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28February-March 1952
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Tales from the Crypt #28

EC · February-March 1952 · on sale 1951-11-07

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Identification plate

Series
Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
February-March 1952
Key date
1952-02-00
On-sale date
1951-11-07
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al FeldsteinThe Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset)
1Joe Orlandotext article1script: Al Feldstein
2Bargain In Death!comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Mel (medical college student); Sid (medical college student); George's unnamed landlady; Clem (medical college handyman); Zeke (gravedigger); Hank (gravedigger); Fogerty (Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Company representative); Alex Lawrence (villain, death); George Arkman (vill
3Ants in Her Trance!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host)
4Break Out!text story1letters: typeset
5-letters page0.6script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein
6-statement of ownership0.4script: Frank D. Lee
7A-Corny Storycomic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host)
8The Ventriloquist's Dummy!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn]1970On eBay ›
Tales from the Crypt #121995On eBay ›
Tain't the Meat...It's the Humanity and Other Stories
ISBN 9781606995785		2013On eBay ›
Grave Business and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-827-4		2015On eBay ›
Tales from the Crypt #21979On eBay ›

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