a strange man, who invited them in out of the rain. The island was full of vampires who attacked the crew. Kip managed to escape but the female he was with had been bitten. Grady plunged a stake into her heart and she disintegrated proving Kip right. However Kip had been turned into a vampire himself and attacks Grady!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #29 published October 1999
as An Harrow Escape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
Disclose
This Is an Appeal for Action!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A Special Editorial
First Line: THE PROBLEM: Comics are under fire...
Synopsis: This was an editorial request to readers to write letters to the Senate Sub-Committee on Juvenile Delinquency in support of comic magazines as being "harmless" entertainment. It was at this time that comics were under fire by "do-gooders" wanting to rid the nation of this type of entertainment.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #29 published October 1999
as A Special Editorial This Is an Appeal for Action! [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No doubt this piece was written either by Editor Johnny Craig or Managing Editor William Gaines...or both.
Disclose
The Pit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Felix Johnson; Lila Johnson; Aaron Scott; Beatrice Scott
First Line: Heh! You'll enjoy this one!
Synopsis: Felix and Lila Johnson and Aaron and Beatrice Scott both had competing money-making attractions: the Johnson's with cock fighting, the Scott's with vicious dogs. Arguments brewed between the two couples, as they discovered that each of the wives were trying to outdo each other to draw paying crowds (the husbands thought the activities were cruel and inhuman). To the husbands involved, there was only one solution to their "problem" women and competing "businesses": they put the two women into the arena and let them fight to the death!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 [1987] published January 1987
as Gropen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #29 published October 1999
as The Pit! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
E.C. Went to Sea in Search of Another New Trend.....

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; some typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Piracy
Synopsis: EC house ad for their new comic, Piracy.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Bloodsuckers

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): Storch
First Line: The gun bucked in his hand...
Synopsis: After killing Quint Barlow, the injured Storch tried to leave town before the law strung him up for the killing. He hid in a field of grain to rest but soon awoke to a strange whirring sound, which he recognized to be hungry locusts invading the grain field. He tried to rise and get away, but he was too weak and the locusts soon came upon him, and didn't leave until his bones had been picked clean!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #29 published October 1999
as Bloodsuckers [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Ashes to Ashes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Emil Frankenstein (son of Victor Frankenstein); Victor Frankenstein (death); young child (created by the Frankensteins); Louisa Koening (death); Karl Riker; Mr. Koening (Louisa's 'father'); Heinrich (Louisa's fiancee)
First Line: Hee, hee! So you've finally reached the Haunt of Fear, eh?
Synopsis: Emil Frankenstein wrote in his diary about how he created life from a miasmic swamp, creating a newborn infant. He took the child to a local hospital, and switched it with a newly dead infant. Years later he wanted to check in on the progress of the now adult infant. Meanwhile Louisa fell in love with Heinrich over Karl and chose to marry him instead. The jilted Karl came to the engagement party and tried to kill his rival. His shot hit Louisa in the stomach and she fell to the floor, her body reverting to its original form of greenish-black swamp ooze.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1990 published January 1990
as Av jord er du kommet ... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #29 published October 1999
as Ashes to Ashes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Much of the story is told in flashback.

Emil is descended from the original Dr. Frankenstein who created his infamous monster in 1818. He had been working on this experiment of creating life from muck that was started by the original Frankenstein's son and has been passed down through six generations of Frankensteins until he was finally able to complete it.

Louisa being his creation is the twist ending since it's implied the adult baby was one of the two male suitors.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2026. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.