Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) comic books graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $259.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: color touch on cover, staples replaced. Bottom & Right Edge TRIMMED. From the Collection of Eric Groves. Label #4681015020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Werewolf Concerto!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Guests at a Hungarian hotel are murdered; In order to get business, he provides famous pianist Mademoiselle Micheline free accommodations; One night after her arrival, a guest is horribly murdered, by a werewolf some say. "Fitting Punishment!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Graham Ingels; On the death of his mother, young Stanley is placed in the care of his uncle, Ezra the town undertaker; Soon, Stanley discovers that his uncle takes jewelry and other valuables from the corpses before burial. "Business" text story by William M. Gaines. "The Grave Wager," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Paul and Clyde bet $50 that Roger won't spend the night with a corpse. "Escape!", script and art by Al Feldstein. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $575.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2002436002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Werewolf Concerto!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Guests at a Hungarian hotel are murdered; In order to get business, he provides famous pianist Mademoiselle Micheline free accommodations; One night after her arrival, a guest is horribly murdered, by a werewolf some say. "Fitting Punishment!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Graham Ingels; On the death of his mother, young Stanley is placed in the care of his uncle, Ezra the town undertaker; Soon, Stanley discovers that his uncle takes jewelry and other valuables from the corpses before burial. "Business" text story by William M. Gaines. "The Grave Wager," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Paul and Clyde bet $50 that Roger won't spend the night with a corpse. "Escape!", script and art by Al Feldstein. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $7,990.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2043254002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($239.70) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Sink-Hole!", script and art by Johnny Craig; A lonely woman, who had joined a lonely hearts club, accepts a marriage proposal by mail, but when she meets him, he is actually much older than she realizes. "Lend Me a Hand!", art by Jack Davis; Eminent physician Dr. Johnson is the victim of a car accident and loses his hand, which means his career if finished. "Trap" text story by William M. Gaines. "The Mask of Horror,' art by Jack Kamen; Ken Anders stops off at an eerie costume shop to get a costume for a party, and the weird owner outfits him with a mask and costume that is supposed to represent his true self. "Dying to Lose Weight!', art by Graham Ingels; In a small town populated by many fat people, a weird Dr. Perdo comes to town, offering to help those people through the use of a tiny weight-reducing capsule. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $360.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4276005003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.80) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Fountains of Youth!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Eileen reads an ad in the newspaper asking for a traveling companion for a Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad; She and Madam DuBois go on a cruise, but Eileen gets seasick. "The Monster in the Ice!", art by Graham Ingels; As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further; Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice. "Choice" text story by William M. Gaines. "Gone... Fishing!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Maxwell and Steven's car rolled up to the water's edge, and they got out to unload their equipment; Max was a noted sport-fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary" in "What the Dog Dragged In!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; As she sat in her wheelchair, blind Betty reached out for her dog, Jerry, put a list in his collar, and sent him to the butcher's; unknown to her, Jerry was hit by a car on the way. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $750.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1093819003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. "Two of a Kind!", script and art by Johnny Craig; The huge ocean liner pulled into the pier with many photographers waiting to snap a picture of camera-shy Willow Dree In the past, attempts were made to photograph her; the photos showed backdrops behind her, but she was never in any picture. "Graft in Concrete!", art by Jack Davis; Hornsby gruffly enters the Mayor's office planning to threaten the Mayor to get the road contract he was after, but the Mayor tells him the City Council will vote on that at the regular meeting; a member demands the new road also go through his town cemetery. "Joker!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Half-Way Horrible!", art by Sid Check; a voodoo witch doctor story. "Hook, Line, and Stinker!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; Bernice was tired of his Saturday fishing trips and all the fish-mounted trophies she had to care for; One Saturday morning, she followed him on one of his trips where she discovered that he was cheating on her. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 10). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $985.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1257829004

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Split Personality!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Ed King was a racketeer trying to find a way to bilk the Blair sisters out of their millions. "Who Doughnut?", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Seven women had been murdered and the Police were baffled by the doughnut-shaped wounds all over their bodies, blood drained and traces of sea brine on their skin and clothing. "Refuge" text story. "Practical Choke!", script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; Three medical students play a series of practical jokes using actual human body parts and watching the reactions of various people. "Notes to You!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Four different people receive to what amounts to anonomous poison-pen letters, each resulting in horrendous events surrounding their families or businesses. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) 31 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3942005010

Cover by Johnny Craig. Biography of writer Ray Bradbury with a photo. "Easel Kill Ya!", script and art by Johnny Craig; A lonely, unappreciated artist was going to jump from a bridge when a car slammed into a barrier, and from the crumpled wreck a woman staggered out. "A Peach of a Plot!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Lieutenant Dolan looked at the roots of a peach tree that held the corpse in its roots, and ordered the corpse and tree be taken in for an autopsy. "One Shot" text story. "The Lake," script by Ray Bradbury (plot) and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Joe Orlando; Years ago, a little boy and his young girl friend, Tally played at the beach building sand castles together; One day, Tally swam out into the water and drowned. "One Good Turn," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Jennifer has a husband who has been paralyzed; She tells him about killing miserable people to make them happy. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $900.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4619412022

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Whirlpool," script and art by Johnny Craig; Her mind was whirling as three horrid creatures hovered over her, asking her name, and she ran to escape; A series of events: thrown into boiling water, plunged into ice, poked with a hypodermic, strapped into an electric chair, and put into a small room that kept shrinking. "Out of His Head!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alex had murdered Stanley with an axe to his head, trying to blame the death on a maniac; It seemed, however, that the dead man kept haunting him. "Crash Landing!" text story. 'An Ample Sample," art by George Evans; Irwins wife Hannah gets fat from eating too many chocolates; he admits to killing her. "Funereal Disease!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Jasper went to his cottage on the Fairchild Estate and counted up the money he had been saving, a total of $4970, and knew as soon as Mr. Fairchild paid him the last $30 he owed him, he'd be set.... set to have the funeral that was denied to his parents. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $4,400.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4113486004

Cover by Johnny Craig. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "And All Through the House," script and art by Johnny Craig; A maniac woman-killer dressed as Santa is on the loose. "Tombs-Day!", art by Jack Davis; A dangerous expedition leads to a living sphinx. "Space to Breathe!" text story. "Beauty Rest," art by Jack Kamen; Helen gazes out the window of the room she shares with Joyce as the latter bid goodnight to a Mr. Boxer, the man she told Helen would help her to win a beauty contest the next day: "Miss Corpse of 1954." "Shoe-Button Eyes!", script by Johnny Craig, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The little boy celebrates the best Christmas he ever had because he could now see; One day, however, his mom introduces the little boy to his new step-dad... a man who made fun of the little boy and mistreated his mother. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $900.00 Paper: Off white Label #4714730001

Cover by Johnny Craig. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "And All Through the House," script and art by Johnny Craig; A maniac woman-killer dressed as Santa is on the loose. "Tombs-Day!", art by Jack Davis; A dangerous expedition leads to a living sphinx. "Space to Breathe!" text story. "Beauty Rest," art by Jack Kamen; Helen gazes out the window of the room she shares with Joyce as the latter bid goodnight to a Mr. Boxer, the man she told Helen would help her to win a beauty contest the next day: "Miss Corpse of 1954." "Shoe-Button Eyes!", script by Johnny Craig, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The little boy celebrates the best Christmas he ever had because he could now see; One day, however, his mom introduces the little boy to his new step-dad... a man who made fun of the little boy and mistreated his mother. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $899.95 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Label #4690191003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Johnny Craig. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "And All Through the House," script and art by Johnny Craig; A maniac woman-killer dressed as Santa is on the loose. "Tombs-Day!", art by Jack Davis; A dangerous expedition leads to a living sphinx. "Space to Breathe!" text story. "Beauty Rest," art by Jack Kamen; Helen gazes out the window of the room she shares with Joyce as the latter bid goodnight to a Mr. Boxer, the man she told Helen would help her to win a beauty contest the next day: "Miss Corpse of 1954." "Shoe-Button Eyes!", script by Johnny Craig, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The little boy celebrates the best Christmas he ever had because he could now see; One day, however, his mom introduces the little boy to his new step-dad... a man who made fun of the little boy and mistreated his mother. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $369.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4620856020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.07) will be charged at checkout.

Final issue of the series. Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Old Man Mose!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Ned stopped his wagon when he saw townspeople throwing stones at old Mose, a man they thought worshipped the Devil since he lived in the Black Church. "An Harrow Escape!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Grady's ship approached the seemingly derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered. "The Pit!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; Felix & Lila listened to the crowd screaming for blood as they watched a cock fight; Nearby, they was another fight brewing between vicious dogs. "Bloodsuckers" text story. "Ashes to Ashes!", art by Graham Ingels; Emil sat at his desk in the old Frankenstein mansion writing in his diary about how his infamous Father had tried to create life from a miasmic swamp. An editoral urges readers to write the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which had begun investigating the comics industry. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $295.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4532073022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Final issue of the series. Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Old Man Mose!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Ned stopped his wagon when he saw townspeople throwing stones at old Mose, a man they thought worshipped the Devil since he lived in the Black Church. "An Harrow Escape!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Grady's ship approached the seemingly derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered. "The Pit!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; Felix & Lila listened to the crowd screaming for blood as they watched a cock fight; Nearby, they was another fight brewing between vicious dogs. "Bloodsuckers" text story. "Ashes to Ashes!", art by Graham Ingels; Emil sat at his desk in the old Frankenstein mansion writing in his diary about how his infamous Father had tried to create life from a miasmic swamp. An editoral urges readers to write the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which had begun investigating the comics industry. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.