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41April-May 1954
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Tales from the Crypt #41

EC · April-May 1954

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Identification plate

Series
Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#41
Publication date
April-May 1954
Key date
1954-04-10
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
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)
1Operation Friendshipcomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Philip (engineer, lives on as a brain only); Jondra (Philip's fiance); Joan; Dr. Andrew Hobart (villain)
2Come Back, Little Lindacomic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); unnamed prisoner; Dr. Morgan Ullman (villain); Eric Hagen (villain)
3Air-Tighttext story1letters: typeset
4Current Attractioncomic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host)
5Mess Callcomic story7script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Ghastly; inks: Ghastly; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); Corporal Hans Gruber (German soldier); unnamed Oberleutnant (cameo); unnamed doctor; Herr Ludmeyer (death); Gustav Shotz (death); Frau Shotz (death); Herr Heinrich (villain, German butcher, death)

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