American Comics Update: It’s back! Pre-Code Horror Fest: EC’s Tales From The Crypt
*EC: Additions to our Pre-Code Horror inventory have been somewhat lacking for these past few months, but we have an issue of probably the most famous horror title of them all this week: Tales From The Crypt from EC. Issue #39 from 1953/54, with our hosts the Crypt-Keeper, the Old Witch and the Vault-Keeper, features a cover by Jack Davis and stories with art by Davis, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen and Graham Ingels – a classic EC Line-up. This is a reasonable copy with some flaws: tiny chip off top right corner, clean 3 cm lower spine split, wear to spine and right edge with some spidery colour-breaking creases along the right edge and a wax crayon small arrival date over the ‘R’ in ‘Crypt’ on the logo. But the staples are firm and tight, and the pages a nice quality white to off-white.
PICTURED: TALES FROM THE CRYPT #39 GD/VG £225 SOLD