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Issue: Vault of Horror #25
Publication Date: June 1952
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Issues: #25 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
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:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein; Bill Gaines [as William M. 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
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Seance!

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 Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #25 published July 1952
as Seance! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #14 published January 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #22 published February 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover title was taken from the 1st story, from which the cover was based.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (various)
Inker(s): ? (various)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): EC Comics
First Line: If you like the tales in this magazine...
Synopsis: EC house ad, with covers, promoting Frontline Combat #5, Shock SuspenStories #1, Two-Fisted Tales #26, Weird Science #13 and Weird Fantasy #13.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Seance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Madame Gilda (medium); John Chalmers (death); Mrs. Chalmers (John's wife); Ben Ganther (villain, confidence man, death); George Dent (villain, confidence man, death)
Synopsis: John Chalmers gives $20,000 to several confidence men, mentioning to them that Madame Gilda didn't approve. The fleecing of Chalmers continues until one day when Chalmers overhears them call him a sucker. Chalmers threatens to sue and the two men force his car off a cliff. Chalmers’ wife tells them that, with her husband gone, she's thinking of withdrawing his money from their firm, but she must have a seance first to talk it over with her dead husband. At the seance, George gets his revenge to everyone's surprise.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1992 published January 1992
as Seansen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #14 published January 1996
as Seance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #5 - Fall Guy For Murder and Other Johnny Craig Stories (July 2013) (in black and white)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
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Kickin' the Gong A Round!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Patty Marko (boxer, death, comes back to life as a corpse); Williams (boxer); Phil (Marko's trainer); Judy Marko (Patty's wife); Mickey Marko (Patty's son); Jake Houseman (villain, boxer, death; Sid (villain, thug, death)
Synopsis: Marko had worked his way from the slums to a pro boxing career. However, when suddenly he has two visitors that pull a gun on him and take him away to the training camp of the man he is to fight next: Jake Houseman, Houseman offers to pay Marko any sum he asks to lose that fight, but refuses and is allowed to leave. When Marko's boy is kidnapped, Marko takes a terrible beating, and falls over in the 7th round, dead! Six months later, Marko’s rotting corpse drags Houseman to the sparring ring and proceeds to rip Houseman to shreds with his bony hand!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 published January 1987
as Siste runde for svindlere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #14 published January 1996
as Kickin' the Gong a Round! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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Paradise!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William M. Gaines
Penciller(s): ? (spot illo)
Inker(s): ? (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Flath
Synopsis: As Bracken's body sunk into the muck, Flath began to smirk as he sloshed back to his boat, realizing that soon the jungle insects would strip the body clean of its flesh. He marveled at this paradise, where he could so easily dispose of a body so easily. As Flath paddled laborously through the reeds, he sweated terribly, and all he could think of was getting out of this channel He could see the prow of his other boat, dreading having to get out of his canoe and wade five yards to that boat with only his head above water. Upon reaching the boat, he started pulling himself out of the water and discovered that he had leeches all over him. He swatted them off, only to have others attach themselves, weighing him back down into the water....crawling into his mouth and nostrils, until Flath disappeared beneath the surface. Yes, indeed this WAS a paradise for getting rid of a man without a trace!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The text story is found on the inner halves of the two pages, with EC house ads to either side. One side promotes Shock SuspenStories #3 [with a Wally Wood cover], while the other side, with covers, promotes the Complete Old & New Testaments in the Picture Stories From the Bible series, Picture Stories From Science #2 and Picture Stories From World History #2.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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)
Synopsis: VK starts off with a lengthy letter from Mrs. Arline Grandou Phelan from Kansas City, Kansas, critizing EC for publishing pure rubbish, saying they should be outlawed. Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines then spend most of the column defending the EC books before turning the column back over to VK, who puts in a last-ditch plug for the photos of the three GhouLunatics for 25 cents.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Practical Yolk!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Fredrick Hamilton
Synopsis: Fred Hamilton, having visited the Belgian Congo for a hunting expedition, was now on his way home with B'uuna, his servant, to wed his fiancée, Louise. Louise presented B'uuna with a present: an Easter egg with a scene of a rabbit and tiny eggs inside. He thanked her, but sensed something wasn't quite right. From conversation B'uuna overheard, he believes Louise did not want to marry his new master. As Louise left the apartment she was grabbed from behind. Fred awakened to B'uuna's chanting in the hall. To Fred's horror, B'uuna handed him the Easter egg, with his fiancée now inside!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1992 published January 1992
as Som plommen i egget! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #14 published January 1996
as Practical Yolk! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Collection Completed!

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); Anna and Jonah Tillman
Synopsis: Anna had always loved animals and one day she saw a stray cat and brought it in to feed, but Jonah didn't approve of her habit of taking in every stray animal she came across. To get even at Anna, Jonah started his new hobby: taxidermy, and his first "patient" was going to be the mouse running around their home. He caught it, stuffed it, then went outside to lure a squirrel, then a bird, and then a dog to practice his craft on. Anna screamed at him until she was blue in the face, but it did no good. One day Jonah came to her and said that his collection of stuffed animals was almost complete....he smiled and left. Meanwhile, Anna kept calling the cat she'd found a few days earlier, then, when it couldn't be found, realized what her husband had meant. Running to the basement, she found the cat freshly stuffed.....with a crazed look in her eye, she turned toward Jonah, knife in hand, and told him that his collection still lacked one more thing. The next day, a neighbor found Anna in the basement, babbling incoherently, stroking her stuffed cat, and sitting next to.....her stuffed husband!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #3 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1991 published January 1991
as Som hund og katt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #14 published January 1996
as Collection Completed! [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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