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Series: Vault of Horror

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Publisher: EC

Title: Vault of Horror
Issue: 39
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: October-November 1954
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Al Feldstein; Bill Gaines (managing editor)

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Vault of Horror 39
Owner: Twistty1

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:The Vault of Horror!
Pages:1
Pencils:Johnny Craig (signed)
Inks:Johnny Craig (signed)
Letters:typeset
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset)


Story Title: Proof...of 8 Brands Tested, Panic is Best Imitation of Mad - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Panic
Pages:1
Pencils:Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Inks:Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Synopsis:House ad for Panic Comics.


Story Title: Deadly Beloved! - comic story
Features:The Vault of Horror!
Pages:8
Pencils:Johnny Craig (signed)
Inks:Johnny Craig (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:The Vault-Keeper (host); Drusilla (cameo); Edward Leeds; Eloise Fontagne
Synopsis:Edward's car overheats and is forced to stop and seek out help. He spots a stately mansion in the bayou, and enters, finding it burnt out inside. A lass named Eloise welcomes him and begins telling him of the home's history, and said her entire family had died in the fire, then shows him around. Edward encounters several near-fatal accidents while on this journey, then comes under her spell and discovers that she wants him dead in order to join her, since she was already dead. He flees the home, but the longing becomes too great and he heads back to the mansion, where she awaits him!


Story Title: Top Billing - comic story
Features:The Crypt of Terror
Pages:7
Pencils:Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)
Inks:Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:The Crypt-Keeper (host); Blye; Nash; Winton
Synopsis:Three actors find themselves at the stage entrance of mysterious Woltam Theatre. A rehearsal of Hamlet stops when a vital prop turns up missing. Winton offers his acting services and is accepted, leaving the other two jealous. Blye kills both of his partners, and the director has no choice but to give Blye the role. But while preparing for the role, Blye discovers that the skulls used for the Yorick scene end up disappearing.


Story Title: Show Stopper! - text story
Pages:1
Pencils:? (spot illo)
Inks:? (spot illo)
Letters:typeset
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Grendat the Clown
Synopsis:Grendat thought that no one would notice him pick-pocketing the crowd at the carnival, and soon he spotted an old man entering a darkened alley. He followed, but the man saw the clown and began to yell, which was suddenly stilled with the clown's knife. He then slipped away into the crowd to establish an alibi once the body was found. He spotted the flying rings and grabbed one and began to perform, drawing a crowd. Hanging upside down, he failed to see a brick wall drawing nearer and suddenly he hit it full force. As he laying dying, he heard someone in the crowd saying the act was "terrif!"


Story Title: E.C. Went to Sea in Search of Another New Trend... - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Piracy
Pages:1
Pencils:Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Inks:Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Bill Gaines (likeness); EC artists (likenesses)
Synopsis:House ad for Piracy Comics.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:Vault-Keeper's Corner
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:VK begins his column trying to convince readers that he is a man, then presents several gory poems sent in by Mrs. R. Kindler and Sheldon Hack, then a limerick from Jim Seff, and "Horror Hit Parade" tune titles from Don Donaldson, Robert Versandi, John Speight, Judy Louther, Richard Fragola, Betty Farkas and Bonnie Brady. The column concludes w/a letter from Joanne Schmidt and a subscription plug.


Story Title: The Purge - comic story
Features:The Vault of Horror!
Pages:6
Pencils:Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)
Inks:Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:The Vault-Keeper (host); Sir Benjamin; King Horace; Alicia
Synopsis:King Horace is called to the cell of a lovely lady and he asks her why she wants to see him. Alicia tells him that she was controlled by the devil and wanted to be purged of him. So the King goes to see his court wizard who says he can do the difficult task, but he has much difficulty, and is given seven days to succeed or lose his head.


Story Title: All for Gnawt - comic story
Features:The Witch's Cauldron!
Pages:7
Pencils:Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Inks:Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:The Old Witch (host); Charlie Mumford (Millie's late husband, death); Lydia Tuttle (Alvin's 1st wife, cameo as a skeleton, death); Alvin Tuttle (villain); Millie Mumford (villain, Millie's 5th husband, death)
Synopsis:Millie is drinking herself into a stupor, lamenting that her previous four husbands she had poisoned had not left her the funds she craved, but to find another husband would be difficult considering her looks and weight. Spotting an ad in the lonely hearts magazine from an elderly gentleman wanting a woman who would learn to love him, she goes to his home and learns the old geezer is worth $400,000, but his house is overruns with rats. Swallowing her pride, she returns from a local bar.....maybe she shouldn't have!


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