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37June-July 1954
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Vault of Horror #37

EC · June-July 1954

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Identification plate

Series
Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#37
Publication date
June-July 1954
Key date
1954-06-10
Indicia publisher
L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Take Carecover1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny CraigThe Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset)
2Surprise Party!comic story8script: Johnny Craig; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); Drusilla (cameo); Jerry Adams
3Chop Talk!comic story7script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Emil Voight; Anna; Heinrich
4Sharptext story1pencils: ? (spot illo); inks: ? (spot illo); letters: typesetMilton Canasta; Aunt Bridger
6-letters page1letters: typeset
7Take Carecomic story6script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Al Williamson; inks: Angelo Torres; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); Jefferson Bates (trustee of estate, death); Albrecht Dench (caretaker of estate, death); Avery Ballusk (former owner of estate, death); Rudolph Dregg (Ballusk's butler)
8Oh! Henry!comic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); Lieutenant Lionel "Hard Hart" Hart (detective, death); unnamed shopkeeper; Henry (old lady's husband, death); unnamed old lady (villain)

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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