Classic Comics Collector's Series: Tales From The Crypt Complete

As with the previously posted , this is from the compilation torrent uploaded by bloodred1964, to whom I could not give enough credit for helping preserve these classics in digital form and for keeping comics history alive. The collection was compiled from scans both of reprints and of original 1950s EC comics, either of which is indicated in the file title and of course readily apparent upon viewing.

is a bi-monthly horror comic anthology series that, together with its horror siblings and were published by EC Comics in the early 1950s. hit newsstands with its April/May 1950 issue and ceased publication with its February/March 1955 issue, producing a total of 30 issues. The title was popular, but, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, comic books came under attack from parents, clergymen, schoolteachers, and others who believed the books contributed to illiteracy and juvenile delinquency. In April and June 1954, highly publicized Congressional subcommittee hearings on the effects of comic books upon children left the industry shaken. With the subsequent imposition of a highly restrictive Comics Code, EC Comics publisher William Maxwell Gaines canceled Tales from the Crypt and its two companion titles in September 1954. All three titles have been reprinted at various times since their demise and have been adapted for television and film. In 1950, publisher William Gaines and his editor Al Feldstein discovered they shared similar tastes in horror and began experimenting with horror tales in their crime titles. traces its origin to a Feldstein story, "Return from the Grave!", in EC's Crime Patrol (#15, December 1949/January 1950) with the Crypt-Keeper making his debut as host. Issue #16 featured more horror tales than crime stories, and, with issue #17, the title changed from to . Due to an attempt to save money on second-class postage permits, the numbering did not change with the title, and continued as for the next two issues. The title saw its final form, , with issue #20, October/November, 1950. --

For more info and for the complete issue guide see the Wikipedia link found in "Original News."



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