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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]