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2Spring 1954
$0.25

Three Dimensional Tales from the Crypt of Terror #2

EC · Spring 1954 · on sale 1954

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Identification plate

Series
Three Dimensional Tales from the Crypt of Terror (EC, 1954 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
Spring 1954
Key date
1954-04-00
On-sale date
1954
Indicia publisher
Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al FeldsteinThe Crypt-Keeper
1Directions for Assembling Your Two Versatile E.C. 3-D Viewerstext article1
2The Trophy!comic story8script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Clyde Franklin (big game hunter, death, lives on as a head kept alive); Jeeves (Franklin's butler); un-named newspaper reporter; a ghoul (villain)
3The Strange Couple!comic story8script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt Keeper (host); male traveler; Hepsibah (old woman); Fedor (Hepsibah's husband);
4Bats in My Belfry!comic story8script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten
5The Thing from the Grave!comic story7script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; letters: Jim Wroten
6-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten

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