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Issue: Vault of Horror #33
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #33 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
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:
Content Items: 8 (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
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Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

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 Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #2 [Direct Edition] published November 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #22 published January 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover title was taken from the 2nd story in the issue, from which the cover was based.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad
Synopsis: House ad for MAD Comics.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Together They Lie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall (signed)
Inker(s): Reed Crandall (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Agnes Wheatley (death); Mr. Horton (Agnes’s boss, death); Alex Fairchild (Horton's attorney)
Synopsis: Agnes and her boss's attorney decided to create a major hoax on her employer, Mr. Horton, as she implied to him that his wife was having an affair with his attorney. Distraut, Horton went to his attorney, had his will changed making Agnes the heir instead of his wife, and then committed suicide. As Agnes and Alex Fairfield celebrated the success of their hoax, the pair were suddenly interrupted by the corpse of Horton crashing in. The next morning, the dead bodies of Alex and Agnes were found on top of the Horton grave, and his tombstone carefully restored to what it had been!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #2 [Direct Edition] published November 1991
as Together They Lie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #22 published January 1998
as Together They Lie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Partly influenced by Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" (1938) per John Benson.

Much of the story is told in flashback.
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Let the Punishment Fit the Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. 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); Clara Cootes; Edwin Cootes; Herbert Draper (mortician); Dr. Stacey; Frank Bundage (store owner); George Sparkman (electrician); Mathilda Priddy (schoolteacher); Sye Shusters (lawyer); Judge Delaney; Mrs. Philips; Freddy Philips (death)
Synopsis: Children in town had questioned people about various things regarding death and funerals, and were fascinated about a man dying in the electric chair. But they really wanted to know what the punishment for robbery and kidnapping would be, and a lawyer informed them it wouldn't be death. As the kids came down the street carrying a coffin, a mother came up screaming to townsfolk, telling them that her son was missing and that he had stolen another child's doll and had refused to give it back. Then they all looked in horror as they gazed over at the kids, who had just finished burying the coffin!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #U2106 published December 1964
as Let the Punishment Fit the Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss album #2 published May 1990
as Forbrytelse og straff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #2 [Direct Edition] published November 1991
as Let the Punishment Fit the Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #22 published January 1998
as Let the Punishment Fit the Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, adding Feldstein's script credit.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Wrecker!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illo)
Inker(s): ? (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Carlson; Jaffery
Synopsis: Carlson was at the controls of a wrecker-crane after working over a troublesome wall, and he watched Jaffery working on that partially demolished wall. All Carlson could think of was to bring down that wall with Jaffery still clinging to it......Jaffery would be dead and Carlson would claim the derrick got away from his control. Carlson swung the ball closer and brought down the wall, and he could hear Jaffery's screams. He jumped out of the cab and peered down at the wreckage, unaware that the derrick was still in operation, and he didn't see the steel cable come at hom until it was too late. Later, Carlson's co-workers stood over his body, remarking that they had never seen anyone beheaded so quickly before!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #2 [Direct Edition] published November 1991
as Wrecker! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The text story is found on the inner halves of each pages, w/EC house ads to each side. On one side is an ad for Weird Fantasy #21 [cover by Al Williamson & Frank Frazetta], while the other side had ads, w/covers, for The Complete Old & New Testaments from 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
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Vault-Keeper's Corner
Synopsis: The entire column, given over by VK to the editors, promoted the new E.C. Addict Fan Club, and how to become a member.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Slight Case of Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): George Evans [as G. Evans] (signed)
Inker(s): George Evans [as G. Evans] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Doc Sam Swanson; Phil Ingram (newspaper editor); Sheriff Moulton (villain, actually a deformed baby, death); Amelia Bates (Moulton's mother)
Synopsis: Doc Swanson gazed up at the abandoned mansion on the hill and knew it was the answer to all of the killings, and told the Sheriff who he thought responsible for the crimes, but the Sheriff said the murders had to have been committed by something inhuman, and explained how each of the bodies were found, throats slashed, and door locked. Sam figured that a woman's deformed baby born in the mansion was the murderer. The Sheriff suddenly lunged at Doc, wanting to kill him, but the townsfolk entered and took care of the Sheriff, whose body was an artificial framework housing that deformed child!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1989 published January 1989
as En bitteliten mordsak [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #2 [Direct Edition] published November 1991
as A Slight Case of Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #22 published January 1998
as A Slight Case of Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Strung Along!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Inker(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Tony Zargono (puppet maker, death); Nora (Tony's wife, death)
Synopsis: Tony once was a famed puppeteer, performing shows all over and becoming quite wealthy. Although he loved his puppets, he needed a human love interest and that was Nora, whom he married. Soon Tony was diagnosed with a bad heart condition, forcing him to retire. It was then that money troubles began and his wife finally told him that she married him for his money. He gave her once last kiss before he died, and the next day, they found their bodies, side-by-side.......but Nora's had been dismembered and reconnected by strings.....strings tied to the marionettes' hands!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #4 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1990 published January 1990
as I en tynn tråd! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #2 [Direct Edition] published November 1991
as Strung Along! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #22 published January 1998
as Strung Along! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #8 published November 2003
as I en tynn tråd [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, adding Feldstein script.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Much of the story is told in flashback.

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