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Tales from the Crypt#1
Cover: Jack Davis

Tales from the Crypt #1

Jul 1990 · Gladstone · 1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
“Lower Berth!”

"Lower Berth!" kicks off a chilling tale from the legendary Tales from the Crypt #1 (1990), a standout issue featuring a rare collaboration between Ray Bradbury and Johnny Craig, with Craig handling both art and inks. As a man attempts to perfect his crime, the weight of his own meticulous planning begins to unravel him—one polished surface at a time. The eerie atmosphere is perfectly captured in Jack Davis’s iconic cover, a fittingly grim introduction to the series’ signature blend of suspense and dread.

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writer Ray Bradbury · writer, artist, inker Johnny Craig · colorist Marie Severin · letterer Jim Wroten · cover Jack Davis

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writer, artist, inker Johnny Craig
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Jack Davis

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When a man commits the "perfect" murder, he realizes he has to clean his fingerprints off of anything he touched in the house. Things snowball, though, as he tries to remember exactly what he had touched. The police find the next morning, polishing the silverware in the attic.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).