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Crime Patrol #7

EC ⋅ 1948

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Crime Patrol #7
 
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1st appearance of Captain Crime

War Against Crime #10

EC ⋅ 1949

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War Against Crime #10
 
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1st appearance of the Vault Keeper and the Vault of Horror

Crime Patrol #15

EC ⋅ 1950

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1st appearance of the Crypt Keeper, the host of the book's anthology format of stories and inspiration behind the host of the HBO series Tales From The Crypt

War Against Crime #11

EC ⋅ 1950

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War Against Crime #11
 
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2nd appearance of the Vault Keeper

First supernatural horror cover art published by EC

Final issue as War Against Crime, reformatted to Vault of Horror #12

Crime Patrol #16

EC ⋅ 1950

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Crime Patrol #16
 
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2nd appearance of the Crypt Keeper

Crypt of Terror #17

EC ⋅ 1950

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Crypt of Terror #17
 
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First EC horror comic which, along with Vault of Horror #12, changed the course of the publisher and set into motion future censorship

Vault of Horror #12

EC ⋅ 1950

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Vault of Horror #12
 
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Retitled Vault of Terror, formerly War Against Crime

First EC Horror Comic, released at the same time as Crypt of Terror #17

Weird Fantasy #13

EC ⋅ 1950

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Weird Fantasy #13
 
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Premiere issue of a sci-fi/horror format, formerly titled A Moon, A Girl…Romance

Weird Science #12

EC ⋅ 1950

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Weird Science #12
 
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New format, previously titled 'Saddle Romances'

Crypt of Terror #18

EC ⋅ 1950

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Crypt of Terror #18
 
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Second issue of EC's horror format

Vault of Horror #13

EC ⋅ 1950

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Vault of Horror #13
 
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Morphine story

Haunt of Fear #1 (15)

EC ⋅ 1950

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Haunt of Fear #1 (15)
 
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New horror format

Briefly continues numbering with issue #15 from the Western series titled Gunfighter

Weird Fantasy #14

EC ⋅ 1950

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Weird Fantasy #14
 
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Cover art by Al Feldstein

Haunt of Fear #2 (16)

EC ⋅ 1950

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Haunt of Fear #2 (16)
 
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1st appearance of the Old Witch, the host of multiple horror anthology titles

Crypt of Terror #19

EC ⋅ 1950

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Crypt of Terror #19
 
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Final issue of Crypt of Terror, title becomes Tales from the Crypt

Vault of Horror #14
Non-Key

EC ⋅ 1950

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Vault of Horror #14
 
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Haunt of Fear #3 (17)

EC ⋅ 1950

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Haunt of Fear #3 (17)
 
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Origin of Crypt of Terror, Vault of Horror and Haunt of Fear

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a character receives incompetent advice from a psychologist which leads to his death

Crime Suspenstories #1

EC ⋅ 1950

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Crime Suspenstories #1
 
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Premiere issue of Golden Age horror series

Tales From the Crypt #20

EC ⋅ 1950

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Tales From the Crypt #20
 
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Retitled Tales from the Crypt, previously Crypt of Terror

Weird Fantasy #16

EC ⋅ 1950

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Weird Fantasy #16
 
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: Wertham condemns comics as being poorly written citing editorial comments from this issue, 'Greetings, humanoids! Drag over a cyclotron and crawl in! (if we'da known you were coming, we'da baked an isotope!)'

Crime Suspenstories #2
Non-Key

EC ⋅ 1950

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Tales of Terror Annual #1

EC ⋅ 1951

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Tales of Terror Annual #1
 
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Cover art featuring EC horror hosts the Crypt-Keeper, the Old Witch and the Vault Keeper

Reprinted stories

Vault of Horror #17
Non-Key

EC ⋅ 1951

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Vault of Horror #17
 
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Werewolf cover art by Johnny Craig

Haunt of Fear #8
Non-Key

EC ⋅ 1951

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Haunt of Fear #8
 
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Cover art by Al Feldstein

Tales of Terror Annual #2

EC ⋅ 1952

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Tales of Terror Annual #2
 
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Reprinted E.C. stories

Tales From the Crypt #28

EC ⋅ 1952

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Tales From the Crypt #28
 
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Cover art by Al Feldstein, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Weird Fantasy #14

EC ⋅ 1952

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Weird Fantasy #14
 
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First collaboration of Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson on an EC comic

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $1,000 [$420 in 2018] +138%

Haunt of Fear #14

EC ⋅ 1952

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Haunt of Fear #14
 
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Origin of the Old Witch

Tales From the Crypt #33

EC ⋅ 1952

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Tales From the Crypt #33
 
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Origin of the Crypt Keeper

Tales of Terror Annual #3

EC ⋅ 1953

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Tales of Terror Annual #3
 
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Reprinted EC stories

Weird Science-Fantasy Annual #2

EC ⋅ 1953

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Weird Science-Fantasy Annual #2
 
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EC Annual

Crime Suspenstories #15
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EC ⋅ 1953

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Crime Suspenstories #15
 
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Cover art by Johnny Craig

Weird Fantasy #18

EC ⋅ 1953

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Weird Fantasy #18
 
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Classic story titled 'Judgement Day' that reveals the protagonist to be an African-American man which, at the time was uncommon for creators to depict a black man in a leadership role

Weird Science #19

EC ⋅ 1953

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Weird Science #19
 
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority, a woman stabs her husband to death in his sleep after realizing he is an alien

Haunt of Fear #19

EC ⋅ 1953

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Haunt of Fear #19
 
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a gruesome baseball game played with dismembered body parts including the catcher's chest plate appearing to be naked breasts

Vault of Horror #30

EC ⋅ 1953

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Vault of Horror #30
 
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Crime Suspenstories #17

EC ⋅ 1953

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Crime Suspenstories #17
 
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Violent cover art by Johnny Craig

Tales From the Crypt #37

EC ⋅ 1953

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Tales From the Crypt #37
 
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Cover art by Jack Davis

Vault of Horror #32

EC ⋅ 1953

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Vault of Horror #32
 
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The cover art of this publication was censored from the original image illustrated of the cadaver with a cleaver lodged in his head

The original cover can be viewed by tapping the cover image and swiping

Crime Suspenstories #18
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EC ⋅ 1953

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Cover art by Johnny Craig

Weird Fantasy #21

EC ⋅ 1953

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Weird Fantasy #21
 
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Cover art by Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson

Crime Suspenstories #19

EC ⋅ 1953

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Crime Suspenstories #19
 
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a man pours the poison used to kill his wife down the drain and avoids being charged for murder

Crime Suspenstories #20

EC ⋅ 1953

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Crime Suspenstories #20
 
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Haunt of Fear #23

EC ⋅ 1954

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Haunt of Fear #23
 
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Incorrectly categorized by sources as an issue cited in 'Seduction of the Innocence'

Vault of Horror #35

EC ⋅ 1954

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Vault of Horror #35
 
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Christmas horror story adapted for a 1972 Tales from the Crypt film

Three Dimensional Tales From the Crypt of Terror #2

EC ⋅ 1954

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Three Dimensional Tales From the Crypt of Terror #2
 
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Formerly titled Three Dimensional EC Classics

Includes 2 pairs of 3-D glasses

Crime Suspenstories #22

EC ⋅ 1954

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Crime Suspenstories #22
 
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One of the comic books used during the cross-examination of EC publisher William Gaines during hearings in front of the Senate Committee

Tap cover and swipe to view excerpts from the testimony

Tales From the Crypt #42

EC ⋅ 1954

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Tales From the Crypt #42
 
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Sources incorrectly state this book was pictured in Seduction of the Innocent but it was used in the Senate investigation hearings on juvenile delinquency

Vault of Horror #37

EC ⋅ 1954

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Vault of Horror #37
 
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1st appearance of Drusilla, female host of the anthology title

Hanging cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Vault of Horror #39

EC ⋅ 1954

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Vault of Horror #39
 
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Cover art by Johnny Craig

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