Inside the EC Vault 2024

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

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$150
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$500
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$1.5K
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Hanging cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $1,140 [$1,020 in Mar] +12%

EC Mar 1953

Haunt of Fear #18

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$140
Mid
$475
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$1.4K
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Cover art featuring The Old Witch
Interior biography of Ray Bradbury and story adaptation of 'The Black Ferris'

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $600 [$550 in 2022] +9%

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$300
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$1K
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$3K
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Decapitation cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $1,080 [$1,000 in 2022] +8%

EC Jan 1950

Crime Patrol #15

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$1.6K
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$6.5K
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$16K
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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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $28,800 [No Previous Data]

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$600
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$1.8K
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$6K
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Final EC comic published, with the exception of Mad Magazine
Considered the rarest EC publication, this issue had an extremely limited circulation of approximately 100 copies, most of which were distributed to staff and subscribers
Due to financial difficulties exacerbated by the widespread adoption of the Comics Code Authority, EC could not afford to bind (staple) the printed pages
As a result, nearly the entire print run of approximately 250,000 copies was destroyed
Although Shock Illustrated #4 was produced, it was never published until 2006, when all four issues (#1–#4) were released in a hardcover collection

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $10,800 [No Previous Data]

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$175
Mid
$625
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$1.8K
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Final issue of Crypt of Terror before being renamed Tales from the Crypt

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $3,600 [No Previous Data]

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$180
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$600
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$1.8K
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1st appearance of Moon Girl, released concurrently with Happy Houlihans #1
1st appearance of Prince Mengu, a suitor of Moon Girl who eventually became a sidekick

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $840 [No Previous Data]

Comic book adaptation of the New Testament, The Story of Jesus
First printing, pictured, can be identified by the DC logo on the front cover
Second printing logo has the silhouette of North America with the letters ID in the center

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $219 [No Previous Data]

Comic book adaptation of select stories from the Old Testament including the story of Joshua, Samson, David and Solomon
First printing, distinguishable from the second printing by a back cover Public Service Announcement for War Bonds and Stamps

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $210 [No Previous Data]

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