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Issue: Tales from the Crypt #6
Publication Date: May 1992
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Issues: #6 of 7 Issues (11 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRuss Cochran
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Russ Cochran, Publisher
On Sale Date: 1992
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098932900305
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #36 published June 1953
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jeff Barnaby, Laramie Carlsen.
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Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Synopsis: There's a killer on the loose, and a local taxi driver is nervous. So, when a mysterious stranger enters his cab, the driver is immediately suspicious. Soon, the passenger exits the cab and tells the driver to wait. The driver decides to go for a quick walk to stretch his legs, but soon realizes the passenger is following him. He must be the killer! No, it's worse! He's a vampire! As death closes in, the driver awakes. Whew! Just a nightmare; and a silly nightmare at that. Imagine, a vampire falling asleep at night. The driver then goes looking for his next prey.
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #36 published June 1953
was Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Curiosity Killed...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror
Synopsis: Emily is positive that her neighbor murdered his wife. So, she convinces her husband to help her in a plan to expose the neighbor's crime. But, things go awry when Emily's husband kills the plan. And Emily. He and the neighbor were in it together.
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #36 published June 1953
was Curiosity Killed... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Tight Squeeze!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #36 published June 1953
was Tight Squeeze [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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How Green Was My Alley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen
Inker(s): Jack Kamen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Synopsis: Robert has quite a secret: two lives and two wives. One loves bowling, and the other loves golf. Everything seems to work out for him until a town hosts both golf and bowling tournaments, where the wives meet each other. Robert tries to be a good husband. He gives one wife bowling shoes and other golf shoes. But, he gets a little mixed up. Later on, the wives play a new game they've invented. Hitting a ball with a golf club to knock down bowling pins. The ball: Robert's head.
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #36 published June 1953
was How Green Was My Alley [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Handler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Bradbury (original story); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels
Inker(s): Graham Ingels
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron
Synopsis: Mr. Benedict is a very vindictive man; he remembers all the jokes and insults made at his expense. As a mortician, he gets his revenge by desecrating the bodies he prepares for burial. Finally, the dead have had enough. The next morning, the townspeople find the tombstone where Mr. Benedict has been buried. Or should that be tombstones. There are several of them.
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From Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #36 published June 1953
was The Handler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Crime SuspenStories #6

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig
Inker(s): Johnny Craig
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #6 published August 1951
was Jury Duty [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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A Toast...To Death!

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
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: Sherry has a problem. She hates her husband, Alphonse. When they were dating, he was a charmer, but now all he does is obsess over his vineyard. So, she poisons him with cyanide and buries him in the vineyard, claiming that he just disappeared. Later on, she asks for help picking the grapes, and handsome Jack shows up. They strike up a romance, and she gives him a glass of wine. But, he keels over dead and Sherry is arrested for murder. The poison from her husband's old body had seeped into the grapevines.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #6 published August 1951
was A Toast... to Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Out of My Mind!

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
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: Cold-hearted Betty plans to murder her rich husband, Bert. She begins faking psychotic breaks where she tries to kill him, until she finally goes through with it. Now, all she has to do is endure some time in a mental hospital until she's "cured". Bert's brother, Harvey, is a doctor at the hospital and he takes a special interest in Betty's treatment. After several days of brutal treatments, Betty can't take it anymore and finally confesses about the murder to Harvey. But, he already knew she was lying, and plans to keep her in the asylum for good.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #6 published August 1951
was Out of My Mind! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Air-Tight!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #6 published August 1951
was Air-Tight! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Switch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Synopsis: Edwin overhears his neighbor arranging to have his wife murdered. Edwin, no loving husband himself, decides to trick the hit-man into killing his wife, Elsa. He switches the numbers on the doors and visits the neighbor's wife just as the killer arrives and inadvertently murders Elsa. But, it turns out Elsa hired someone to murder Edwin, who follows the numbers to the neighbor's house. So, Edwin ends up dead, as well. Confusing.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #6 published August 1951
was The Switch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Jury Duty!

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: Mr. Kardoff heads for the hangman's noose; he's a killer about to get his just desserts. After he's pronounced dead and put in a coffin, he's delivered to his estate, where the butler discovers that Kardoff is still alive! Sure, his head is stuck at a crooked angle, but he's not complaining. And, having been declared dead, he can't be arrested or prosecuted for any further crimes. He returns to his murdering ways, until another thorny legal issue crops up. Can the townspeople be prosecuted for burying a "dead" man, even if he screams while they do it? Nope.
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From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #6 published August 1951
was Jury Duty! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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