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Issue: Tales from the Crypt #5
Publication Date: March 1991
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues
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Publisher: FlagGladstone
Brand: Gladstone GView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Introducing the Haunt of Fear

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
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Telescope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Synopsis: A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island. His only companion: a less-than-friendly rat.
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was Telescope [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Substitute

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A prisoner plans his escape from an island penal colony. He manages to hide inside a coffin that is slated to be shipped off the island, and it looks like it's going well. Right until he realizes he's about to be buried at sea.
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was The Substitute [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Brian Jeffrey, Jack Young, Jason Shock, Jeff Cadaver, John Robinson, Chad Emerson, David Knauer, Keith Blankenberg, Felice Goldman, Kristina Wallender, Tim Wheeler, The Idea-Keeper, Donald Fortenberry, Kris Gallimore, Justin Folds, Lisa Bova, Jason Simpson, Frankie Santaniello, Loyd Cryer.
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Murder Dream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man repeatedly dreams of a maniac murdering his sweetheart. The dreams seem so real...and they are! The only hitch is that he himself is the murdering maniac!
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was Murder Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Switch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Synopsis: A very old man falls in love with a very young woman. So, he hires a doctor to perform a head transplant on him. Will this be enough to win over the woman of his dreams?
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was The Switch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt-Keeper's Poetry Corner
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Poems by Charles A. Young, D. King, Keith Blankenberg, Johnathan Taulber, Joe Wilson, Allan Klemz, John C. Burr, Howie Beveridge, the editor.
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Crime SuspenStories #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Sewer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: A man and woman murder her philandering husband and dump his body in a sewer. She immediately feels remorse and runs to confess to the police. To save himself, the man enters the sewer to move the body. But, the corpse ends up plugging a pipe and flooding the sewer, drowning the killer.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was The Sewer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Mr. Biddy... Killer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: After a fight with his wife, Archie goes for a walk in the park. He meets a strange man named Mr. Biddy, who seems to understand Archie's problems and volunteers to kill Archie's wife. After the murder, the police arrest Archie, but he protests that Mr. Biddy did the killing. In a roundabout way, the police finally believe him. Sort of.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was Mr. Biddy... Killer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Gullible One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: After his son is killed, a man gathers the suspects in his house. He claims to know who the killer is, and puts a plan in motion to get revenge. But, does he really know as much as he claims?
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was The Gullible One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Partially Dissolved

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Synopsis: An escape artist's ambitious assistant yearns for the spotlight. He ensures an escape goes wrong and his mentor is lost at sea. He really should have stayed away from the water after that...
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was Partially Dissolved! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Smart!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was Smart! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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