We didnt create this revolutionary marketplace by sitting in a room with beer and. Inspired by twilight zone, creepshow, and tales from the crypt, zenescope, publisher of classic tales with horror and supernatural twists, already has my full attention. Ec comics was the publisher of such storydriven comics as tales from the crypt and weird fantasyto say nothing of. A community for comic lovers where everyone creators, collectors, book stores, publishers can hang out, earn comicbucks and badges, and buy and sell collectible digital comics. Like marvels fantastic four, avengers, or maybe some of the dc comics work by jack kirby. In addition, several authors and film directors, including john carpenter, george a. Main menu crypt downloads crypt links crypt comic books demon knight bordello of blood crypt episodes apply for my award view my awards send us an email.
Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive publisher e. It is one of five such collections published by ballantine books between 1964 and 1966 the others are the vault of horror, tales of the incredible, the autumn people and tomorrow midnight. Tales from the crypt the comic book price guide for great. Values of tales from the crypt free comic book values. They shoot him and take makeup secrets manuscript, but he returns from the dead and gets his revenge by swapping out the stage prop acid and redhot stove with the real things. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Tales from the crypt volume 1 this the best way to collect these classic tales of american comic book history. Diehls book reprints four classic stories and all 105 ec horror and crime covers nine per page. Tales from the crypt comics the crypt keeper horror. This is a brilliant documentry for all true tales from the crypt fans about the origin of tales from the crypt. In the early 50s, pulp comic book publisher entertaining comics pumped out stories of horror and suspense in lurid pulp titles like the vault of horror, the haunt of fear and tales from the crypt. Well, youre in for a frightfully good surprise, because more than half of the book centers on the comics series itself. The first three issues of the series were titled the crypt of terror.
Tales from the crypt was a bimonthly horror comic anthology series published by ec comics from 1950 to. Comics is, as well as educating yourself what it is of its historybackground. The new colouring compliments the vintage art work, the hard cover and the heavy stock paper will far outlast the original newsprint editions. This includes sdcc convention exclusives, limited edition art prints, designer toys and other cool things. Check out our little collection of the tales from the crypt comic books.
A virtual store since 1997 dealers in used, rare and collectible, books, pulps and ephemera specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror from the. Sep 10, 2014 zenescope has returned to its stomping grounds with grimm tales of terror, a newly released, ongoing monthly horror comic series. Tales from the crypt is the bestknown of ecs horror titlesindeed, its one of the most famous horror titles of all time. For those who think the 1950s were a wholesome, straitlaced decade devoted to promoting nuclear family values, lets just remember one of its most significant contributions to popular culture. Tales from the crypt comic books issue 3 mycomicshop.
Tales from the crypt is a massmarket paperback collection of eight horror comic stories gathered from the pages of the ec comics comic books of the 1950s. From comic books to television tells the story of famed ec comics publisher william m. Subscribe to comicsalliance dare you enter the crypt to learn more about ec comics horror classic. The comic crypt 73 hwy 35, eatontown, new jersey 07724 rated 4. As announced during the diamond retailer lunch at comiccon 20, the publishing maverick dark horse comics, known for the best in both new and original material as well as archiving comics most important works, announced one of its biggest undertakings yet. Tales from the crypt ec comics wiki fandom powered by.
Ec comics, the notorious comic book company whose volumes like tales from the crypt entranced a generation of impressionable kids and outraged their parents enough to prompt legal action. First issue of the series continues from the crypt of terror. After world war ii, america tried to go back to the way things were. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. These comic books were accused of having no redeeming value to society and were effectively banned by the actions of these groups in creating the comics. Tales from the crypt 2007 comic read tales from the. Tales from the crypt comic books 1950 series all regular issues are out of stock. Not only did he wax apocalyptic over the lurid horror comics of the timeec comics the haunt of fear, tales from the crypt, and the vault of horroreven the superheroes fell under his ever. From its early days as the shock horror comic that kids used to love right up to the errie and gruesome tv series with the dead host the cryptkeeper and the three gory movies that followed. This series can easily be confused with the original series 10c cover priced, the 199091 gladstone reprint series, or 199299 rcgemstone reprint series. From comic books to television by gc8 on july 10, 2012. As fans and collectors, we pride ourselves on the quality of our items. This series can easily be confused with the original series 10c cover priced, the 199091 gladstone reprint series.
What tales from the crypt taught us about illustrating war. Thus, a single issue of tales from the crypt would contain two stories told by the crypt keeper, one by the vaultkeeper of the vault of horror and one by the old witch of the haunt of fear. Tales from the crypt from comic books film a must have for comic book or horror fans. What is your tales from the crypt comic book worth. Tales from the crypt 1950 comic read tales from the crypt. Hosted by the crypt keeper, tales from the crypt comics features various scary tales. I really enjoyed jim rugg and ed piskor going over coopers comic books of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Feldstein coplot, script, art by graham ingels as ghastly. Signed books, signed cds, signed dvds, and other memorabilia. The books were littered with black and white drawings of severed heads, rotting corpses and axewielding. Tells the story of ec comics, the controversy that led to the end of mainstream horror comics, and the hbo anthology series tales from the crypt. The classic comic returns from the dead with a trio of tales that carry on the grand ec tradition. The ec line, which included three horror titles, two sciencefiction titles, two war really antiwar comic titles, one crime comic, a contemporary title called shock suspenstories, and mad as a 23issue comic book.
They say that money is the root of all evil and these stories prove the old adage true. Gladstone did skip around a bit, picking and choosing the issues to reprint instead of following the original titles in sequence, as russ cochran presents would do a few years later. Gaines and details the controversy which erupted a halfcentury ago over his groundbreaking horror, crime and science fiction comic books. Definitions of tales from the crypt comics, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of tales from the crypt comics, analogical dictionary of tales from the crypt comics english. The original run of the series was canceled in 1955 after feeling the pressures of the senate subcommittee of juvenile delinquency, but has since been reprinted in various. Myrna synopsis the cryptkeeper tells the tale of a traveling carnival and its two star attractions, a twoheaded man and a female mummy who fall in love and give birth to a famous story teller. This title was ecs best seller, and was the inspiration of.
Mournin mess, script by bill gaines coplot and albert b. While the committee stopped short of blaming the comics industry for juvenile. The phenomenon of tales from the crypt seems to have no endings, only changes. In a world prone to cynicism, a skeleton becoming the face of positivity is a treat in more ways than one. Tales from the crypt comics tales from the crypt wiki fandom. Along with its sister titles, the haunt of fear and the vault of horror, tales from the crypt was popular, but in the late 1940s and early 1950s comic books came. Hearings targeted violent comic bookswhich fared poorly in the proceedings. The cryptos is a witty comic strip that pokes fun at. The story of how tales from the crypt and ecs other comic book lines came into existence, however, starts in 1934. Crypt doesnt ignore or sugar coat the cruelty of others but finds the positive needle in a haystack of angry mobs. Nov 30, 2016 the classic comic returns from the dead with a trio of tales that carry on the grand ec tradition. Stine, discuss how ecs horror comics inspired their work. Tales from the crypt, and its host, the crypt keeper, became pop culture icons.
Tales from the crypt 1950 comic read tales from the. Two american producers want to bring parisian style grand guignol gory plays to broadway theater but the owner refuses to do business with them. The crypt keeper was the primary host of tales from the crypt. Top rated lists for crypt 100 items the multiversal secret society legion of supervillain masters of evil doom 99 items the society of bad guys page 4. This volume reprints the first six complete issues 24 stories of the comic book tales from the crypt, originally published in 1950, and features classic horror stories of vampires, werewolves, ghouls and monsters in the vein of hte early dracula, frankenstein and wolf man movies. Along with its sister titles, the haunt of fear and the vault. In the true tales from the crypt tradition, youll witness the most loathsome people doing the most vile, evil, and gruesome things to their victims, only to eventually have the tables turned on them in shock endings thats will actually. Comics series of comic books may be thrown off by the photograph on the cover of this tales from the crypt history, thinking that it deals only with the television show. Using hundreds of comic book images and numerous clips from films and television series, the. Tales from the crypt comics local business facebook. Wertham alleged that comic books were a major cause of juvenile delinquency, violent crime, social disaffection, and deviant sexually sound familiar. The shriek and opening to the hbo series tales from the crypt still gives people chills nearly 25 years after the show went off the air. The main horrorhost ghoulunatic for tales from the crypt wasis of course, the cryptkeeper. Each issue depicts its own terrifying story which presents different creatures of the dark to scare its readers.
The comic books the series was based off of still give people the shivers nearly sixty five years later. Comics were all published from the late 1940s until around 1956, when the comics code authority whitewashed all comic books to remove all themes of horror and violence. Tales from the crypt is a horror comic book originally published by ec comics in the 1950s, producing 30 issues from 1950 to 1955. Offensive, hardcore porn by dementia, one of the most disturbingly fixated artists working in that genre. This successful punfilled style of presenting ironic horror tales had its beginnings in william gaines e.
Tales from the crypt was a bimonthly horror comic anthology series published by ec comics from 1950 to 1955, producing 27 issues. Tells the story of ec comics, the controversy that led to the end. With wendy gaines bucci, john carpenter, russ cochran, jack davis. Oct 12, 2015 the book was a scathing indictment on what they perceived to be the destructive influence comic books had on children. Tales from the crypt from comic books video this is actually a two disc set a full 4 hours of material about the famous horror comics of the 1950s, the controversy that brought them down, and how they were resurrected in later popular culture. Gladstones tales from the crypt were a set of doublesized issues that reprinted both a tales from the crypt and a crime suspenstories issue in their entirety. Tales from the crypt vol 1 27 ec comics wiki fandom. The crypt keeper tells the tale of a traveling carnival and its two star attractions, a twoheaded man and a female mummy who fall in love and give birth to a famous story teller. Thus, a single issue of tales from the crypt would contain two stories told by the crypt. Tales from the crypt gladstone comic books from gladstone. This is uploaded for the basic purpose of learning of what e. The professional rivalry among these three ghoulunatics was often played for comic effect.
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