Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	April-May 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	William M. Gaines

Cover Details

Genre	Horror
Pencils	Johnny Craig
Inks	Johnny Craig
Reprinted	In Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #1 (September 1992)

8 page story "Death Must Come"

Characters	The Crypt Keeper (host)
Synopsis	A transferred gland preserves youth.
Genre	Horror
Script	Al Feldstein
Pencils	Al Feldstein
Inks	Al Feldstein
Reprinted	In Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #1 (September 1992)

7 page story "The Man Who Was Death"

Synopsis	A state executioner takes the law into his own hands.
Genre	Horror
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Bill Fraccio
Inks	Bill Fraccio
Reprinted	In Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #1 (September 1992)

Half page text story "Alibi On Ice"

Genre	Horror
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	In Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #1 (September 1992)

6 page story "The Corpse Nobody Knew"

Synopsis	A couple find a body in their hotel room and play detective.
Genre	Horror
Script	Al Feldstein
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos
Reprinted	In Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #1 (September 1992)

1 page text story "Tell-Tale Marks"

Genre	Horror
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with illustration.
Reprinted	In Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #1 (September 1992)

7 page story "Curse of the Full Moon!"

Characters	Ralph; George
Synopsis	Ralf thinks he's become a werewolf after being scratched by a Wolfsbane plant.
Genre	Horror
Script	Johnny Craig
Pencils	Johnny Craig
Inks	Johnny Craig
Notes	Script credit from "Tales of Terror! -- The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Reprinted	In Tales From the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #1 (September 1992); In EC Sampler - Free Comic Book Day (Gemstone, 2008 series) #[nn]