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44October-November 1954
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Tales from the Crypt #44

EC · October-November 1954

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Identification plate

Series
Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#44
Publication date
October-November 1954
Key date
1954-10-10
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)
1Forever Ambergriscomic story8script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Eileen Harper (Ben's wife); Ben Harper (Sultana's first mate, death); Captain Matt Starke (villain, Sultana’s skipper)
2Burial at Seacomic story7script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host)
3Gunmantext story1letters: typeset
4-letters page1script: Al Feldstein
5The Proposalcomic story6script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host)
6The Sliceman Comethcomic story7script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); Jean Courbeau; Claude Courbeau (corpse, rises from the grave); Marat (government judge); Robespierre (Master of France, cameo); Edouard (fisherman); Henri (fisherman); Bodin; Madam Barette (Andre's landlady); Monsieur Etienne (Madame Barette's boarder); Andre Vache (villain, ex

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