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Tales from the Crypt#37
Cover: Jack Davis

Tales from the Crypt #37

Aug 1953 · EC · 0.10 USD
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"Dead Right!" is a chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #37 (1953), a standout issue that delivers a haunting exploration of consciousness beyond death. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with bold, expressive art by Jack Davis—both in pencils and inks—and vibrant coloring by Marie Severin, the story unfolds through the first-person perspective of a man who, after a staged poisoning, finds himself aware even after clinical death. The cover, also by Jack Davis, captures the story’s eerie tension with its stark, dramatic imagery.

Contains 4 stories
Dead Right!
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)Carl (heart specialist, death)Ben Norton (funeral parlor undertaker)Dr. Joseph Fairbanks (villain, surgeon)
Pleasant Screams!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Vault-Keeper (host)Felix Purdy (high school teacher)student of Mr. Purdya werewolf (villain)a vampire (villain)rotting corpse (villain)little monsters (villains)
Strop! You're Killing Me!
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)Mayor WitterDan HarperClem Dunlop (old Fire Chief, mention only)Frank Miller (villain, Fire Chief, death)
The Rover Boys!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Old Witch (host)State Medical Board [Dr. HaleDr. Simpsonother three unnamed] (all die)Captain John Smytheunnamed theatrical agentunnamed milkmanDr. Sheldon Remsen [aka Sheldon] (villain, death)

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Raw (Good) $123
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $3,906
CGC 9.2 · 7 in census $2,885
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $1,934
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 4 in census $1,083
CGC 7.5 · 8 in census $932
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CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $804
CGC 6.5 · 8 in census $645
CGC 6.0 · 12 in census $541
CGC 5.5 · 13 in census $464
CGC 5.0 · 10 in census $380
CGC 4.5 · 21 in census $310
CGC 4.0 · 20 in census $285
CGC 3.5 · 11 in census $263
CGC 3.0 · 13 in census $235
CGC 2.5 · 7 in census $211
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $158
CGC 1.5 · 2 in census $122
CGC 1.0 · 5 in census $93
CGC 0.5 · 4 in census $71
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Full credits

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

Reprints

Reprinted in Tales from the Crypt #[nn] (1964), EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn] (1970), Tales from the Crypt #4 (1979), De vloek van de volle maan #[nn] (1981), Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[1] (1983), EC Classics #1 (1985), Gysertimen #1 (1987), Iskalde Grøss #7 [1988] (1988), Iskalde Grøss #1/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #2/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #1/1990 (1990), I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #2 (1991), I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #3 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #3/1992 (1992), Skræk #1 (1994), Tales from the Crypt #21 (1997), Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #4 (2003), Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt #[nn] (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #4 (2013), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #7 (2014), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #18 (2017), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #19 (2017), Tales from the Crypt #4 (2023), The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt #4 (2024) + 1 more

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