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Issue: Tales from the Crypt #21
Publication Date: December 1950
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Issues: #21 of 27 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (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 Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In9
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images3
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #21 published January 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published September 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Shocking Way to Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host)
First Line: Have you ever seen a "living corpse," dear reader?
Synopsis: A scientist revives a man sent to the electric chair who then pursues revenge against the jury and judge that convicted him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1993 published January 1993
as En sjokkerende død! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published September 1993
as A Shocking Way to Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Terror Ride!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): George; Ruth; amusement park owner (villain, death)
First Line: This is the tale of two people who visited an amusement park... and were not amused!
Synopsis: A lunatic owner of a 'tunnel of love' ride replaces the wax figures in his lurid displays of violence with the more realistic-looking bodies of his victims so his customers will no longer laugh at the exhibits of his genius.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published September 1993
as Terror Ride! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #2 published August 2012
as Terror Ride! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black-and-white reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Burial

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: NOT reprinted in Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #5 (September 1993).
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House of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: It was the most unusual fraternity initiation ever seen on the campus...
Synopsis: Three college freshmen disappear one night as part of a frat hazing at a local haunted house.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1994 published January 1994
as Redselens hus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #15 [1] published May 1950
was House of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Death Suited Him

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); John Baxter (death); Nancy Anderson (John's wife); Miss Glass (John's secretary); Lawrence Cabot (villain, death)
First Line: Greetings, dear reader! We meet again!
Synopsis: The rivalry between two college boys for the love of a woman ends when the poorer of the two murders the other, making it look like an accident, to gain his wife and money. To top off his victory he decides to steal the tuxedo for the wedding that the victim was wearing when buried, because he is convinced if he were not too poor to afford a tuxedo in college, he could have been her first choice in marriage. She agrees to the wedding, but on the blessed day, he dies from embalming fluid poisoning contracted from the suit.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1993 published January 1993
as Døden kledde ham [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published September 1993
as Death Suited Him! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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