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37August-September 1953
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Tales from the Crypt #37

EC · August-September 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#37
Publication date
August-September 1953
Key date
1953-08-10
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
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Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Tales From the Cryptcover1pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie SeverinThe Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset)
1Dead Right!comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Carl (heart specialist, death); Ben Norton (funeral parlor undertaker); Dr. Joseph Fairbanks (villain, surgeon)
2Pleasant Screams!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); Felix Purdy (high school teacher); student of Mr. Purdy; a werewolf (villain); a vampire (villain); rotting corpse (villain); little monsters (villains)
3Solidtext story1letters: typeset
4-letters page1letters: typeset
5Strop! You're Killing Me!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Mayor Witter; Dan Harper; Clem Dunlop (old Fire Chief, mention only); Frank Miller (villain, Fire Chief, death)
6The Rover Boys!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); State Medical Board [Dr. Hale; Dr. Simpson; other three unnamed] (all die); Captain John Smythe; unnamed theatrical agent; unnamed milkman; Dr. Sheldon Remsen [aka Sheldon] (villain, death)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tales from the Crypt #[nn]1964On eBay ›
EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn]1970On eBay ›
Tales from the Crypt #211997On eBay ›
Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt #[nn]2012On eBay ›
Tain't the Meat...It's the Humanity and Other Stories
ISBN 9781606995785		2013On eBay ›
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