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36June-July 1953
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Tales from the Crypt #36

EC · June-July 1953

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Series
Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#36
Publication date
June-July 1953
Key date
1953-06-10
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisThe Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset)
1George Evanstext article1script: Al Feldstein
2Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness...comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); un-named newsstand operator; Dr. Eggbert Muller (mythologist, death); un-named taxi driver (villain, a vampire)
3Curiosity Killed...comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); Henrietta Clayton (Milton's wife, death); Emily Durand (Wallace's wife, death); George (elevator operator); Jed (desk clerk and switchboard operation (mention only); Wallace Durand (villain); Milton Clayton (villain, Emily's husband)
4Tight Squeezetext story1letters: typeset
5-letters page1script: Al Feldstein
6How Green Was My Alleycomic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host)
7The Handlercomic story7script: Ray Bradbury, Al Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); Mr. Rodgers (druggist); Mr. Stuyvesant (a contractor); Mr. Flinger (delicatessen man); various corpses [Mr. Smith; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Walters; Miss Brown; Mrs. Shellmund; Mr. Wren (a racist); Edmund Worth; three unnamed gossips; unnamed lawyer; rest unnamed]; Merriwell Blythe (d

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