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Tales from the Crypt#2
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Tales from the Crypt #2

Dec 1992 · Russ Cochran · 1.50 USD; 1.90 CAD
📊 ~5,248 copies sold its debut month
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Contains 4 stories
The Maestro's Hand!
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt Keeper (host)

In "The Maestro's Hand!", Dr. Hellman retreats to a remote cabin, haunted by guilt over a past tragedy involving a pianist’s severed hand and the man’s subsequent suicide. When a mysterious package arrives at his doorstep, the hand inside springs to life, setting in motion a chilling descent into terror. The Crypt Keeper’s signature twist awaits as the doctor’s darkest regrets come back to claim him.

The Living Corpse
7 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "The Living Corpse," a magician with a serpent-shaped ring commits a shocking act of violence, then tries to cover his tracks by playing dead—only to find himself trapped in a morgue freezer as the attendant succumbs to a fatal heart attack. The story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a crime of passion into a grim game of survival where the line between killer and victim blurs.

Madness at Manderville
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Madness at Manderville," a grieving father, Tom Mander, begins to question his wife’s sanity when she claims to hear and see things he can’t—disturbing whispers, bloodstains, a dead dog in the cellar. As the line between reality and delusion blurs, his fear deepens when he discovers a bloody knife and a murdered dog, only to be dismissed as unstable by a doctor who insists he’s the one losing his mind.

Mute Witness to Murder!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Mute Witness to Murder!", a young woman’s life unravels after she sees her neighbor, a doctor, kill his wife—only to be left unable to speak from the trauma. Her husband, aware of her secret, brings the same doctor to their home, then schemes to have her committed and eventually silenced permanently through a planned surgical "accident." As her voice returns at the most desperate moment, she faces a chilling choice when the doctor collapses—will she save him, or let him die?

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Raw (NM) $5
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 9.4 none in existence
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $30*
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
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CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $30*
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Al Feldstein
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Johnny Craig

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