| The EC Comic Books |
| These are the comic books that most of the episodes of Tales from the Crypt, the original 70s "Crypt" movies, the cartoons and the audio series are based on. These comics ran from 1950 - 1954 until they were banned by the government for being too violent and graphic. Anyone who has seen them knows that they are tame compared to today's standards! Each story was introduced by the Cryptkeeper or his best fiends the Vault Keeper and the Old Witch! |
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| Below are some good books on EC Comics! |
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| I have included the titles of the stories that appear in each comic. If you are wondering which comic your favorite episode of the HBO tv series appeared in, you should be able to find it here. The color RED means that the story was adapted for the HBO series. The color BLUE means that the story was adapted for the children's animated series. The color ORANGE means that the story was adapted for one of the 1970s movies. The color PURPLE means that the story was adapted for the Scifi.com's audio series. If the title appears more than once, and in more than one different color, that means it was adapted for more than one of the above series/movies. If the numbering of the comics seems odd, it's because the titles originally began as something different (for example the first edition of Vault of Horror is actually issue #12 because prior to being The Vault of Horror, it was a different comic called War Against Crime! Some stories appeared in more than one issue, so if you find doubles, that is why! * = See page bottom. |
| Vault #12 Portrait in Wax The Werewolf Legend Horror in the Night Terror Train |
| Crypt #17 Death Must Come The Man Who Was Death The Corpse Nobody Knew Curse of the Full Moon |
| Haunt #15 The Wall House of Horror The Mad Magician The Thing in the Swamp |
| Vault #13 The Dead Will Return The Curse of Harkley Heath Doctor of Horror Island of Death |
| Crypt #18 The Maestro's Hand The Living Corpse Madness At Manderville Mute Witness to Murder |
| Haunt #16 Vampire! Horror-Ahead The Killer in the Coffin The Mummy's Return |
| Vault #14 Voodoo Vengeance Werewolf Rats Have Sharp Teeth The Strange Couple |
| Crypt #19 Ghost Ship The Hungry Grave Cave Man Zombie! |
| Haunt #17 Nightmare! Television Terror Monster Maker Horror Beneath the Streets |
| Vault #15 Horror House Terror in the Swamp Report from the Grave Buried Alive |
| Crypt #20 The Thing from the Sea A Fatal Caper Rx...Death Impending Doom |
| Haunt #4 The Hunchback The Tunnel of Terror The Living Mummy Man from the Grave |
| Vault #16 Werewolf Concerto Fitting Punishment The Grave Wager Escape |
| Crypt #21 A Shocking Way to Die Terror Ride House of Horror Death Suited Him |
| Haunt #5 A Biting Finish Horror in the Freak Tent A Tasty Morsel Seeds of Death |
| Vault #17 Terror on the Moors Baby...It's Cold Inside The Beast of the Full Moon Voodoo Horror |
| Crypt #22 The Thing from the Grave Blood Type "V" Death's Turn The Curse of the Arnold Clan |
| Haunt #6 A Strange Undertaking So They Finally Pinned You Down A Grave Gag Cheese, That's Horrible |
| Vault #18 Sink-Hole Lend Me A Hand The Mask of Horror Dying to Lose Weight |
| Crypt #23 Reflection of Death Last Respects Seance Voodoo Death |
| Haunt #7 Room for One More The Basket Horror in the Schoolroom The Howling Banshee |
| Vault #19 Southern Hospitality The Jellyfish Daddy Lost His Head Reunion |
| Crypt #24 * Bats in My Belfry The Living Death Midnight Snack Scared to Death |
| Haunt #8 Hounded to Death The Very Strange Mummy Diminishing Returns The Irony of Death |
| Vault #20 About Face The Reluctant Vampire Grandma's Ghost * Revenge is the Nuts |
| Crypt #25 The Trophy Judy, You're Not Yourself Today Loved to Death The Works...In Wax |
| Haunt #9 Warts So Horrible Forbidden Fruit The Age-Old Story The Gorilla's Paw |
| * - The comic story Bats in My Belfry was actually the inspiration for the tv episode "Ear Today...Gone Tomorrow". The show just changed the title. * - The tv episode "Revenge is the Nuts" is actually based on the comic book story Blind Alleys. The show changed the title. |