Tales from the Crypt 03 (1990 Gladstone)

Cover art by Jack Davis. “Hogarth’s Shocking Vision,” script by Jim Twitchell, art by Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, Johnny Craig, and William Hogarth; Article on 18th century engravings of William Hogarth. “Undertaking Pallor,” script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Some boys peeping through an undertaker’s basement window overhear a plot between the town druggist and undertaker to poison citizens to profit from their funeral costs. “The Craving Grave!”, script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; This story is told by a grave; It speaks of spending lonely years of being laughed at by the other graves, because they have children (corpses) while the narrator remains barren. “The Sleeping Beauty!”, script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; In this grim fairy tale, the REAL reason sleeping beauty spends all that time sleeping during the daytime hours turns out to be…aw, you guessed it. “Shadow of Death,” script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; The shadow of a corner newspaper dealer detaches itself from his body one evening and seizes the shadow of an axe in order to assault an unscrupulous competitor who is attempting to ruin him. The Complete EC Library ad. Crime SuspenStories #1 cover reprint by Johnny Craig. “Murder May Boomerang,” script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair’s cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. “Death’s Double Cross,” script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood (as W. Allan Wood); Ruth was bored and lonely. Her two-year marriage to John was missing something: love, and she found it in John’s twin brother. “Doue Indemnity!” text story by Al Feldstein. “A Snapshot of Death!”, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; A woman enters a pool room and hires a man to kill a lady, whose picture she provides to him. “High Tide!”, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Four men on a mail boat leave the infamous Mephisto Prison and soon hear by radio of the escape of one of the prisoners. 68 pgs.