Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) comic books 1951

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Terror on the Moors!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Jim Ryan is driving his car through dense fog along the bumpy moors, but decides to stop for safety sake and seek refuge in an estate he spots; While at dinner, Ryan hears a scream. Unauthorized adaption of H.P. Lovecraft's "Cool Air" in "Baby - It's Cold Inside!", art by Graham Ingels; Barton Gordon is making his way through a blinding snowstorm to answer a want ad for a superintendent, and he comes to the run-down apartment house mentioned in the ad. "Heat" text story by William M. Gaines. "The Beast of the Full Moon," art by Jack Davis; A werewolf has killed again and Tom Kellogg heads to his brother's residence with his girl June, noting strange animal-like footprints outside his door. "Voodoo Horror!", art by Jack Kamen; On the island of Haiti, George Baker seeks out a certain shop that will make him a voodoo bust of himself. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Sink-Hole!", script and art by Johnny Craig; A lonely woman, who had joined a lonely hearts club, accepts a marriage proposal by mail, but when she meets him, he is actually much older than she realizes. "Lend Me a Hand!", art by Jack Davis; Eminent physician Dr. Johnson is the victim of a car accident and loses his hand, which means his career if finished. "Trap" text story by William M. Gaines. "The Mask of Horror,' art by Jack Kamen; Ken Anders stops off at an eerie costume shop to get a costume for a party, and the weird owner outfits him with a mask and costume that is supposed to represent his true self. "Dying to Lose Weight!', art by Graham Ingels; In a small town populated by many fat people, a weird Dr. Perdo comes to town, offering to help those people through the use of a tiny weight-reducing capsule. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Southern Hospitality!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Abner Scanlon was a gigolo who disliked work and preyed only on rich women; Unfortunately for him, he marries a young girl from one of the South's richest clans, only to discover that she has no money. "The Jellyfish!", script by William M. Gaines and Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Charles and Howard Norton, of Norton's Pharmaceutical Company, are having an argument; the company has received an order for one million hypodermic inserts for insulin, but can only make 500,000; Not wanting to lose the order, Charles muses that they could dilute each insert by half. "Two Raps!" text story by William M. Gaines. 'Daddy Lost His Head!", art by Jack Kamen; Martin Blackson hates his step-daughter Kathy because she reminds him of his wife's first husband. "Reunion!", art by Graham Ingels; Young Lillian was much too young when she married Waldo, and, soon, his age began to show. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Weird Fantasy ad. "About Face!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Lydia was a circus lion tamer and considered the best, until one evening she was attacked and severely injured by a black panther. "The Reluctant Vampire!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; As the last rays of the sun retreated in the sky, a coffin opens and out steps Mr. Drink, vampire, who quickly hurries to his job as night watchman at the Blood Donor Center. 'Grandma's Ghost!', art by Jack Kamen; Little Peggy is awoken from her sleep by her Grandmother, who is having a heart attack. "Revenge is the Nuts!", script by William Gaines and Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; At the eerie Croydon Insane Asylum, horrible screams are heard as patients are being whipped, and as Mr. Aldershot, a relative of a patient, is in Blackpool's office in response to a letter from his patient-relative. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. "One Last Fling!", script and art by Johnny Craig; The knife-throwing act in the little theatre in Hungary was extremely popular, but the couple was glad to be moving on to Paris the next day; Harry discovers Olga was a vampire. "That's a 'Croc'!", art by Howard Larsen; At the local zoo, people crowd around the newest attraction: a pit with four crocodiles. "Now or Never!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Child's Play", art by Jack Kamen; As a group of boys were playing football in front of Mr. Collin's house, they were rudely told by him to get away from the front of his home or he'd call the police. "Trapped!", art by Jack Davis; Inside a moving railroad boxcar, Marty rolled over and grabbed his black bag as he spied a new person inside the car; Just as they passed the Smoky Mountains, and the stranger told Marty that those parts were deserted because the area was haunted, they heard a noise and saw a rail policeman nearing them, so they jumped from the train, killing the stranger. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. "Fountains of Youth!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Eileen reads an ad in the newspaper asking for a traveling companion for a Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad; She and Madam DuBois go on a cruise, but Eileen gets seasick. "The Monster in the Ice!", art by Graham Ingels; As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further; Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice. "Choice" text story by William M. Gaines. "Gone... Fishing!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Maxwell and Steven's car rolled up to the water's edge, and they got out to unload their equipment; Max was a noted sport-fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary" in "What the Dog Dragged In!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; As she sat in her wheelchair, blind Betty reached out for her dog, Jerry, put a list in his collar, and sent him to the butcher's; unknown to her, Jerry was hit by a car on the way. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.