Tales from the Crypt#34

Cover: Jack Davis

Tales from the Crypt #34

Feb 1953 · EC · 0.10 USD

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In "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall!", two con artists scheme to sell fake oil stock in a sleepy town, but their plan takes a deadly turn when one fakes his death and is buried—only to find his grave has become a hotspot for real oil. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with art by George Evans and inks by Roy Krenkel, this chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #34 (1953) delivers a twist of fate that’s as explosive as it is unexpected. The cover by Jack Davis captures the moment with a haunting, perfectly timed menace.

Contains 4 stories

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall!

8 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Crypt-Keeper (host)un-named scientist (death)Nancy Stone (Arthur's wife, death)Arthur Stone (villain, death, re-incarnated into a creature, 2nd death)

Oil's Well That Ends Well!

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Vault-Keeper (host)unnamed hotel clerkJess (hotel guest)Mr. FaginMayor JordonPhilip Garson (villain, con artist, death)Sam Simpson (villain, con artist, death)

Attacks of Horror!

6 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Crypt-Keeper (host)

There Was an Old Woman!

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Old Witch (host)Emily (Tildy's housekeeper)Aunt Tildy (death)a group of morticians [Mr. Carrington (Mortuary President)others unnamed]

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CGC 9.6 · 6 in census $7,865

CGC 9.4 · 6 in census $3,906

CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $2,885

CGC 9.0 · 6 in census $1,934

CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $1,308

CGC 8.0 · 9 in census $1,083

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CGC 7.0 · 5 in census $804

CGC 6.5 · 12 in census $645

CGC 6.0 · 14 in census $541

CGC 5.5 · 18 in census $464

CGC 5.0 · 13 in census $380

CGC 4.5 · 14 in census $310

CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $285

CGC 3.5 · 14 in census $263

CGC 3.0 · 6 in census $235

CGC 2.5 · 8 in census $211

CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $158

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CGC 1.0 · 3 in census $93

CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $71

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Full credits

writer Bill Gaines

writer Al Feldstein

artist, inker George Evans

inker Roy Krenkel

colorist Marie Severin

letterer Jim Wroten

cover pencils, inks Jack Davis

Reprints

Reprinted in Tales from the Crypt #34 (1953), The Autumn People #U2141 (1965), Tales from the Crypt #3 (1979), De vloek van de volle maan #[nn] (1981), Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[1] (1983), Monsieur Sourire #[nn] (1985), Iskalde Grøss #1/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #8/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #8/1990 (1990), Tales from the Crypt #2 (1991), Skræk #3 (1994), Skræk #6 (1994), Tales from the Crypt #18 (1996), Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #3 (2003), Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt #[nn] (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #4 (2013), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #7 (2014), Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn] (2019), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #30 (2021), Dracula: The Original Graphic Novel #[nn] (2021), Tales from the Crypt #3 (2022), Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories #[nn] (2023), The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt #3 (2024), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #36 (2024)

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