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38October-November 1953
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Tales from the Crypt #38

EC · October-November 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
October-November 1953
Key date
1953-10-10
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
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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)
1Tight Grip!comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Wilma (death); Jeeves (Wilma's butler); unnamed Justice of the Peace; unnamed bellboy; Willy (villain); Carl Roswell (villain, Wilma's fiance, death)
2...Only Skin Deep!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); Herbert; Suzanne (Herbert's wife); A. M. Moore (Justice of the Peace); Moore's wife
3Big Fish!text story1letters: typeset
4-letters page1script: Al Feldstein
5Last Laughcomic story6script: Bill Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); practical joker; a doctor (villain)
6Mournin' Messcomic story7script: Bill Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); Mayor Merk; Sweeney (reporter, death); Sweeney's boss; Felix J. Copehard (villain, a ghoul, representative of the Grateful Hoboes Society)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tales from the Crypt #221997On eBay ›
Tain't the Meat...It's the Humanity and Other Stories
ISBN 9781606995785		2013On eBay ›
Tales from the Crypt1985On eBay ›
Sucker Bait and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-689-8		2014On eBay ›

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