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28December 1952-January 1953
$0.10

Vault of Horror #28

EC · December 1952-January 1953 · on sale 1952

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Identification plate

Series
Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
December 1952-January 1953
Key date
December 1952
On-sale date
1952
Indicia publisher
L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Till Death...cover1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny CraigThe Vault-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
2Till Death...comic story8script: Johnny Craig; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); Donna (Steve's wife, death); Steve (death); Jebco (servant)
3The Chips Are Down!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Sigmund Darby; Averill Henning; Dilbert Field; Colonel Turner
4The Defilertext story2script: William M. GainesTrader Trask
5-letters page1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny CraigThe Vault-Keeper (spot illustration)
6For How the Bell Tolls!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); unnamed King; unnamed Queen; unnamed bell ringer (death); unnamed apprentice to the bell ringer (villain, death)
7We Ain't Got No Body!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); Henry Bodwin (Norton's brother, department store owner, death in flashback, a walking corpse); Mr. Yeson; Flaggerty (policeman); Norton Bodwin (villain, also in flashback); Charlie (villain, death, in flashback); Sidney (villain, death, in flashback)

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

Where to read it

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Vault of Horror #11991On eBay ›
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The Vault of Horror #31982On eBay ›
The Vault of Horror1986On eBay ›
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Series context

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