Tales from the Crypt #45 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis	The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset)
1	Telescope	comic story	7	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Crypt-Keeper (host); Eric Walford (seaman on the Bramwell, death)
2	The Substitute	comic story	6	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Vault-Keeper (host)
3	This Is An Appeal For Action!	text article	1	script: Carl Wessler
4	Squeeze Play	text story	1	letters: typeset
5	Murder Dream	comic story	6	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Bernie Krigstein, Jack Davis; inks: Bernie Krigstein, Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Crypt-Keeper (host); Howard Leighton (death) [as Claude Grymes in dream sequences]; Cathy Leighton (Howard's wife, death); Claude Grymes (villain, house caretaker)
6	The Switch	comic story	7	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Old Witch (host); Carlton Webster; Fulton (Webster's butler); Linda Stewart Booth (Carleton's love interest); Dr. Hurley (Carleton's physician); Dr. Faulkner (surgeon); George Booth (man who swapped body parts with Carleton)

Collection	Year
Tales from the Crypt #5	1991	On eBay ›
Tales from the Crypt #29	1999	On eBay ›
B. Krigstein Comics #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-573-3	2004	On eBay ›
Tain't the Meat...It's the Humanity and Other Stories ISBN 9781606995785	2013	On eBay ›
Messages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-580-8	2013	On eBay ›

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