Vault of Horror #38 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Catacombs	cover	1	pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin	The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset)
1	Are You a Red Dupe?	text article	1	script: Lyle Stuart, Bill Gaines; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis	Melvin Blizunken
2	Any Sport in a Storm	comic story	8	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Vault-Keeper (host); Drusilla [cameos]; Lon Shannon; Timothy O'Rourke
3	Coffin Spell!	comic story	7	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Crypt-Keeper (host); Janos; Nadyi
4	Pinch!	text story	1	letters: typeset	Captain Pritchard; Borley
6	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
7	The Catacombs	comic story	6	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Bernie Krigstein; inks: Bernie Krigstein; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Vault-Keeper (host); Pietro Miuta (villain, thief); Gino Alcari (villain, thief, death)
8	Out of Sight...	comic story	7	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	The Old Witch (host); Mr. Evans [The Great Brain]; Benny; Hulda Larson

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Vault of Horror #27	1999	On eBay ›
The Vault of Horror #5	1982	On eBay ›
Messages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-580-8	2013	On eBay ›
B. Krigstein #1 ISBN 1560974664	2002	On eBay ›
Master Race and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-68396-094-2	2018	On eBay ›
Accidents and Old Lace and Other Stories ISBN 9781683963806	2021	On eBay ›
Deadly Beloved and Other Stories ISBN 9781683965763	2023	On eBay ›

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