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Issue: Tales from the Crypt #2
Publication Date: October 1991
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Issues: #2 of 7 Issues (11 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRuss Cochran
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Russ Cochran, Publisher
On Sale Date: 08/06/1991
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098932900310
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Non-barcode version also exists.

The back cover shows the on-sale dates for 4 issues Vault of Horror (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #2 (November 1991) (13 August 1991), Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #2 (October 1991) (06 August 1991), Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #3 (December 1991) (03 September 1991), and Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #2 (November 1991) (13 August 1991)
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #34 published February 1953
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Gary Holman, Roy Carne, Moshe Benyamini.
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Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Synopsis: A man wakes up on an operating table with a scientist standing over him, raving. The man manages to escape and makes his way home to his wife, Nancy. She screams, frightening him away and he stumbles into a carnival hall of mirrors. Now, he knows why Nancy screamed...
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #34 published February 1953
was Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Oil's Well That Ends Well!

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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Synopsis: A couple of con men manage to trick an entire town into thinking there is oil under the town's park. After collecting a check as a finder's fee, one of the men fakes his death and ends up buried in the cemetery in the middle of the park. When his partner digs him up that night for their escape, they discover that there really is oil there. Too bad one of them drops his cigarette right into it. Boom!
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #34 published February 1953
was Oil's Well That Ends Well! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Love Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #34 published February 1953
was Love Story [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Attacks of Horror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Grim Fairy Tale
Synopsis: A king goes slightly overboard with introducing new taxes. So, the people decide to levy a tax of their own.
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #34 published February 1953
was Attacks of Horror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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There Was an Old Woman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Synopsis: When she finds herself quite dead, the spirit of a old woman demands that her body be put back together and returned to her.
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was There Was an Old Woman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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When the Cat's Away...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: When Jay finds out his frail wife and his best friend are having an affair, he sets a plan into motion to kill them both. He convinces his wife her lover is dead, so she has a heart attack when she sees him. Then, Jay shoots his friend, "mistaking" him for a burglar.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #15 published February 1953
was When the Cat's Away... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Screaming Woman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: A small girl named Margaret hears a woman screaming that she's been buried alive, but nobody believes her. Then, the girl idly sings a song she overheard the buried woman singing. Margaret's father recognizes the song as one he sang to a woman he almost married. But, she married a neighbor, instead. And that guy is acting pretty suspicious.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #15 published February 1953
was The Screaming Woman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The EC Caper

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #15 published February 1953
was The EC Caper [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Water, Water Everywhere...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: Two men stuck floating in the ocean in a lifeboat slowly go mad with thirst, and one of them is finally driven to murder. He finally dies himself, just before the lifeboat is found by rescuers. The irony? They were floating in potable, fresh water.
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was Water, Water, Everywhere... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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...And Not a Drop to Drink!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: Two men are stranded in the desert when their jeep breaks down, and one goes mad and chases after a mirage. The other decides to shoot himself. However, the bullet that kills him also pierces the jeep's radiator, dousing his corpse with water.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #15 published February 1953
was ...And Not a Drop to Drink! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Hail and Heart-y!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Synopsis: A man constantly berates his poor wife to pour ashes on the icy walk, while claiming his heart is too weak to do it himself. Finally, his wife snaps. Later on, a passer-by finds a gold tooth among the ashes on the walkway.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #15 published February 1953
was Hail and Heart-y! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7

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