The professional rivalry among these three ghoulunatics was often played for comic effect. Scary comics ec comics comics story horror comics horror art tales from the crypt film d. After over 50 years, the flagship title of the legendary ec comics line has returned with allnew tales from the crypt as. The subject matter for ec comics were horror, science fictionfantasy, crime stories, war stories and stories with. Crypt crypt keeper tales from the crypt ec comics art comic book png. Yabba dabba voodoo tales from the crypt graphic novels pdf. Tales from the crypt was an american bimonthly horror comic anthology series published by ec comics from 1950 to 1955, producing 27 issues the first issue. Those gruesome, fantastical and slapstick chromosomes course through the films of joe dante and george lucas, of steven spielberg and quentin tarantino, and in the novels of stephen king and mr. Entertaining comics group ec comics is perhaps bestknown today for lurid horror comics like tales from the crypt and for a publication that long outlived the companys other titles, mad magazine. 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 under. I have never been a fans of the original backglass for the tales from the crypt data east table. H ere is the second installment in what will eventually be the complete run of tales from the crypt comics published by ec comics from 19501955.
Tales from the crypt vol 1 32 ec comics wiki fandom. Now, dark horse books is proud to bring you the very first ec comics entertaining comics were all published from the late 1940s until around 1956, when the comics. In an interview, feldstein speculated that he and gaines wrote so many siamese twin stories because of the interdependence they had on each other. The trudge through this collection may feel a bit stale in a world of mutafukaz and fight club 2, yet the reflection is entirely worth it. Thus, a single issue of tales from the crypt would contain two stories told by the cryptkeeper, one by the vaultkeeper of the vault of horror and one by the old witch of the haunt of fear. Tales from the crypt horrorcide 2017 supergenius comic books. No fewer than nine siamese twin stories appeared in ecs horror and crime comics from 19501954. Three dimensional tales from the crypt 1954 publisher. See more ideas about ec comics, tales from the crypt and comics. This is the 1st volume of a the ec archives the 3parts set of reprints of a classic 1950s horror comics and it looks and read enjoyable. A man marries a woman at mardi gras who wears a hag mask. Tales from the crypt was a bimonthly horror comic anthology series published by ec comics from 1950 to 1955, producing 27 issues. Ecs pulpy cultural dna, which pulses in comics like crypt and weird science, has proved hardier than anyone could have imagined.
Gaines and his son william gaines, who took over the family business after his fathers death in 1947. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the ec archives. Tales from the crypt the ec archives dark horse comics hc book vol. Special guest writereditor larry hama invites you to witness three terrortales that you may never forgetno matter how hard you try. She continually puts off his requests to remove her mask. This grisly grimoire has been digitally recolored—using marie severin’s original colors as a guide—and features stories drawn by allstar comic artists jack davis, joe orlando, jack kamen, graham ingels, george evans, reed crandall, bill elder, and bernie krigstein. The official archives including the complete history of ec comics and the hit television series rating. Partly because the artwork was made from images covers from the hbo tv series and not the original ec tales from the crypt comic book that i have collected for years. Tales from the crypt comics hey kids comics wiki fandom. Tales from the crypt vol 1 38 ec comics wiki fandom. Adaptations of ray bradbury sciencefiction stories, which appeared in two dozen ec comics starting in.
As any fan of comics knows, ec comics still represent the best of golden age writing and artwork. His wife learns of his scheme, but he refuses to be talked out of it. Comics is, as well as educating yourself what it is of its historybackground. Dark horse comics brings you the legendary tales from the crypt in all its gory glory. Ec comics collection the old witch mask, tales from the. This is uploaded for the basic purpose of learning of what e. The stories were considered very graphic then and let to much of what ec did getting a lot of bad press and being banned from news stands in some cities.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the ec archives. Tales from the cryptkeeper crypt keeper ec comics the vault of. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Tales from the crypt volume 5 by al feldstein available from rakuten kobo. The art and writing were top notch for the time and still read well today.
Classics horror from the 1950s this annual combines issues 1116 of the comic book tales from the crypt. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Tales from the crypt 1950 comic read tales from the. The legacy of gaines, feldstein, ec comics and tales from the crypt taught people how to enjoy the weird and scary things in life, while giving the finger to bigotry, hypocrisy, censorship and racism. Concerto for violin and werewolf, script by carl wessler, art by jack davis. It is an anthology film consisting of five separate segments, based on stories from ec comics. Now, dark horse books is proud to bring you the very first issues of ec s tales from the crypt, featuring the amazing artistic talents of johnny craig, al feldstein, george roussos, wally wood, harvey kurtzman, graham ingels, and jack kamen. First, the cryptkeeper takes us into alice hernandezs dark bedroom to introduce us to the ghost in the closet.
This page contains a list of all the comics included in tales from the crypt vol 1. After their unauthorized adaptation of one of ray bradburys stories in another magazine, bradbury contacted ec about their plagiarism of his work. Tales from the crypt data east 1993 classic animating alternate backglass. These are the 27 requerstedtales from the crypt 20. Download thousands of golden age comics for free at the digital. Read online, download zip tales from the crypt 1950 comic. With the power of dark horse, tales from the crypt volume i has been extracted from the ec archives and framed within a sleek, new hardcover. If you know the founders of trick or treat studios, you know that they are huge fans of ec comics, especially tales from the crypt, haunt of fear and vault of horror so when we were awarded the license to ec comics directly from the gaines family, we just about lost our minds. These all new tales are done in the grand tradition of the original ec. The pretrend 19441950 the letters ec originally stood for educational comics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This story is narrated by a trunk and concerns the murder of a woman the trunk is fond of. Make offer tales from the crypt the ec archives dark horse comics hc book vol.
Tales from the crypt was a bimonthly horror comic anthology series published by ec comics from 19501955, producing a total of 27 issues. I remember many of the episodes from when it first ran and several of them gave me the creeps just as much now as when they first aired. Dark horse comics is proud to bring you more creepily classic tales from the crypt. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. This page contains a list of all the comics included in tales from the crypt covers. 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. Tales from the crypt data east 1993 classic animating. This template will categorize articles that include it into category. Three dimensional tales from the crypt three dimensional tales from the crypt ec comics. I had originally planned to post the entire run of both the haunt of fear and the vault of horror also, but it doesnt look like i will have time before halloween arrives. Download the epic latest issue of the hallowscream horror anthology. Ec comics, originally educational comics, was created by max gaines and focused on patriotic stories, tales from the bible, and cute animal.
They reached an agreement for ec to do authorized versions of bradburys short fiction. The ec comics the ec archives reprint featured numerous writers and artists most of whom are now deceased. A butcher during the war gets around rationing points by selling steak to the wealthy customers who will pay cash for it and horsemeat, then stale meat and finally tainted meat to everyone else. The ec gang really hits their stride with this volume. If you have found something that is not seen on this page, please add it to this list. This grisly grimoire has been digitally recolored using marie severin s original colors as a guide and features stories drawn by allstar comic artists jack davis, joe orlando, jack kamen, graham ingels. The cryptkeeper was the primary host of tales from the crypt. Ive just recently finished watching the hbo tales from the crypt tv show and i really enjoyed doing so. The first three issues of the series were titled the crypt of terror. Now, dark horse books is proud to bring you the very first issues of ec’s tales from the crypt, featuring the amazing artistic talents of johnny craig, al feldstein, george roussos, wally wood, harvey kurtzman, graham ingels, and jack kamen. Gcd series tales from the crypt grand comics database. Tales of the unexpected 16 comic book dc comics kirby 1957 character. Tales from the crypt and ec comics are often imitated but never duplicated. The wonders of wire rope the wonders wire rope ec comics.
Crypt tales from the borderlands desktop wallpaper directory download png. Fifty years removed, its still a bit haunting to be counted among the crypt keepers many little pretties. Tales from the crypt, featuring the amazing artistic talents of johnny craig, al feldstein, george roussos. When the murderer attempts to hide in the trunk, he panics and shoots holes through it, whereupon the trunk contracts itself turning the killer into flesh spaghetti and concentrated bone. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The crypt keeper was the primary host of tales from the crypt. Tales from the crypt is a 1972 british horror film directed by freddie francis. Tales from the crypt volume 1 kindle edition by various. Fans of tales from the crypt will be especially interested in their collection of gruesome precode horror comics. It was produced by amicus productions and filmed at shepperton studios, and is one of several amicus horror anthologies made during the 1970s. These allnew tales are done in the grand tradition of the original ec. Tales from the crypt 1950 comic read tales from the crypt.
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