Crypt of Horror #7

AC Comics

United States

Published
2009
Page count
140
Cover price
?
Colour
Black & white
Size
Modern Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/703208

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Editing
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Show/hide Cover Untitled Cover, 1 page

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Colours
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Show/hide 1. Untitled Table of contents, 1 page

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Show/hide 2. Cavern of the Doomed Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Countess Aurora Karine; Boris; General Miguel Esteban

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bob Powell, line art
Text
Joe Rosen, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #3 (August 1952)

Synopsis

Countess Aurora Karine sells her soul to Satan for witch-like powers that she uses to take over her small country. Upon death she is greeted by the ghosts of those she haw wronged that drag her to hell.

Show/hide 3. The Different Vampire Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Dick Ayers, penciller
 
Ernie Bache, inker
Text
Dick Ayers, letterer

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Original
Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #21 (January 1953)
Show/hide 4. Vampires Two Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

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Writing
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Text
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Original
Journey into Fear (Superior, 1951 series) #17 (January 1954)
Show/hide 5. Today I Am A--? Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Fantasy-Supernatural

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Jack Kirby, penciller
 
Joe Simon, inker
Text
, letterer

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Original
Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #59 (September 1957)
Show/hide 6. The Flapping Head Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 7. The Totem! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Al Clark; Adams; Lew Grover; Pete Knowles

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bill Everett, line art
Text
Bill Everett, letterer

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Original
Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (December 1955)

Synopsis

Clark's men find an Inuit who has a golden totem pole. They take the pole, but when nearly home they awaken to find they've shrunk over night and the totem is gone. They return to reclaim the totem, but the same thing happens again as they near home. Each of Clark's men abandon him as he becomes shorter until he's transformed into a face on the totem pole by aliens, friends of the Inuit man.

Show/hide 8. Claws of the Hungry Demon Comic story, 7 pages

"Ah - so you liked that last story, did you?"

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
John Rosenberger, line art
Text
, letterer

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Based on
Australia
Shock: Chilling Tales of Horror & Suspense (Yaffa/Page, 1976? series) #4 ([February 1977?])
Claws of the Hungry Demon
First print
United States
Shock (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) v1#4 (November 1969)
Claws of the Hungry Demon
Show/hide 9. Ghost Town Comic story, 4 pages

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Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Prescott; George Harris

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Writing
, scripter
Art
Lin Streeter, line art
Text
, letterer

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First print
United States
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #36 (October 1952)
Ghost Town
Show/hide 10. The Tunnel! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Luther Dark; Warden Smith

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bob Powell, line art
Text
Joe Rosen, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #9 (May 1953)

Synopsis

A prisoner tries to dig a tunnel to freedom and ends up digging a tunnel to Hell.

Show/hide 11. A Live Corpse for the Zombie Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 12. The Ring of Horror Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Morris Marcus, penciller [as Mo Marcus]
 
Rocco Mastroserio, inker [as Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio]
Text
, letterer

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Original
The Unseen (Pines, 1952 series) #8 (January 1953)

Synopsis

Because Gordon Grant has been a "student of the occult" and carelessly dedicated his life to a certain "cult of the beast" he has to die early. Tragically he won't stop coming back as a zombie to claim his wife until she is joined in death with him.

Show/hide 13. His Final Choice Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Sal Trapani, penciller
 
S. Finocchiaro, inker [as Sal Finocchiaro]
Text
, letterer

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First print
United States
Shock (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) v1#1 (May 1969)
His Final Choice
Also printed
Australia
Haunted Tales (KG Murray, 1974 series) #7 ([June 1974])
His Final Choice
 
Australia
Stark Terror (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #3 ([June 1977?])
His Final Choice
Show/hide 14. The Cloak of a Corpse Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
John Celardo, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Out of the Shadows (Pines, 1952 series) #7 (January 1953)

Synopsis

When a man steals a hanged man's robe, the dead comes to visit him and retrieves his cloak.

Show/hide 15. Till Death Do Us Part Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Ethan Jones; Fay Jones (death); Old Liza; Old Man Phillips (death); Jeb

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Harry Lazarus, line art
Text
Ed Hamilton, letterer

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First print
United States
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #52 (February 1954)
Till Death Do Us Part

Synopsis

Ethan's wife Fay dies when the local doctor can't save her. Old Liza (a magic healer) comes and says she can bring her back to life if Ethan will pay enough. Ethan does and Old Liza lets a demon enter her body. Ethan thinks it is Fay brought back to life but when there are many killings around them the local people come looking for Fay and the unfortunate truth comes out.

Show/hide 16. Mission from the Grave Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Mike Sekowsky, penciller
 
, inker
Text
Herb Field, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Adventures into Darkness (Pines, 1952 series) #11 (September 1953)

Synopsis

Art painter dies in fire accident, but returns to finish painting of his fianceé. The shocked woman revokes her love.

Show/hide 17. The Real McCoy! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Oliver McCoy; Blackie Rome; Digby McCoy; Hepzibah McCoy

Credits

Writing
Paul Gustavson, scripter
Art
Paul Gustavson, line art
Text
Paul Gustavson, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Clutching Hand (ACG, 1954 series) #1 (July-August 1954)
The Real McCoy!
Also printed
United States
Shock (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) v1#4 (November 1969)
The Real McCoy!
 
Australia
Wicked Witchs' Tales (Gredown, 1978 series) #2 ([February 1979?])
The Real McCoy
Show/hide 18. Fiend of Midnight Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
John Craig; Rita; Fiend of Midnight; Roderick Craig; Parker

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Paul Gattuso, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #33 (July 1952)
Fiend of Midnight
Also printed
United States
Shock (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) v1#4 (November 1969)
Fiend of Midnight
 
Australia
Haunted Tales (KG Murray, 1974 series) #10 ([December 1974?])
Fiend of Midnight
 
Australia
Shock: Chilling Tales of Horror & Suspense (Yaffa/Page, 1976? series) #4 ([February 1977?])
Fiend of Midnight
Show/hide 19. The Bubbling Pit Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Marie; Fred; Paul; Sergeant Duprez; Belhoa

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Art Gates, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Forbidden Worlds (ACG, 1951 series) #21 (September 1953)
The Bubbling Pit
Show/hide 20. Death of a Doll! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
The Corpse-Maker (narrator); Harold Honeywell; Marilyn Meag; Daisy Bergen

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
John Rosenberger, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Clutching Hand (ACG, 1954 series) #1 (July-August 1954)
Death of a Doll!

Synopsis

Harold Honeywell (a man as small as a doll) becomes rich. When he finds out the women in his life are only interested in his money, he begins killing them. One day while fleeing from the cops, he hides in a gorilla cage at the circus. The problem is, the huge gorilla who lives in the cage has destroyed its favorite toy (a doll) and now finds a new "doll" it can play with.

Show/hide 21. The Worm That Turned Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

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Writing
, scripter
Art
Ed Winiarski, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #21 (January 1953)
Show/hide 22. Gorilla! Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
Carl Wessler, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer

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Original
Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #21 (January 1953)
Show/hide 23. Walpurgis! Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Frederick Kaffner (death); Carl (villain, death); un-named creatures of darkness (villains)

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Howard Nostrand, line art
Text
, letterer

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First print
United States
Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #18 (April 1953)
Walpurgis!
Also printed
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v3#5 (December 1969)
The Blackness of Evil  (reworked)

Synopsis

A clockmaker's assistant hates his strict employer enough to kill him, and he is given that opportunity on Walpurgis Night, when all the creatures of darkness are free to roam.

Show/hide 24. Voodoo Dolls Comic story, 5 pages

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Genre
Horror-suspense

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Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer

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First print
United States
Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #11 (July 1954)
Voodoo Dolls

Synopsis

A wife discovers that her husband is becoming obsessed with the black arts. After he kills the family dog and her father using Voodoo dolls, she decides to take revenge.

Show/hide 25. The Last of Mr. Mordeaux Comic story, 5 pages

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Joe Sinnott, line art
Text
, letterer

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First print
United States
Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #11 (Spring 1952)
The Last of Mr. Mordeaux

Synopsis

A man seeks proof of his aristocratic heritage in the old country and finds that the peasants have driven the last of his alleged sorcerous family into underground warrens beneath their castle where they have devolved.