Vault of Horror #36
In "Twin Bill!", a desperate escapee named Scott flees Cragmore Prison under the cover of winter, crossing a frozen lake to evade capture. Trapped beneath the ice, he hides in a hidden hole, only to lose his way when the guards depart—left alone in the dark, freezing water, his final thought a grim, wry smile. Johnny Craig’s chilling cover art captures the story’s icy dread, while the stark, typeset lettering and spot illustrations by unknown hands lend a haunting, classic EC feel to this 1954 horror tale.
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Little Dickie saw a man viciously beating a woman to death in the woods. Constable Phyfe found a scorched area near the scene. Fifteen years later Dickie now grown up and married, discovered his wife was cheating on him. He took her into the woods and began to beat her. He looked up to see a young kid watching and realized that the young kid was actually HIMSELF! He set his wife's body afire. Just then Constable Phyfe arrived and mentioned that back then the little boy had a scrap of paper on him that carried TODAY'S date, and he came back to the scene to investigate!
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