Vault of Horror#15

Cover: Johnny Craig

Vault of Horror #15

Oct 1950 · EC · 0.10 USD

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"Horror House!" kicks off in Vault of Horror #15 (1950) with a chilling twist on the funeral home ritual, as the town’s undertaker, Fred Coombes, leads the Vault-Keeper’s Club in a macabre initiation. When new member Warren Lake returns from exhuming a corpse only to find bones and rags, the club’s disbelief turns to dread when they discover the body in the coffin is decades old—leading to suspicion, accusations, and a sudden, ominous explosion that reveals the truth. Jack Kamen handles both art and inks, while Jim Wroten provides the lettering; the eerie cover by Johnny Craig captures the story’s unsettling tone.

Contains 4 stories

Horror House!

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Vault-Keeper (host)Henry Davidson (writer)Henry's editorreal estate agentTed (Henry’s friend, death)Roger (Henry’s friend, death)Jean (Henry’s friend)

Terror in the Swamp!

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Old Witch (cameo)Professor Carl WardMarie WardRobert Colby

Report from the Grave

6 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Vault-Keeper (cameo)Warren LakeFred Coombes

Buried Alive!

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Vault-Keeper (cameo)Paulunnamed servantSam [aka "Zobo, the Living Corpse"] (death)Rita (death)

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Raw (Good) $79

CGC 9.8 · 3 in census $9,388

CGC 9.6 · 6 in census $5,033

CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $2,499

CGC 9.2 · 3 in census $1,846

CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $1,238

CGC 8.5 · 6 in census $837

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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $693

CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $596

CGC 7.0 · 8 in census $515

CGC 6.5 · 4 in census $413

CGC 6.0 · 6 in census $346

CGC 5.5 · 8 in census $297

CGC 5.0 · 18 in census $243

CGC 4.5 · 5 in census $199

CGC 4.0 · 4 in census $183

CGC 3.5 · 3 in census $168

CGC 3.0 · 3 in census $151

CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $135

CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $101

CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $78

CGC 1.0 none in existence

CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $45

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Cast · 1 character

The Vault-Keeper

Full credits

artist, inker Jack Kamen

letterer Jim Wroten

cover pencils, inks Johnny Craig

Reprints

↩ Reprints Haunt of Fear #15 [1] (1950)

Reprinted in Vault of Horror #15 (1950), The Vault of Horror #1 (1982), Iskalde Grøss #1/1992 (1992), Vault of Horror #4 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #4/1993 (1993), Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #6 (2003), EC Archives: The Vault of Horror #1 (2007), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #17 (2016), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #20 (2017), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #23 (2018), The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror #1 (2021)

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