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Issue: Tales from the Crypt #29
Publication Date: April 1952
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Issues: #29 of 27 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: I. C. 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: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset)
Synopsis: A gravedigger seals a man into a coffin at night in a cemetery.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #29 published May 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #6 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1989 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #13 published September 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Jack Davis

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: EC Artist of the Month
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Grounds... for Horror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Artie Bricker; Samuel Bricker (Artie's step-father, death); Lily Bricker (Artie's mother); Mrs. Rafferty; Hozier (villain)
First Line: Heh, heh! Another few months...
Synopsis: A young boy's bullying butcher step-father locks him in the closet as punishment for various actions. At first, Artie is frighted, but meets a friend named Hozir who lives in the closet and wants to give the step-father what he deserves, but the boy restrains him. Although Hozir compromises on his suggestions for punishments to the step-father which the boy agrees to at first, Samuel Bricker goes too far and Hozir makes him pay for it!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #4 published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4 [1988] published January 1988
as Blodig urettferdig! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #13 published September 1995
as Grounds... for Horror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Story was inspired by "Thus I Refute Beelzy" by John Collier.
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A Rottin' Trick!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host)
First Line: Heh, heh! Yep! It's your old fiend, the Vault-Keeper, shrieking!
Synopsis: A man uses a girl then dumps her and makes the mistake of seeking the help of a boat pilot to leave the country who used to love her before she killed herself. The boat pilot drops him off at an island that serves as a leper colony.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1989 published January 1989
as Et råttent triks! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #13 published September 1995
as A Rottin' Trick! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Werewolf!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Villagers in a Transylvanian mountain are terrified because a monster has been killing people. It turns out the mayor is a werewolf.
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Pages: 1
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Board to Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host)
First Line: Here's the chilling tale of a gal who found she was...
Synopsis: A woman with a fear of enclosed spaces due to being trapped in a cave-in as a child is driven insane when her cruel husband repeatedly threatens to bury her alive, then finally strikes her, and they have to airlift her to the hospital in a pine box attached to the small plane. Even after the lid is opened, all she sees is the blackness in her mind.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #13 published September 1995
as Board to Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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A Sucker for a Spider!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host)
First Line: Hee, hee! I'm cookin' again!
Synopsis: An embezzling banker who keeps spiders for a hobby is blackmailed by his chief teller who is aware of the embezzlement. The banker invites the teller to stay the night and aggravates a black widow before dropping it beneath the sleeping teller's bed sheets. In the morning, with the teller dead, the banker decides to fly a small plane down to Florida to get out of town for awhile, but the engine conks out over the swamp. He bails out, but when he cuts himself out of his chute, he drops into the web of a giant spider that proceeds to paralyze him and suck him dry.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1992 published January 1992
as Narren i nettet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #13 published September 1995
as A Sucker for a Spider! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #13 published May 2004
as Utsugeren! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

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