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Issue: Tales from the Crypt #5

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Publication Date: March 1991

Issue #5
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Gladstone

Brand: Gladstone G

Indicia Publisher: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 68

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Leonard Clark (reprint editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From11

11 Content Items

reprinted 11 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (14 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jack Davis

Inker(s): Jack Davis

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Tales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Introducing the Haunt of Fear

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Graham Ingels; ? (photograph)

Inker(s): Graham Ingels; ? (photograph)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1.5

Telescope

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Wessler

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

Synopsis: A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island. His only companion: a less-than-friendly rat.

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From Content Item: Flag

Tales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was Telescope [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

The Substitute

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Wessler

Penciller(s): Jack Kamen

Inker(s): Jack Kamen

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Synopsis: A prisoner plans his escape from an island penal colony. He manages to hide inside a coffin that is slated to be shipped off the island, and it looks like it's going well. Right until he realizes he's about to be buried at sea.

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From Content Item: Flag

Tales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was The Substitute [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Crypt-Keeper's Corner

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from Brian Jeffrey, Jack Young, Jason Shock, Jeff Cadaver, John Robinson, Chad Emerson, David Knauer, Keith Blankenberg, Felice Goldman, Kristina Wallender, Tim Wheeler, The Idea-Keeper, Donald Fortenberry, Kris Gallimore, Justin Folds, Lisa Bova, Jason Simpson, Frankie Santaniello, Loyd Cryer.

Murder Dream

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Wessler

Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein

Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Synopsis: A man repeatedly dreams of a maniac murdering his sweetheart. The dreams seem so real...and they are! The only hitch is that he himself is the murdering maniac!

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Tales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was Murder Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

The Switch

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Wessler

Penciller(s): Graham Ingels

Inker(s): Graham Ingels

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!

Synopsis: A very old man falls in love with a very young woman. So, he hires a doctor to perform a head transplant on him. Will this be enough to win over the woman of his dreams?

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Tales from the Crypt #45 published December 1954
was The Switch [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

[untitled]

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Crypt-Keeper's Poetry Corner

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Pages: 2

Notes: Poems by Charles A. Young, D. King, Keith Blankenberg, Johnathan Taulber, Joe Wilson, Allan Klemz, John C. Burr, Howie Beveridge, the editor.

Crime SuspenStories #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Johnny Craig

Inker(s): Johnny Craig

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories

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Crime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Sewer!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Johnny Craig

Penciller(s): Johnny Craig

Inker(s): Johnny Craig

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Synopsis: A man and woman murder her philandering husband and dump his body in a sewer. She immediately feels remorse and runs to confess to the police. To save himself, the man enters the sewer to move the body. But, the corpse ends up plugging a pipe and flooding the sewer, drowning the killer.

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Crime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was The Sewer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Mr. Biddy... Killer!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein

Penciller(s): Jack Davis

Inker(s): Jack Davis

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Synopsis: After a fight with his wife, Archie goes for a walk in the park. He meets a strange man named Mr. Biddy, who seems to understand Archie's problems and volunteers to kill Archie's wife. After the murder, the police arrest Archie, but he protests that Mr. Biddy did the killing. In a roundabout way, the police finally believe him. Sort of.

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From Content Item: Flag

Crime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was Mr. Biddy... Killer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

The Gullible One

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein

Penciller(s): Jack Kamen

Inker(s): Jack Kamen

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Synopsis: After his son is killed, a man gathers the suspects in his house. He claims to know who the killer is, and puts a plan in motion to get revenge. But, does he really know as much as he claims?

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Crime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was The Gullible One [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Partially Dissolved

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein

Penciller(s): Graham Ingels

Inker(s): Graham Ingels

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear

Synopsis: An escape artist's ambitious assistant yearns for the spotlight. He ensures an escape goes wrong and his mentor is lost at sea. He really should have stayed away from the water after that...

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Crime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was Partially Dissolved! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Smart!

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Crime SuspenStories #5 published June 1951
was Smart! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1