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Issue: Vault of Horror #36
Publication Date: April 1954
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Issues: #36 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
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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)
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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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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
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Two-Timed

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #25 published October 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover title was taken from the last story in the issue from which the cover was based.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Panic
Synopsis: Ad, w/coupon, for Panic Comics.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Twin Bill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Larry Bannister
First Line: Heh, heh! Well here I am again, kiddies...
Synopsis: After Larry found out his wife was having an affair, he forced her and her lover at gunpoint to dig their own grave and buried them alive together. Weeks later he returned to the scene of the crime and found the grave empty. The two of them, now merged together as a shambling rotting zombie, cornered him in his home looking for revenge.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1991 published January 1991
as Den som graver en grav [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #25 published October 1998
as Twin Bill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Witch Witch's Witch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Eric Holbein; Helena
First Line: Heh, heh! So nice of you foul fiends to visit with me again!
Synopsis: Eric was coming home to Blumstedt with his new wife Helena who was not liked by his family or the townsfolk. It seems every time someone crossed her, they mysteriously died. Talk began to surface saying Helena was a witch and eventually a mob was formed and went after her. When Eric tried to intervene, they killed him and began stoning Helena to death, when she stood and chanted a few words and all the people turned to rats and scurried away. In the midst of it all was the most ugly and hideous creature of them all: Helena....the witch!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1990 published January 1990
as Heksejakten! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #25 published October 1998
as Witch Witch's Witch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Cooler

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): Scott
First Line: The drop from the high stone wall jarred Scott right down to his toes...
Synopsis: Scott escaped from Cragmore Prison. Since the prison was in the middle of a lake and it was winter, he was able to make his way across the frozen water. When he heard the guards coming after him, he decided to hide in a hole in the ice and would stay in the freezing water until his pursuers gave up the hunt. After he heard them leave, he tried looking for the hole to resurface but couldn't find it. As time passed and his body became stiff in the frigid water, he managed to smile and think to himself in his last few seconds: "At least they won't take me back to the cooler!"
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The last half of this page was the annual Statement of Ownership piece, listing Frank D. Lee as Business Manager.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: VK first spouts off about Editor Gaines' being featured in a new mag called "Tops," then printed letters from Bill Spicer, Malcolm Biggs, Donna Lee Fernetti, Jack Laws, Dave DeChaine, Vera Bernard, Larry Hawkins and Art Walker before pushing copies of the two new EC 3-D mags as well as subscriptions.
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In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Pipe Dream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Chen Chu Yang; Yang's wife (death); Yang's son (death); Yang's daughter (death); Yang's daughter's husband (death)
First Line: The den was quiet.
Synopsis: Chen begins his tale while frequenting an opium den, a place where he can have drug-induced dreams that give him power and importance. But he noticed that every time he had one of these dark dreams regarding family members, they would tragically come true in real life. First his wife dying. Then his son dying. And finally his daughter's abusive husband being murdered. The unfortunate side to the last dream was that his daughter was blamed for the murder and was put to death for it. Now Chen has nothing left and spends the rest of his days at the den in a haze.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagNacht der vampiers #[nn] published January 1973
as Opiumdroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as Pibe-drømme [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 [1988] published February 1988
as Drømmer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #25 published October 1998
as Pipe-Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagB. Krigstein Comics #[nn] published July 2004
as Pipe-Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMessages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein #[nn] published April 2013
as Pipe Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Two-Timed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Dickie [later called Tom]; Constable Phyfe
First Line: Hee, hee, hee!
Synopsis: Little Dickie saw a man viciously beating a woman to death in the woods. Constable Phyfe found a scorched area near the scene. Fifteen years later Dickie now grown up and married, discovered his wife was cheating on him. He took her into the woods and began to beat her. He looked up to see a young kid watching and realized that the young kid was actually HIMSELF! He set his wife's body afire. Just then Constable Phyfe arrived and mentioned that back then the little boy had a scrap of paper on him that carried TODAY'S date, and he came back to the scene to investigate!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Vault of Horror #5 published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1990 published January 1990
as Omenet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #25 published October 1998
as Two-Timed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Cover story.

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