American Update: Pre-code Horror Mega-Fest continues with Vault of Horror – to the End!
*EC: For EC Fan-Addicts, we present a creepy quintet of Vault of Horror, one of EC’s core (or should that be corpse?) titles! A nice consecutive run from #36 to the final issue, #40. Issue #37 introduced the Vault-Keeper’s shapely if mute assistant Drusilla, but even her charms proved insufficient to stave off the anti-comic crusade, and the forces of censorship triumphed. All with disturbingly elegant and evocative covers by Johnny Craig, the interiors sport superlative art by the likes of Craig, Ingels, Evans, Davis and more, featuring the combo of ghoulish horror and black humour that was often imitated, but seldom equalled. Issue #36 is an outstanding FN- with virtually unmarred black background expect for faint edge wear, on sale at £125. Issue #37 is GD at £55; it looks nicer, but does have a glued spine and cover colour touches, so the price has been adjusted to reflect this. Details of the rest, as ever, in the catalogue listing. SORRY, PICTURED ITEMS NOW SOLD