Crypt of Horror (2005 AC Comics) comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing. This omnibus collects rare, classic horror comics from both pre- and post-comics code books. Connect (or reconnect) with the tales that created a cult genre in comics, with story that are wierd and quarky - a fascinating window into the baroque sensiblities of the comics world. Featuring the work of Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Howard Nostrand, and many more. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 120 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. More great pre-code horror classics from the 1950's, all never-before-reprinted! See the kind of grisly material that forced the industry to adopt the Comics Code Authority. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and monsters of all kinds - as originally published by companies like Fawcett, Avon, Charlton, Star, Ajax-Farrel, and others! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 120 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Another spectacular collection of classic terror tales from 1950's horror comics! This collection includes the never-before-reprinted stories "Where the Flesh Eaters Dwell," Captain Frost's Phantom Vessel," "The Thing Behind the Door," and "The Terrible Trophy." This issue also focuses on Dick Ayers, featuring four of his grisliest stories: "The Corpse," "Hungry Ghoul," "The Swamp Monsters," and "The Thing in The Box!" Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 120 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. A spine-tingling collection of classic vintage horror comics from the 1950's, most from the halcyon pre-Comics Code era! Who can resist titles like "River Of Blood," "The Vampire Legion," "The Last Man," and "Ship of Ghouls?" Spotlighting yesteryear's most titanic talents, most notably Bob Powell and Dick Briefer, who delivered some of the most gosh-darn creepy comics of all time. Contributors also include France Herron, Robert Bernstein, Howard Nostrand, Jack Kamen, Gene Fawcette, Harry Harrison, and Wally Wood. Scary fun for kids of all ages! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 120 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. The classic horror comics of the 1950's, those published before the implementation of the Comics Code Authority; have become synonymous with an unequaled level skin-crawling revulsion, and a large volume of very interesting work in the genre was done during this period. The Crypt of Horror reprints series collection of 1950's horror masterpieces! Thrill to gruesome goodies with titles like "Let The Past Lie Buried," "The Death Ship," "She Monster," "The Evil Eye," and "Anything Can Happen." With art by Jay Disbrow, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Sheldon Moldoff, and others on more than a dozen creepy classics! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 120 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. More grisly goodies reprinted from 1950's horror comics, including atmospheric gems such as "Demon Flies", "The Shrunken Skull", "The Man With No Face", "City Of The Living Dead", and "Marching Zombies." Artists include Rudy Palais, Bob Powell, Dick Ayers, Lee Elias, Ogden Whitney, Russ Heath, A. C. Hollingsworth, Steve Ditko, Kida, and others. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 120 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. More great pre-Code 1950's horror stories than ever this issue, including classics "The Lucky Stiff," "Hidden Graveyard," and "Appointment With A Corpse," plus a dozen and a half others in this extra-thick collection, with art by masters of weird horror like Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Bob Powell, Harry Lazarus, and Howard Nostrand! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $24.95.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. Classic reprints of the grisliest 1950's pre-Code comic book stories, including "River of Blood," "The Vampire Legion," "The Painted Beast," "The Last Man", and a dozen more, from masters of the macabre including Bob Powell, Wally Wood, Harry Harrison, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Jack Kamen, and more! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. The weirdest horror stories to come out of 1950's comics! This issue features a complete reprint of the ultra-rare Weird Tales of the Future #1, originally published by Aragon in 1952; plus another 100 pages of never-before-reprinted spookies, drawn by Toth, Nostrand, Ditko, Maneely, Powell, Krigstein and other greats! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. From pre-code horror comics of the 1950's come never before reprinted ghastly tales from such code-clobbering titles as Forbidden Worlds, Beware!, This Magazine Is Haunted, and Ghost with flesh-ripping renderings by Dick Ayers, Alex Toth, Bob Powell, Joe Certa, Joe Maneely, Howard Nostrand, Steve Ditko, and others. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Still more pre-Code gruesomeness from the 1950's horror comics your mother didn't want you to read! Crypt of Horror includes "The Creekmore Curse," "The Vampire's Bane," "Demon Master," "Zombies' Eyes," "Within The Tomb Of Terror," "Howl Of The Hunter," and more! Art by Nostrand, Feldstein, Kamen, Ayers, Powell, and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 12 - 1st printing. Another 140-page compilation of classic stories from the lurid pre-Code horror comics of the 1950's! Includes "The Hidden Horror", "Million Year Monster", "The Evil of Black Hollow", "The Soul Stealer", "Picture of Evil", and a dozen and a half more! Featuring a focus on the work of top art legends Wally Wood and Joe Kubert! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. "GOREFEST SPECIAL!" Homage to Myron Fass' Eerie Publications! This volume spotlights six bloody Dick Ayers stories from Eerie Publications, including "A Corpse for the Coffin", "The Hungry Ghoul", "Witches' Revenge", "Swamp Monsters", "The Corpse", and his favorite story, "I Chopped Off Her Head!" Plus: "Cats of Doom", "Vampire's Bride", "Fiend of the Undead" and more! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. "Here's Blood in Your Eye!" Crypt of Horror features 140 pages of the best classic comic book horror of the Pre-Code era of the 1950's, including stories like "Corpses From the Sea," "The Hungry Ghoul," " The Clinging Corpse," "The Deadly Doll of Horror," and more. Art by Powell, Meskin, Ayers, Charles Quinlan, Bill Everett, and other rarely-seen greats! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "Horror to Lose Your Head Over!" Now published more frequently, by popular demand! This month, another macabre compilation of 1950's horror classics including "Hands of Horror," "Manhunt," "The Howling Head," "Noose of Pearls," Coffin Maker," "Sand," "Soul Stealer," and "Forgotten Room"! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Horrific Howling Volume!" Written by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ed Goode. Cover by Steve Ditko. Another eclectic collection of horror comics from the genre's heyday, the 1950's! Thrill to twisted, terrifying tales like "Witches' Wrath," "Haunted Mirror," "Death On Ice," "Fear Has A Name," and many more! With art by Kirby, Ditko, Powell, Williamson, Jerry Grandenetti, Joe Maneely, and Harry Lazarus! Comicdom's premiere vintage horror anthology! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Hang on for Horror!" Written by Joe Gill. Art by Jack Cole. More lurid Pre-Code horror, here spotlighting Quality Comics' Web of Horror title! Stories include "Hangman's Horror," "Ghost Ship," "Revenge," "The Bat and the Brain," "Avenging Ghosts," "The Girl Who Died Twice," "Dead Man's Lode," "Artist of Evil," and ten others! Artists include Cole, Kirby, Powell, Barry, Ditko, and Ayers! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. NOTE: Stapled, Not Square-Bound. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "Smokin'!" Written by Robert Bernstein. Art by Jack Cole. Special "Star Artists" issue! Another heaping helping of horror reprints from the 1950's, including stories like "Grave of Doom," "The Spectral Bride," "Vampire Castle," "Madman's Manor," "Fangs of the Fiend," "Voice of Doom," "Werewolf," "The Cozy Coffin," "Horror Harbor," and others! Illustrators include Kirby, Powell, Toth, Krigstein, and Meskin! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. Written by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lou Cameron. Cover by Lee Elias. Special "offbeat horror publishers" issue, chock full of rare reprints from Fawcett, Ace, MikeRoss and other "oddwad" publishers from the 1950's, featuring stories like "Villa of the Vampires," "Revolt of the Fingers," "Five Found Death," "Death Is My Hobby," "Killer's Payoff," and 14 others for 140 pages of Pre-Code horror! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 21 - 1st printing. Written by Richard E. Hughes. Art and cover by Bob Powell. Weird horror from long-defunct publishers Quality, Sterling, Standard and others not seen since the Pre-Code 1950's - 23 full stories including "The Lost Souls," "Buried Alive," "The Face From Hell," "They Wait Below," "The Grave Robbers," "The Spectral Sister," and 16 others! Art by Powell, Sekowsky, Tuska, Krigstein, Ditko, and others. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 22 - 1st printing. Cover by Norman Saunders. Scares and suspense with Pre-Code horror comics of the 1950's, focusing on top artists including Krigstein, Ayers, Disbrow, Colan, Sinnott and Certa! Twenty-six full stories from publishers like Prize, Ace and others! Stories include "Bride of Doom," "Island of Horror," "When Your Number Is Up," "Haunted Hamlet," and 22 more! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. Cover by Basil Wolverton. By popular demand, another "offbeat horror" special, full of more rare reprints from Fawcett, St. John, Superior, Avon, Ajax, and other forgotten publishers from the 1950s, featuring stories like "Death By Invitation," "Demons of the Deep," "The Thirteenth Clown," "Haunting White Shadow," "Death's Round Trip," and 13 others for a total of 140 pages of pre-Code horror! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. Cover by Warren Kremer. Rare and strange Pre-Code horror from publishers including Ace, Fawcett, Superior, Charlton and others! Grisly stories including "Stand-in For Death," "Aged Curse," "Phantom Gloves," "Chant of the Dead," "Manhunt," "Trial By Ghostlight," "Shadow and Substance," and 14 others not seen anywhere since the 1950's! Art by Powell, Evans, Ditko and others. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 25 - 1st printing. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Twenty-fifth issue! Twenty Pre-Code horror stories with a focus on Fiction House art of the great Jack Kamen! Storiers include "Two Ways To Die!", "Flee The Mad Furies," They Vanish At Night," "The Monster Of The Storm" from Avon, Fawcett, Sterling and others. Art by Powell, Ditko, Sekowsky, Whitman and more! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 26 - 1st printing. More great 1950's horror reprints! 24 full never before reprinted Precode scare stories! Special focus on Fawcett's This Magazine Is Haunted; The Purple Claw, former EC greats, and the macabre art of Steve Ditko! Other artists include George Evans, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Gene Colan, and Dick Ayers! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 27 - 1st printing. Spotlight on weird Ajax-Farrel and Avon horror this issue with stories from Haunted Thrills and the original Eerie, like "Wheel of Terror," "Dying Is Contagious," "The Devil Collects." "Monster Of The Moors," "Freak," "The Last Man," and 17 more! Art by Kirby, Powell, Meskin, Ayers, Ditko, Fawcette, Mastroserio, and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 28 - 1st printing. Art by Bernard Bailey, Sid Check, Marvin Stein, Al Hollingsworth, Harry Lazarus, Bob McCarty, Leonard Frank, John DAgostino, Bob Forgione, Pete Riss, and Al Eadeh. AC Comics reprints classic Pre-Code horror stories that originally appeared in comics from Ajax/Farrell, Fawcett, Charlton, Hillman, Merit, Superior, ACG, Star and others in the Golden Age. Reprints from This Magazine Is Haunted, Dark Mysteries, Strange Fantasy, Haunted Thrills, Fantastic Fears, Adventures Into The Unknown, Voodoo, and Strange Journey. Skull Scavenger; The Monster; The City Of The Dead; Adventure In Death; Pit Of Horror; The Man Who Died Laughing; The Red Death; The Eyes Of Death; The Hand Of Death; Beware The Bejango; What Happened To Dr. Dormm; The Forbidden Doom; The Soul Collector; The Vampire Cat; Spare Me, Please Sir; The Terror Of The Killer Plant; Ghoul For A Day; The Fat Man; Demon Fiddler; The Constant Eye; When The Sea Goes Dry. 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 29 - 1st printing. Cover by Bob Fugitani. More pages and more stories than ever! Extra-thick 160-page compilation of 27 complete horror stories nobody else is reprinting, from publishers like Standard/Nedor, Toby, Superior, Ajax/Farrell, Gilmore, Media Pubs/Aragon; with art by Kirby, Toth, Powell, Ayers, Ditko, Stallman, Mastroserio, Wildey, Torres, Maneely, Andru, and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 30 - 1st printing. Cover by Bill Fraccio. Twenty full, never-before-reprinted pre-Code horror tales from defunct publishers Ace, Ziff-Davis, Fox and others, including a 25-page adaptation of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" illustrated by Wallace Wood! Other artists include Lou Cameron, Mike Sekowsky, Frank Giacoia, Leonard Starr, Louis Zansky, Rudy Palais, and 13 more greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 31 - 1st printing. Cover by Mike Sekowsky. Yet another 21 complete, never-before-reprinted Pre-Code horror gems from 1950s publishers Fawcett, Star, and others, including "The Unseen," "Reign of Terror," "The Ghoul Strikes," "The Forbidden Tomb," "Lost in the Graveyard," and 16 others. Artists include Bob Pwell, Mort Meskin, Sheldon Moldoff, L.B. Cole, Steve Ditko, Ed McCarty, Joe Menelley, Joe Orlando, Dick Giordano, and many others! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 32 - 1st printing. Cover by Alex Toth. 25 full Pre-Code horror stories from 1950's publishers Gilmore, Superior, Prize, Ace, Fiction House, Charlton and others, including "It's Alive!", "The Cosmic Brain," "Gallows In The Sky," "The Hangman's Noose," and 18 others. Art by Powell, Crandall, Wolverton, Krigstein, Fox, Meskin, Stallman, Ditko, Williamson, Ayers, Torres, Certa, and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 33 - 1st printing. Cover by Mike Roy. BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER!! 20 extra pages! Pre-Code horror stories from 1950's publishers Hillman, Prize, Fiction House, Charlton and others, including "Nelson's Nightmare", "Demon of the Dead", "Mark of Death", "The Man Who Came Back to Life" and 23 others. Art by Meskin, Stallman, Ditko, Ayers, Nostrand, Whitney and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 34 - 1st printing. Cover by Bernard Baily. One-hundred sixty big pages of Pre-Code horror stories from the 1950's, 33 stories in all, including classics "Wrath of Ra-Amun," "Devil's Island," "The Monster," "Missing-One Head," "The Lake That Lived," "The Threat From Beyond," "The Sargasso Spectre," and more. Artists include Powell, Krigstein, Cameron, Tuska, Shores, Reinman, and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 35 - 1st printing. Twenty-three of the weirdest pre-Code horror stories from obscure 1950's publishers Standard, Fawcett, Story and others, including hair-raisers "The Vengeance Vat," "Satan's Bullet," "The Devil's Prize," "Deadly Diamond," "Sinister Santa Claus,""The Ring of Horror," "City of Fearful Night," and more. Artists include Baily, Powell, Sekowsky, Moldoff, and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 36 - 1st printing. Cover by Art Saaf. Twenty-five chilling Pre-Code horror stories from the 1950's, including "Island Of Horror," "The Ghost's Revenge," "The Soul of a Man," "Ghost Tiger," "Mark of the Monster," and 20 more full vintage reprint classics, with art by such luminaries as Krigstein, Orlando, Tuska, Sinnott, Draut, Kinstler, and others! Great scary fun! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 37 - 1st printing. Cover by Art Saaf. Twenty-eight horrifying Pre-Code horror stories from the 1950's including "The Flaming Phantom," "Demon of the Deep," "Deathless Mortal," "The Blotting Threat" "A Phantom in the Sky," and 23 more complete vintage reprint classics, with art by such luminaries as Ayers, Kida, Everett, Stallman, Reinman, Infantino, and others! Great macabre fun! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 38 - 1st printing. Cover by Bernard Baily. Twenty-one chilling pre-Code horror classics including "Island of Horror," "The Endless Room," "The Deep Freeze," "Caveman," and 15 others. Featuring the art of Bob Powell, Jack Kamen, Dick Briefer, Ogden Whitney, Joe Sinnott, Pete Costanza, Bill Walsh, Gene Colan, and other greats. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.