Tales of Horror comic books issue 2

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Russ Cochran Reprint. Tales from the Crypt Presents. Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Together They Lie!", script by Al Feldstein (co-plot, script) and Bill Gaines (co-plot), art by Reed Crandall; Alex is heartbroken when his wife, Sylvia, dies in a fire; It looks like an accident, but it was a deliberate murder committed by Alex's housekeeper, Agnes, and her lover, Mitch; Agnes convinces Alex that Sylvia had been cheating on him and he commits suicide, leaving his entire estate to Agnes. "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime!", script by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines, art by Jack Davis; The whole town comes out to watch when a group of kids solemnly carries a coffin down the street. "Wrecker!" text story. "A Slight Case of Murder!", script by Al Feldstein (co-plot, script) and Bill Gaines (co-plot), art by George Evans; Doc Swanson returns to his hometown to investigate a series of murders. "Strung Along!", script by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines, art by Graham Ingels; Tony was a skilled puppeteer and Nora, his wife, was part of his act; They made a good living, but Tony decided to retire due to poor health; Nora becomes bored and begins to hate Tony for the loss of her career. "The Loathsome!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; Eddie was a witness to an atomic explosion during the war, which led to him fathering a deformed baby girl; Unable to care for her, he sends her to a children's asylum where the nurses would raise her. "Surprise Package," script by Ray Bradbury (original story) and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; Martha is growing very suspicious of her beau, Leonard; Something about him seems different, but she can't put her finger on it; She knows he's been seeing other women, but he's often seen them at the same time he was with her! "Progress!" text story. "The Reformers," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; The Reformers are a group of self-proclaimed evangelists who travel from planet to planet, criticizing the societal wrongs they encounter; Their latest planet poses a problem, though; There are no wrongs to criticize. "50 Girls 50," script by Al Feldstein, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta; An unmanned ship has been sent out from Earth on a 100-year voyage to another planet, bearing a load of colonists in cryogenic sleep. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.00.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Creepshow (2023 Image) Volume 2 #1-5. Written by Garth Ennis, Phil Hester, Michael Walsh, Dan Watters, Zoe Thorogood, Joel Farrelly, Nick Dragotta, Alisa Kwitney, David DB Andry, Tim Daniel, Saladin Ahmed. Art by Becky Cloonan, Phil Hester, Michael Walsh, Abigail Larson, Zoe Thorogood, Nick Dragotta, Matthew Roberts, Artyom Topilin. Cover by Guillem March. The smash-hit horror anthology based on the hit Shudder TV series is back and CREEPIER than ever!?? The Creep challenges comics biggest names to shock readers like never before! And with a ghoulish roster including GARTH ENNIS (Preacher, The Boys), BECKY CLOONAN (Wonder Woman), MICHAEL WALSH (THE SILVER COIN), **ZOE THOROGOOD **(IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH), and NICK DRAGOTTA (EAST OF WEST), readers may die of FRIGHT before finishing this volume! DONT SAY WE DIDNT WARN YOU. Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.99.

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Lawrence Dresser, and A.C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A jealous architect schemes to feed his secretary and her new fiancee to his personal pet monster. A mad scientist can implant the personalities of dead people into the living, but maybe he shouldn't have started with Jack the Ripper. A henpecked horticulturist schemes to create his own little shop of horrors. The Thing in the Pool; The Hand of Jao Tze; The Rippers Return; Love from a Plant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Robert S. Pious, Pete Riss, George Wilhelms, Charlie Sultan and Lin Streeter. Mistakenly listed as Volume 2, number 2 in indicia. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. A scientist creates artificial blood and is later found murdered in a locked room. Reporters try to stop a medium from invoking the spirit of an executed killer. Ned and Jean must reverse a dead scientist's machine that sent all of humanity into the Abyss. Vampire's Prey; The Swami's Secret; Belt of Evil; The Man Who Tried to Live Forever; The Day The World Died; The Spirit of Frankenstein. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Art Gates, Al Camy, King Ward, Jon Blummer, Paul Reinman, Hy Eisman and Frank Belknap Long. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. The preserved head of an Indian necromancer is accidentally freed from its prison, and goes flying off in search of a new body. A man encounters a murderous fiend with an animalistic face, and soon finds that his own face has taken the same shape. A ship in a bottle is haunted by a dead sea captain, in a story from acclaimed fantasy author Frank Belknap Long. The Hands of Darkness; Five Found Death; The Face of the Fiend; True Zombies of History; The Flying Head; Phantom of the Seas; The Reluctant Witch. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Frank Siminski, Art Gates, Al Camy, Ed Good, Paul Cooper and Al Feldstein. Mistakenly listed as Volume 2, number 4 in indicia. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. Explorers seeking the Fountain of Youth in the Everglades instead find a hive of radioactive monstrosities. An American couple visiting Egypt encounters an ancient curse and learns the true reason for the smile of the Sphinx. The spirit of a mad scientist returns to his old house to resume his work, in a story by comics legend Al Feldstein. The Phantom Fountain; The Vampire's Bane; Priestess of the Sphinx; Deity of Death; Specters of the Dam; The Creekmore Curse. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Carin. Stories and art by Pete Riss, William Weltman, Jack Abel, Robert Brice, Harry Lazarus, Sam Cooper and Edvard Moritz. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. Archaeologist Bruce and his fiancee Gail discover that the legends of the demon-god Belial are all too real, and it likes the looks of Gail. A gypsy woman is turned into a hellish cat that must live on human blood. The spirits of King Louis V of France and Queen Emma are rumored to haunt their old castles. The Soul Collectors; Haunted Hamlet; Bat by Night; Vampire Cat; True Ghosts of History; Bride of the Beast; Assault from the Unknown. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by George Wilhelms, Frank Simienski, Richard Case, Jon Blummer, Harry Lazarus, Sam Cooper and Edvard Moritz. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. Honeymooners passing through Salem, Massachusetts are stalked by the creatures summoned by a witch's ghost. A man gets lost in Brooklyn and winds up catching a cursed subway train run by the dead. Kids playing ghost accidentally awaken the real things. The Winged Creature; A Hex on My Brother!; Ghost Tiger; Death at the Carnival!; The Mark of the Monster; The Spectral Sister; The Witch's Curse. Final issue of the series. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Aug. 1953 - Apr. 1954!" Collects Tales of Horror (1952-1954 Toby/Minoan) #6-10.Cover by Jack Sparling. Featuring Stories by Rocco Mastroserio, Jack Sparling, Mel Keefer, Howard Rosenberger, Bill Molno, George Olesen, and Ben Brown. Toby Press was a small but respectable comics publisher, which also used the imprint Minoan; they put out one issue of Tales of Terror, then got hit by a cease-and-desist order from E.C., which used that title for their annuals (don't worry we'll bring you that particular issue later on). Toby dropped that and started over with Tales of Horror, which ran for 13 issues. Toby may be the only comics publisher to swipe the urbane and cynical stories of John Collier, rather than relying on Poe, Lovecraft, and the like. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "August 1953 to April 1954!" Collects Tales of Horror (1952-1954 Toby/Minoan) #5-9.

Small is beautiful and don't let anyone tell you different. Case in point, Toby Press, which also used the imprint Minoan and found fame (of a sort) by getting their knuckles rapped by the EC crew for using Gaines & Co.'s title "Tales of Terror." But they didn't need to pilfer from others with Tales of Horror, the (retitled) magazine's noteworthy homage to the likes of prose stylist John Collier. So take a bow guys, we're in the presence of greatness. Let's all doff our beanies to Moe Marcus, Ben Brown, Bernard Baily, Frank Giacoia, Rocco Mastroserio, Jack Sparling, Mel Keefer, Howard Rosenberger, Bill Molno and George Olesen, heroes one and all.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "August 1953 to April 1954!" Collects Tales of Horror (1952-1954 Toby/Minoan) #5-9.

Small is beautiful and don't let anyone tell you different. Case in point, Toby Press, which also used the imprint Minoan and found fame (of a sort) by getting their knuckles rapped by the EC crew for using Gaines & Co.'s title "Tales of Terror." But they didn't need to pilfer from others with Tales of Horror, the (retitled) magazine's noteworthy homage to the likes of prose stylist John Collier. So take a bow guys, we're in the presence of greatness. Let's all doff our beanies to Moe Marcus, Ben Brown, Bernard Baily, Frank Giacoia, Rocco Mastroserio, Jack Sparling, Mel Keefer, Howard Rosenberger, Bill Molno and George Olesen, heroes one and all.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. The newest Tales of Hot Rod Horror features "The Tunnel" from Andy Ristaino (Adventure Time's lead character designer) and "Cemetary Road" from Rick Geary (A Treasury of Victorian Murder). David Quinn (writer of Faust, Dr. Strange, and The Littlest Bitch) and Devon Devereaux (artist of Disney's Haunted Mansion and The Littlest Bitch) create a Twilight Zone-esque tale about a car wash haunted by the ghost of Roy Orbison. James Suhr (lead storyboard artist of Despicable Me) tells the tale of "The Strange Case of Hyde and Seek," an update on the classic Jekyll and Hyde story. Softcover, 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.00.