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Issue: Vault of Horror #22
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #22 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A.C.M.P. Conforms to the Comics Code
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: Authorized A.C.M.P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein; Bill Gaines (managing editor)
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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:  
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Frankenstein Monster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Frankenstein Monster
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #22 published January 1952
as The Monster in the Ice [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #11 published April 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Fountains of Youth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Craig
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig
Inker(s): Johnny Craig
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Kenneth Martin; Eileen Martin (Kenneth's sister, death); Miss Blanchard; Madam DuBois (villain, death)
Synopsis: Eileen responds to a newspaper ad asking for a traveling companion for a heavily veiled Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad, even though her brother Ken is not too happy with the idea. Then she and Madam DuBois board a cruise ship. Unfortunately, Eileen mysteriously passes away, and Ken investigates. A shipboard doctor informs him that Madam DuBois is similar to a human vampire, who prolongs its life by sapping the youth of their victims. By the time the pair get to DuBois' cabin, her next victim is already withering and dying before their eyes!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8/1991 published January 1991
as Ungdomskilden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #11 published April 1995
as Fountains of Youth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
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The Monster in the Ice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Inker(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); The Frankenstein Monster; Gerald Dawson and Herbert Campbell (geologists)
Synopsis: As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further. Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice, and that no one who sees it comes back in their right mind. Dawson & Campbell rig up a dog-sled and go to the site, spot the monster and dig its ice-encased body out and take it back to their shack. They show the body in ice to Lomo and he freezes in fear, especially when he is ordered to chip the body out of the ice! While that is happening, Dawson and Campbell kick back, telling themselves that this whole thing reminds them of Mary Shelly's book about Frankenstein. Suddenly, they hear a scream and a crash, and enter the adjoining room and see the window broken out and Lomo shaking in fear. Now they know the creature must be put back into the ice, so they go out and dig through the ice to water, and they hope to lure the monster into the trap. The monster shows up....jumps into the hole and drags both men down with him. One year later, the U.S. Air Force decides to build a base near that very spot and two airmen happen to spot the bodies trapped in the ice. So......they start digging out the bodies to see what they can determine what happened to them.....
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #11 published April 1995
as The Monster in the Ice! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Choice

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William M. Gaines
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: He had been sentenced to ten years in the sizzling cells of El Malein Prison out in the Sahara Desert, but he knew he couldn't make it. As the airplane he was in flew nearer to that prison site, he jumped out of the plane and pulled the ripcord on his parachute. He landed, and for the next five days, he braved the heat and whipping sand, trying to find water. Then he saw the tall pond fronds that indicated an oasis, and it renewed his waning strength. Just then, the fronds disappeared; it had all been a mirage! But he made his choice and he still had his freedom: the freedom to die in agony!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This text story was printed on the inner halves of the two pages, with EC house ads to either side. One promoted Weird Fantasy #10 [with an Al Feldstein cover], while the other ads [with covers] promoted the Picture Stories From the Bible series: the Complete Old and New Testaments, the Old Testament #1-2 and the New Testament #1.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (spot illo)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Vault-Keeper's Corner
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (head view)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: VK's column begins with his campaign against the Old Witch and Graham Ingels, and a mock letter from his local draft board, followed by the reader's popularity poll for last issue's stories. Then letters are printed from Ellen Louise Phillips, Joe Carroll and Rand Rensvold, followed by the promoting of the photos of the three GhouLunatics!
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Gone...Fishing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Maxwell Larkin (death); Steven
Synopsis: Max was a noted sport fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Max outfitted his reel with the latest gadgets and cast into the water. Soon he got a strike and reeled in his beauty. Steven, sick to his stomach, went back to the car and drove off, taking Max's lunch with it. Spotting a candy bar on the beach, he shoved it in his mouth, never noticing the thin, silky, nearly invisible thread attached to it. When Steven returned, he saw the horrible sight of Max bobbing up out of the water and being drawn farther and farther out to sea!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1993 published January 1993
as En på kroken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #11 published April 1995
as Gone... Fishing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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What the Dog Dragged In!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Bradbury (original short story); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Betty Marsh; Jerry the dog; Roger Cartwright
Synopsis: Blind Betty's dog Jerry is hit by a car but cared for by wealthy Roger Cartwright, who returned her dog to her. Betty was happy to have company and invited him back, which he did and they soon grew quite close. One day, as Roger left her house in his car, he didn't see the truck coming from the other direction. Betty sent Jerry after him and day after day Jerry returned without Roger. Until one day Jerry came in with Roger.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1991 published January 1991
as Menneskets beste venn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #11 published April 1995
as What the Dog Dragged In! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary."

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