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Issue: Vault of Horror #14
Publication Date: August 1950
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Issues: #14 of 29 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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On Sale Date: 05/09/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein; William M. Gaines (managing)
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 Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Johnny Craig's Vault of Horror #14 original cover artwork (EC, 1950). This early cover, the third in the series, was a first-rate effort spotlighting many of Johnny Craig's noted themes. The image area of the cover measures 13.5" x 19.5". The cover has replacement stats of the title logo and caption box. Inks over pencils; colors yet to be added.
 
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Voodoo Vengeance!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #3 published April 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover title is taken from the first story, from which the cover scene is based.
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SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Letterer(s): ?; mostly typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Synopsis: Promotional house ad for The Crypt of Terror #18 (with the cover by Johnny Craig) and other art.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Voodoo Vengeance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Craig
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (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); Caleb Standish; antique store owner; Sally Standish (death); Don (Sally's lover)
Synopsis: Caleb visits an antique store to get a gift for his wife Sally. The weird proprietor eventually interests him in a voodoo doll made in Sally's image after Caleb sees Sally with her lover. Caleb confronts Sally about her lover, and a fight takes place. In her rage, Sally grabs the doll and throws it at Caleb; he ducks and it smashes against the back wall of the fireplace and the pieces are consumed by the fire. And what of Sally? Well, Caleb can only gasp in horror when he turns and looks at her!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4 [1988] published January 1988
as Voodoo-hevneren! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #3 published April 1993
as Voodoo Vengeance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein (spot illo)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein (spot illo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Vault-Keeper's Corner
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper
Synopsis: Comprised of letters sent in by Merline Moore, Donald Bowman and a gag letter from the Crypt-Keeper, plus the "Vault-Keeper's Literary Selections" list.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
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Pages: 1
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Werewolf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Harrison
Penciller(s): Harry Harrison
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror
Character(s): Reggie and Eric Smythe; Viktor Zorak; Edna and John Farnum; Jan Bodzla
Synopsis: Viktor Zorak is on a mountain-climbing expedition in Transylvania with the Smythe's and the Farnum's, all of whom are closely following their guide, Jan Bodzla. They reach the lodge they will stay in that evening, but the members are warned by Bodzla that he thinks Zorak is a werewolf and to be careful. Laughing it off, all go to bed.....but later Bodzla visits the Farnums and Smythes, giving them silver crosses and wolfsbane for their windows, since the next night would be the full moon. After completing the next day's climb and setting up camp, the full moon rises and Bodzla shows the others that Zorak's eyes have turned red and to be wary. Soon after all have retired in their tents, a blood-chilling scream is heard....discovering Zorak and Edna Farnum missing, they search and find her body torn to pieces. Then they spot the werewolf, which jumps at them....causing injury to all the men [but Bodzla] before it falls to its death. But Bodzla informs them that having been scratched and bitten by the werewolf means.....but he can't finish his thoughts as three werewolves bear down on him!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #3 published April 1993
as Werewolf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Rats Have Sharp Teeth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kuttner; Gardner Fox (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels
Inker(s): Graham Ingels
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abner Tucker
Synopsis: Abner was the local historian who knew everything there was to know about everyone else in town...dead or alive. One night he visited the graveyard to dig up a corpse for the jewels a woman had been buried in, and as he opened the coffin, and saw the jewels, he also saw a rat....an animal he detested more than any other. He re-inters the coffin after getting the jewels and scurries away to his house, where he discovers, with more research, that some Revolutionary War tunnels exist under the graveyard from a cellar. So he decides to use them to get to the coffins of certain people from under the ground, where he cannot be seen as easily. Unfortunately, as he makes his way along in those tunnels, hundreds of rats scurry about, and follow him to a grave where he finds the moneybelt of Marcus Lee. Coming back the next evening, he discoverss the belt gone.....and figures the rats must have carried it off. That's too much for Abner....he goes back home and builds a wire barrier to keep the rats away from the digging he is doing. And while digging one evening, the rats find a way to escape his wire trap and gnaw the timbers he has erected to keep the ceiling from collapsing. Suddenly, Abner finds that the tunnel is caving in on him.....and he has left his shovel behind.....and slowly he suffocates to death!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #3 published April 1993
as Rats Have Sharp Teeth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This story is an adaptation of Henry Kuttner's classic short story, "The Graveyard Rats".
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Escape!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William M. Gaines
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Brent
Synopsis: Brent has just finished burying Frantz in the Arctic ice in a place where no search party could ever find him. He turned and left, treking out across a huge ice field when suddenly, a crack in the ice formed below his feet and the ground began to crumble. When he came to his senses, it was pitch black on all sides the ice pressed against him and knew he couldn't dig his way out and he realized, that like Franz, no one would ever find his body!
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
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Pages: 1
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untitled

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Picture Stories From American History; Picture Stories From the Bible; Picture Stories From Science; Picture Stories From World History
Synopsis: Same house ad that was featured in Vault of Horror #13 for Picture Stories From American History #1-4; Picture Stories From Science #1-2; Picture Stories From World History #1-2; the Complete Old Testament; the Complete New Testament; Picture Stories From the Bible: Old Testament #1-02 and New Testament #1....with covers.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
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Pages: 1
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The Strange Couple!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper [cameo]
Synopsis: A man is driving on a stormy night along a road when he is stopped by a state trooper, who tells him that the bridge ahead is washed out and he needs to take a side road instead to his destination, He does, but the car's engine stalls....but then he sees lights coming from a house and goes to it to phone for help. A weird couple inhabit the place....the man tells him that his wife is a crazy ghoul and she tells him that her husband is a vampire! The husband sends his wife to her room and he explains that she killed their dog and partially ate the body.....while later she tells him that he husband killed the dog and drank its blood. Un-nerved, the man heads for bed....but pushes the headboard against the door and retires...fully dressed! He falls asleep, but is awakened by a panel in the room opening, and the eerie pair coming at him! Then....he awakens in his car, believing this to be a strange dream......then he drivess his car on until it stalls, and he sees a light coming from a house, which looks strangely familiar. And when the door opens, he sees.....the same weird couple that he had dreamed about a few hours earlier!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #1 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #3 published April 1993
as The Strange Couple! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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