Vault of Horror#19

Cover: Johnny Craig

Vault of Horror #19

Jun 1951 · EC · 0.10 USD

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"Southern Hospitality!" in Vault of Horror #19 (1951) delivers a chilling tale of dread and the unseen, as Melvin, skeptical but shaken, confronts a haunting legacy after consulting a medium. Written by William M. Gaines and brought to life with eerie precision by Johnny Craig on both pencils and inks, the cover captures the story’s foreboding tone—just as the first raps echo in the dark, the real terror begins.

Contains 4 stories

Southern Hospitality!

8 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Vault-Keeper (host)Claudia Jackson Scanlon (Arthur's wife)Mr. Jackson (Claudia's father, death)Martha Jackson (Claudia's aunt, death)Sebastian Cornelius Jackson (Claudia's great-grandfather, image only)Abner Scanlon (villain, a gigolo, death)

The Jellyfish!

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Crypt-Keeper (host)Howard Norton (Charles' brother, business co-owner and chemist)Charles Norton (villain, business co-owner, death)

Daddy Lost His Head!

6 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Vault-Keeper (cameo)Martin BlacksonKathy (his stepdaughter)

Reunion!

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Old Witch (cameo)Waldo Ansley (death)Lillian Ansley (Waldo's wife, death)Roger Kane (death)

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $79

CGC 9.8 · 7 in census $9,388

CGC 9.6 none in existence

CGC 9.4 · 4 in census $2,499

CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $1,846

CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $1,238

CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $837

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CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $693

CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $596

CGC 7.0 · 6 in census $515

CGC 6.5 · 6 in census $413

CGC 6.0 · 5 in census $346

CGC 5.5 · 6 in census $297

CGC 5.0 · 9 in census $243

CGC 4.5 · 8 in census $199

CGC 4.0 · 4 in census $183

CGC 3.5 · 5 in census $168

CGC 3.0 · 7 in census $151

CGC 2.5 · 6 in census $135

CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $101

CGC 1.5 · 2 in census $78

CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $60

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Full credits

writer Al Feldstein

writer Bill Gaines

artist, inker Jack Kamen

letterer Jim Wroten

cover pencils, inks Johnny Craig

Reprints

Reprinted in Vault of Horror #19 (1951), The Vault of Horror #2 (1982), Iskalde Grøss #4 [1988] (1988), Iskalde Grøss #7 [1988] (1988), The Vault of Horror #5 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #5/1992 (1992), Vault of Horror #8 (1994), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #16 (2016), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #17 (2016), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #20 (2017), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #23 (2018), Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn] (2019), The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror #2 (2022), Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories #[nn] (2023)

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