Vault of Horror #40
"Old Man Mose!" in Vault of Horror #40 (1954) delivers a chilling tale of dread and deception, where a shipwrecked crew's desperate refuge on a mysterious island spirals into horror. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated with eerie precision by Joe Orlando, with colors by Marie Severin and letters by Jim Wroten, the story unfolds through the harrowing testimony of survivor Kip Fowler. The cover by Johnny Craig captures the tale’s gothic dread, setting the stage for a classic EC horror twist that lingers long after the final panel.
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Captain Grady's ship approached the derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered except Kip Fowler. Kip told them the story of how the ship had been caught in a bad storm and forced ashore. They had spotted a castle where they were met by a strange man, who invited them in out of the rain. The island was full of vampires who attacked the crew. Kip managed to escape but the female he was with had been bitten. Grady plunged a stake into her heart and she disintegrated proving Kip right. However Kip had been turned into a vampire himself and attacks Grady!
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