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Staired in Horror

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 Old Witch (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)

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The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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Vault of Horror #23 published March 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Iskalde Grøss #7 [1988] published January 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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The Vault of Horror #4 [Direct] published February 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Vault of Horror #12 published July 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The cover title was taken from the 4th story in this issue, from which the cover was based.

[The EC] Artist of the Issue

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (photograph)

Inker(s): ? (photograph)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: biography

Feature(s): Graham Ingels

Character(s): Graham Ingels (photo)

Synopsis: Biography of artist "Ghastly" Graham Ingels.

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The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

A Stitch in Time!

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

Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); sweatshop workers; Mr. Lasch (villain, sweatshop owner, death)

Synopsis: An old-fashioned sweatshop, run by Mr. Lasch, makes the women work 14 hours a day, 6 days a week, for a salary of $6, using dangerous, outdated machinery, and being treated like slaves. Complainers were forced to go the "scrap box”: a place where scraps of cloth and thread were thrown together and they would have to untangle it all and respool the thread, a job that usually drove the woman insane. But they had a plan to get even, much to Mr. Lasch's regret!

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In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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Iskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 published January 1987
as Søm med sting! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The Vault of Horror #4 [Direct] published February 1991
as A Stitch in Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Vault of Horror #12 published July 1995
as A Stitch in Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

99 44/100% Pure Horror!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

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); Benny Anderson (soap factory manager, death, in flashback); Mr. Hudson (soap factory owner, in flashback); Ernie Mattson (villain, death)

Synopsis: Life had been good to Ernie ever since he had become manager of the Hudson Soap Company, and his predecessor, Benny Anderson, had disappeared. Benny had been his boss, really giving him a hard time in the soap plant, until one day he knifed Benny and threw his body in the rending vat, and made bars of soap out of him. The best thing is that no one could prove what had really happened to Benny. Then came the night that Ernie had a date with a showgirl and decided to take a shower, using one of those bars of soap. Benny ended up getting revenge on Ernie.

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In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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Iskalde Grøss #8/1990 published January 1990
as Ren redsel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The Vault of Horror #4 [Direct] published February 1991
as 99 44/100% Pure Horror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Vault of Horror #12 published July 1995
as 99 44/100% Pure Horror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Much of the story is told in flashback.

Script revisions from just Feldstein by Craig Delich.

Superstition!

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: occult

Character(s): Matison

Synopsis: Matison was just 200 yards from the sacred Zalunga temple during the secret rituals of the tribe, which meant certain death if he was discovered. When most of the tribe moved away from the area, he crept up on a lone guard, killed him and dragged him inside the temple, determined to photograph the proceedings. Hearing the Chief and the tribe returning, he spotted a platform with a coffin and decided to hide inside and film away. At the height of the ceremony, the Chief spotted him, Matison let out a scream, then realized that the casket he was in was going to be sacrificed to their gods.

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In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: The text story is found on the inner halves of the two pages, with EC house ads to either side. One side promoted Shock SuspenStories #1 [with a cover by Al Feldstein], while the other promoted, with covers, the Complete Old and New Testaments from the Picture Stories of the Bible series, Picture Stories From World History #2 and Picture Stories From Science #2.

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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 begins his colume promoting the 1st issue of Shock SuspenStories, telling a little about each story therein and the artists who drew them. Then he talks about the next "EC Artist of the Issue," Jack Kamen, which appears in the Haunt of Fear #11, and finally again pushes the photos of the three GhouLunatics for 25 cents.

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In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The bottom half of this page features The Statement of Ownership, which lists Frank D. Lee as Business Manager.

Dead Wait!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

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 Vault of Horror

Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Emil Duval (plantation owner, death); Kulu (villain, native); 'Red' Buckley (villain, death)

Synopsis: In an isolated plantation home on a tropic isle, 'Red' Buckley's former plantation boss lies dead at his feet. In the shadows, a native, Kulu, watches Buckley get into the home's safe and remove a black pearl, then they enter a boat for a three day trip to Banggai. As Kulu paddles down the river, Buckley tells Kulu he will be paid off at Banggai.....then 'Red' discovers that they are heading for a village instead. When Buckley turns around to question the native, Kulu kills him with a machette....and proudly walks into the village with his prize: a human head with red hair!

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In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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Iskalde Grøss #1/1991 published January 1991
as Den som venter på noe rundt ... [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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The Vault of Horror #4 [Direct] published February 1991
as Dead Wait! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Vault of Horror #12 published July 1995
as Dead Wait! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Script revisions from just Feldstein by Craig Delich.

Some of the story is told in flashback.

Staired... in Horror!

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): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Irma Leechman; Robert Hornsby

Synopsis: Irma stared down at the grave of her late husband and smiled....just as a gentleman came near to pay respects to his late wife. As the two conversed, Irma gleaned that this old boy must have money, so she struck up an on-going affair with this Mr. Hornsby, and plotted to have him murdered for his insurance.....just the way she murdered her first husband, Herman, for his! Soon, Robert popped the question and Irma accepted, and after their marriage, they went to his palatial country estate. But suddenly, as she looked up the carpeted winding staircase, the scene came back to her of the lighthouse steps she went up with Herman....and where she pushed him over the railing to his death! Soon the bickering started....Robert wanted to still visit his former wife's grave and Irma forbid it, eventually leading to his very ill health. Then one night, Robert bolted from his bed for the cemetery to visit his beloved Ethyl one more time, where he died from a fatal heart attack on her grave. Back at the estate, Iram was contemplating tearing out the spiral staircase when she looked up to see the the rotting corpses of Herman and Ethyl coming at her. She raced up the spiral steps to escape into the balcony bedroom when she remembered that she had had them sealed shut! In the morning, all that was found were the remains of two rotting corpses, and the body of Irma.....smashed into tiny little pieces!

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In Issue:

The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982

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The Vault of Horror #4 [Direct] published February 1991
as Staired... in Horror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Vault of Horror #12 published July 1995
as Staired... In Horror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.