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Tales from the Crypt#21
Cover: Al Feldstein

Tales from the Crypt #21

Dec 1950 · EC · 0.10 USD
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"A Shocking Way to Die" is a chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #21 (1950), a standout story written by Al Feldstein and William M. Gaines and illustrated with haunting precision by Graham Ingels, whose inks bring every grim detail to life. The story follows a man’s desperate bid for love and status, culminating in a fatal twist tied to a tuxedo he steals from his murdered rival. The cover, penciled and inked by Al Feldstein, perfectly captures the story’s macabre tone.

Contains 4 stories
A Shocking Way to Die
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)

In "A Shocking Way to Die," a scientist resurrects a man executed by electric chair, driven by a twisted experiment in defiance of death. Now back from the grave, the reanimated man sets out to exact revenge on the jury and judge who sentenced him, turning the courtroom’s final verdict into a nightmare of retribution. The Crypt-Keeper watches, as ever, with a knowing smirk.

Terror Ride!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
GeorgeRuthamusement park owner (villain, death)

In the shadowy glow of a forgotten amusement park, George and Ruth take a ride on the infamous "Tunnel of Love"—a place where the laughter of the crowd masks a darker truth. The park owner, a man whose twisted genius turns spectacle into terror, has replaced the usual wax figures with something far more chilling.

House of Horror
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "House of Horror," three college freshmen vanish during a Gamma Delta Fraternity hazing ritual at the eerie Palmer Place, a house long rumored to be haunted. When Les Wilton goes in after them, those who later search for him find him transformed—aged fifty years in an instant, his face etched with decades of unseen time.

Death Suited Him
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Old Witch (host)John Baxter (death)Nancy Anderson (John's wife)Miss Glass (John's secretary)Lawrence Cabot (villain, death)

In "Death Suited Him," a bitter rivalry from college resurfaces when John Baxter, driven by envy and ambition, murders his former friend Lawrence Cabot to win the woman he loves. Years later, triumphant in his new life, he takes a macabre pride in claiming the dead man’s tuxedo—believing it would have won Nancy Anderson’s heart had he only worn it back then. But on the day of his wedding, the suit becomes his coffin, as the embalming fluid embedded in its fabric delivers a fatal dose. The Old Witch, ever the grim storyteller, reminds us that some debts are paid in blood—and in silk.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $298
CGC 9.8 · 3 in census $12,406
CGC 9.6 · 4 in census $10,456*
CGC 9.4 · 3 in census $7,072
CGC 9.2 · 4 in census $2,678
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $1,954
CGC 8.5 · 5 in census $1,954
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $1,609
CGC 7.5 · 5 in census $1,609
CGC 7.0 · 9 in census $1,473
CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $1,062
CGC 6.0 · 7 in census $983
CGC 5.5 · 6 in census $751
CGC 5.0 · 17 in census $751
CGC 4.5 · 8 in census $678
CGC 4.0 · 10 in census $678
CGC 3.5 · 7 in census $485
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $441*
CGC 2.5 · 7 in census $357*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $304*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $233*
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Full credits

artist, inker Graham Ingels
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Al Feldstein

Reprints

↩ Reprints Haunt of Fear #15 [1] (1950)

Reprinted in Tales from the Crypt #21 (1951), Tales from the Crypt #1 (1979), I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #5 (1991), I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #6 (1991), I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #7 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #3/1993 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #4/1993 (1993), Tales from the Crypt #5 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #2/1994 (1994), Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #1 (2003), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #2 (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #23 (2018), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #28 (2020), The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt #1 (2021), Tales from the Crypt #1 (2021), Phantastische Geschichten #3

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