Tales from the Crypt Vol. 5 (The EC Archives) Available January 21

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By: Carl Wessler (Author), Jack Davis (Illustrator), Graham Ingels (Illustrator), Jack Kamen (Illustrator), Bruce Campbell (Foreword)

Dark Horse Comics brings even more macabrely majestic Tales from the Crypt, now as an affordable paperback!

This terrifying tome has been digitally recolored—using Marie Severin’s original palette as a guide—and features stories drawn by all-star comic artists Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Bill Elder, Bernie Krigstein, Reed Crandall, and Joe Orlando!

Featuring a foreword by cult icon Bruce Campbell!

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Tales from the Crypt Vol. 4 (The EC Archives) Available September 10

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Author: Al Feldstein & William Gaines

The EC line of comics shook up the 1950s, and the shocking audacity of their stories drew the scrutiny of Congress and the eventual creation of the Comics Code, effectively killing EC.

But the stories live on, and EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 4 offers more infamous tales of fear, bloodshed, and the paranormal written by Al Feldstein and William Gaines and illustrated by Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, George Evans, Joe Orlando, and Marie Severin.

This value-priced softcover collects Tales from the Crypt issues #35–#40, including the original stories, ads, text pieces, and letters. Foreword by eminent EC historian and publisher Russ Cochran.

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Tales from the Crypt Vol. 3 (The EC Archives) Available April 23

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Author: Al Feldstein & William Gaines

No line of comics is more revered and more controversial than the late, great EC Comics, and no EC title is more associated with the legendary publisher than Tales from the Crypt.

This volume of the complete collection of the revered magazine features classic tales of horror, murder, and the supernatural written by Al Feldstein and illustrated by Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, George Evans, Joe Orlando, and Marie Severin.

This handsome hardcover volume collects Tales from the Crypt issues #29–#34, including the original stories, ads, text pieces, and letters.

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Horror History: Friday, July 19, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Third Pig” premiered

Season 7 Episode 13

In this show’s animated version of The Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait) slaughters Drinky Pig (voiced by Brad Garrett) and Smokey Pig (Charlie Adler), leaving the third pig Dudley (voiced by Cam Clarke) accused of the murders and found guilty by a jury of wolves. With the ghosts of his dead brothers helping him to escape, Dudley plans to take revenge on the Big Bad Wolf where he uses a laboratory owned by the previous mad scientist to create a zombie pig (also voiced by Brad Garrett) to help him. While John Kassir was also credited as the narrator and Cam Clarke voicing the Bailiff Wolf, this episode also features the voices of Corey Burton and Jim Cummings as different characters.

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Horror History: Friday, July 12, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Ear Today… Gone Tomorrow” was released in theaters

Season 7 Episode 12

Glenn (Robert Lindsay), a gambling safecracker with a slight hearing loss, finds himself getting entangled in a deadly game between a mobster and his exotic wife. He soon finds he has the auditory system of an owl.

Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 12, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Ear Today… Gone Tomorrow” was released in theaters”

Horror History: Friday, July 5, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Confession” premiered

Season 7 Episode 11

A screenwriter (Eddie Izzard) finds himself as the prime suspect when a serial killer is on the rampage, decapitating females in the city.

Also stars Ciarán Hinds.

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Horror History: Friday, June 28, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “About Face” premiered

Season 7 Episode 10

In Victorian era England, a corrupt priest (Anthony Andrews) discovers that he is the long-lost father of twin daughters: a beautiful, gentle girl named Angelica and an angry, deformed girl named Leah (played in a double role by Anna Friel).

Also stars Imelda Staunton.

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Horror History: Friday, June 21, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Smoke Wrings” premiered

Season 7 Episode 9

A young man (Daniel Craig) with a strange device is hired into an advertising company by an esteemed executive. What the executive does not know is that the young man is scheming with the woman’s enraged ex-partner (Paul Freeman), who seeks revenge against her.

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Horror History: Friday, June 14, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Report from the Grave” premiered

Season 7 Episode 8

After creating a machine that collects thoughts from the dead, which had accidentally resulted in his own lover’s death, a young man (James Frain) becomes obsessed with resurrecting her at any cost.

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Horror History: Friday, June 7, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Kidnapper” was released in theaters

Season 7 Episode 7

A simple young man (Steve Coogan) takes in a homeless pregnant woman (Julia Sawalha) and falls in love with her, but he becomes envious and jealous when her child is born, so he sets out to get rid of the kid forever.

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Friday, May 31, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Cold War” premiered

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Season 7 Episode 6

Source: Tales From The Crypt #43

Cammy (Jane Horrocks) and Ford (Ewan McGregor) are two lovers on the wrong side of the law, but when Cammy has had enough and decides to get out, she brings home a man that reminds them on why they’re perfect for each other.

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Horror History: Friday, May 24, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Horror in the Night” premiered

Season 7 Episode 5

A jewel thief (James Wilby) hides out in a hotel after being shot and meets a beautiful woman (Elizabeth McGovern) that only he can see.

Also stars Peter Guinness.

Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 24, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Horror in the Night” premiered”

Horror History: Friday, May 17, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Escape” premiered

Season 7 Episode 4

During World War II, two Germans, a traitor (Martin Kemp), and the man he had betrayed are trapped in a British prison camp, where they must work together as a team in order to escape.

Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 17, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Escape” premiered”

Horror History: Friday, May 3, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “A Slight Case of Murder” premiered

Season 7 Episode 3

A game of cat and mouse ensues between a female mystery novelist (Francesca Annis) and her jealous husband (Christopher Cazenove) when he accuses her of cheating on him with her nosy neighbor’s son.

Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 3, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “A Slight Case of Murder” premiered”

Horror History: Friday, April 26, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Last Respects” premiered

Season 7 Episode 2

Three sisters named LaVonne (Emma Samms), Delores (Kerry Fox), and Marlice (Julie Cox) think they have found a way out of their own troubles when they soon discover a monkey’s paw that grants them their own personal wishes.

Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 26, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Last Respects” premiered”

Horror History: Friday, April 19, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Fatal Caper” premiered

Season 7 Episode 1

Mycroft (Leslie Phillips), an elderly rich man, adds a stipulation in his will stating that his two sons must find their long-lost brother or else risk having their own inheritance be given away to charity.

Also features Natasha Richardson and Bob Hoskins.

Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 19, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Fatal Caper” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, January 25, 1995: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “You, Murderer” premiered

Season 6 Episode 15

Lou Spinelli, a corpse who bears a striking resemblance to Humphrey Bogart (portrayed by him through archive footage and voiced by Robert Sacchi), tells a tale of deception, lust, and murder in a morbid homage to film noir.

Also stars John Lithgow as Dr. Oscar Charles, Isabella Rossellini as Lou’s ex-wife Betty, and Sherilyn Fennas his lover Erica.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, January 25, 1995: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “You, Murderer” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, January 18, 1995: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “99 & 44/100 Pure Horror” premiered

Season 6 Episode 14

A narcissistic young artist (Cristi Conaway) with a penchant for gore goes on a psychotic rampage when her husband (Bruce Davison), a soap company magnate fires her.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, January 18, 1995: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “99 & 44/100 Pure Horror” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, January 11, 1995: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Comes the Dawn” was released in theaters

Season 6 Episode 13

While on a trip in Alaska hunting a grizzly bear, two cheating U.S. Army poachers consisting of the Colonel (Michael Ironside) and the Sergeant (Bruce Payne) find themselves becoming the hunted when they are stalked by the local vampires. Also stars Vivian Wu and Susan Tyrrell.

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Horror History: Wednesday, January 4, 1995: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Doctor of Horror” premiered

Season 6 Episode 12

Two bumbling security guards named Richard (Hank Azaria) and Charlie (Travis Tritt) help aid a mad doctor (Austin Pendleton) in his quest to steal the souls from recently dead corpses.

Also stars Ben Stein.

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Horror History: Wednesday, December 28, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Surprise Party” premiered

Season 6 Episode 11

A man (Adam Storke) murders his father (Rance Howard) in order to inherit a house that had burned down years ago, but he soon gets a nasty surprise when he learns that the house itself harbors a horrible legacy. Also stars Jake Busey.

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Horror History: Wednesday, December 21, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “In the Groove” premiered

Season 6 Episode 10

After being demoted to the graveyard shift by his sister (Wendie Malick) who owns the radio station, a talk radio show host (Miguel Ferrer) finally becomes successful and resorts to murder in order to keep himself on top. Also starring Slash and Linda Doucett.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, December 21, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “In the Groove” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, December 14, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Staired in Horror” premiered

Season 6 Episode 9

A man (D. B. Sweeney) on the run from a sheriff (R. Lee Ermey) finds refuge in a house owned by a woman (Rachel Ticotin), whose house and stairway are cursed.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, December 14, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Staired in Horror” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, December 7, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Assassin” premiered

Season 6 Episode 8

A group of operatives (Chelsea Field, Jonathan Banks, and Corey Feldman) invade the home of a housewife (Shelley Hack) in search of her husband (Marshall Teague) whom they believe is an AWOL CIA assassin (voiced by an uncredited Cam Clarke). William Sadler appears in the Crypt Keeper’s scenes as the Grim Reaper partaking in a winner take all game that is encored with Sadler as a different character in Bordello of Blood.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, December 7, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Assassin” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, November 30, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Pit” premiered

Season 6 Episode 7

Two martial artists (Mark Dacascos and Stoney Jackson) are forced to fight to the death by their domineering wives (Debbe Dunning and Marjean Holden). Also stars Wayne Newton.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, November 30, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Pit” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, November 23, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Bribe” premiered

Season 6 Episode 6

A fire inspector (Terry O’Quinn) gets more than he bargained for when a sleazy strip club owner (Esai Morales) bribes him with a dangerous offer. Kimberly Williams-Paisley plays his daughter and Benicio del Toro plays Bill, a security guard at the strip club.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, November 23, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Bribe” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, November 16, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Revenge is the Nuts” premiered

Season 6 Episode 5

A sadistic caregiver (Anthony Zerbe) at a home for the blind gets his comeuppance by the many victims (Issac Hayes, Bibi Besch, Tim Sampson, and Teri Polo) he abused and his brother (John Savage). Note: This episode’s plot is adapted from Blind Alleys which was told in Tales From The Crypt #46 while using the title of the Vault of Horror story listed above.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, November 16, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Revenge is the Nuts” premiered”

Horror History: Wednesday, November 9, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Operation Friendship” premiered

Season 6 Episode 4

A computer nerd (Tate Donovan) is tormented by his imaginary friend (Peter Dobson) after ignoring him for years. Featuring Ethan Suplee.

Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, November 9, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Operation Friendship” premiered”

Horror History: Monday, October 31, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Whirlpool” premiered

Season 6 Episode 3

A struggling comic book artist (Rita Rudner) finds herself in a time warp where her day is in an endless loop with a different tragic outcome. Also starring Richard Lewis and Blake Clark.

Read more “Horror History: Monday, October 31, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Whirlpool” premiered”

Horror History: Monday, October 31, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Only Skin Deep” premiered

Season 6 Episode 2

Coming off of a bad relationship, a man with a history of violent behavior (Peter Onorati) picks up a mysterious masked woman (Sherrie Rose) at a Halloween party, who is even more unstable than he is.

Read more “Horror History: Monday, October 31, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Only Skin Deep” premiered”