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Inside the EC Vault 2024

Heritage Auctions sold a near complete collection featuring every single EC Comic ever published. Listed below are the highlights.

EC Jun 1954

Crime Suspenstories #23

Crime Suspenstories #23
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$255
Mid
$725
High
$2.2K
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Cover art by George Evans, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

GAINES FILE COPY 9.4 sold for $26,400 [$1,554 in 2006] +1,599%

EC Dec 1949

War Against Crime #10

War Against Crime #10
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$730
Mid
$2.3K
High
$7.3K
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1st appearance of the Vault Keeper and the Vault of Horror

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $4,560 [$457 in 2006] +898%

EC Jan 1954

Haunt of Fear #23

Haunt of Fear #23
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$100
Mid
$300
High
$900
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Incorrectly categorized by sources as an issue cited in 'Seduction of the Innocence'

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

GAINES FILE COPY 7.0 sold for $1,680 [$371 in 2003] +353%

EC Jun 1950

Haunt of Fear #1 (15)

Haunt of Fear #1 (15)
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$1K
Mid
$3K
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$10K
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New horror format
Briefly continues numbering with issue #15 from the Western series titled Gunfighter

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $6,600 [$1,851 in 2019] +257%

EC Aug 1952

Shock Suspenstories #4

Shock Suspenstories #4
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$80
Mid
$250
High
$875
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: a man is severely beaten by the police while the real killer, a high-ranking cop, gets away with murder

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $780 [$238 in 2015] +228%

EC Jan 1948

War Against Crime #1

War Against Crime #1
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$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8K
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First artwork for publisher EC by Graham Ingels

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $840 [$267 in 2006] +215%

EC Aug 1950

Haunt of Fear #3 (17)

Haunt of Fear #3 (17)
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$450
Mid
$1.5K
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$4.5K
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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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $5,040 [$1,980 in 2022] +155%

EC Jun 1953

Mad #5

Mad #5
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$150
Mid
$450
High
$1.5K
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Cover art by Will Elder

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $3,360 [$1,425 in 2019] +136%

EC Apr 1954

Crime Suspenstories #22

Crime Suspenstories #22
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$2.8K
Mid
$9.1K
High
$28K
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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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $19,200 [$8,875 in 2021] +116%

EC Jul 1950

Haunt of Fear #2 (16)

Haunt of Fear #2 (16)
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$190
Mid
$860
High
$2.1K
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1st appearance of the Old Witch, the host of multiple horror anthology titles

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $3,600 [$1,800 in 2021] +100%

EC Feb 1950

War Against Crime #11

War Against Crime #11
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$400
Mid
$1.2K
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$2.5K
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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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $2,520 [$1,300 in 2019] +94%

EC Nov 1951

Weird Science #10

Weird Science #10
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$100
Mid
$300
High
$1K
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Science-fiction cover art by Wally Wood

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $2,880 [$1,500 in Dec] +92%

EC Jul 1952

Weird Science #14

Weird Science #14
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$85
Mid
$250
High
$850
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Interior story about gender transition

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,800 [$945 in 2022] +90%

EC May 1950

Weird Fantasy #13

Weird Fantasy #13
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$310
Mid
$975
High
$3.1K
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Premiere issue of a sci-fi/horror format, formerly titled A Moon, A Girl…Romance

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $2,040 [$1,215 in 2018] +68%

EC Apr 1950

Modern Love #6

Modern Love #6
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$185
Mid
$880
High
$2.6K
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Early artwork by Wally Wood whose first work for EC was Modern Love #5

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $660 [$405 in 2015] +63%

EC Dec 1952

Shock Suspenstories #6

Shock Suspenstories #6
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$800
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$2K
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$8K
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $4,080 [$2,700 in 2021] +51%

EC Apr 1950

Crypt of Terror #17

Crypt of Terror #17
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$1K
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$3K
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$10K
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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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $15,600 [$10,800 in 2022] +44%

EC Apr 1953

Tales From the Crypt #35

Tales From the Crypt #35
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$300
Mid
$1K
High
$3K
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,440 [$1,000 in 2021] +44%

EC Nov 1955

Crime Illustrated #1

Crime Illustrated #1
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$30
Mid
$100
High
$300
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One of publisher EC's ‘Picto-Fiction’ magazines, a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful format created to circumvent the newly-formed Comics Code requirements

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $552 [$390 in Apr] +42%

EC Oct 1952

Mad #1

Mad #1
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Low
$650
Mid
$1.8K
High
$6.6K
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Premiere issue of the long-running satirical magazine that ceased new content publications in 2019

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $9,100 [$6,500 in 2023] +40%

EC Feb 1951

Tales From the Crypt #22

Tales From the Crypt #22
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$200
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$800
High
$2K
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $2,880 [$2,300 in May] +25%

EC Sep 1948

Moon Girl and the Prince #5

Moon Girl and the Prince #5
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Low
$400
Mid
$1.2K
High
$4.2K
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First horror story published by EC Comics titled ‘Zombie Horror’
Tap cover and swipe to see the complete five-page story

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $3,840 [$3,215 in 2020] +19%

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