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Tales from the Crypt#26
Cover: Wally Wood

Tales from the Crypt #26

Oct 1951 · EC · 0.10 USD
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"Drawn and Quartered!" from Tales from the Crypt #26 (1951) delivers a chilling tale of political intrigue and grim retribution, written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein and illustrated with masterful dread by Graham Ingels. When a rival assassinates the sitting mayor with a poisoned note meant to ruin his legacy, the truth is nearly buried—until the wind shifts and fate takes hold. Cover by Wally Wood captures the story’s dark, brooding atmosphere, setting the stage for a haunting payoff that lingers long after the final panel.

Contains 4 stories
Drawn and Quartered!
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)Max Moor (artist, death)Bob DicksonHarry Halley (Moor's ex-landlord)Fenton Breedly (art critic)Mrs. BreedlyArthur Green (art dealer)

In "Drawn and Quartered!", a disgraced artist named Max Moor, haunted by betrayal in the art world, turns to voodoo in Haiti to reclaim his power. With the help of local practitioners, he gains the eerie ability to craft paintings that inflict real harm on their subjects—but when he accidentally paints a self-portrait, he must outwit fate to survive his own vengeance.

The Borrowed Body!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Vault-Keeper (host)

In "The Borrowed Body!", the Vault-Keeper recounts a chilling tale of betrayal and resurrection: a woman and her lover conspire to kill her husband, only for fate to twist their plans in horrifying ways. When the husband survives the attack and returns home, he finds his wife poised to finish him off—just as the lover’s soul, newly freed from death, slips into his body, leaving the husband’s fate uncertain.

Indian Burial Mound
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)

In "Indian Burial Mound," the Crypt-Keeper spins a tale of reckless ambition and ancient retribution, as a man named Roy Madison dismisses the warnings of a local farmer and sets out to level a sacred burial mound—only to face a terror that defies reason. When the earth itself seems to rise against him, and the night brings drums and dread, the price of disrespect becomes horrifyingly clear.

Political Pull!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Old Witch (host)

In "Political Pull!", the Old Witch spins a tale of ambition and vengeance, where a cunning political rival’s plan to seize power through poison and deceit backfires in the most haunting way. After framing the sitting mayor with a forged suicide note, the killer’s scheme unravels when the truth surfaces—too late to save him from a fate far worse than defeat.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $129
CGC 9.8 · 2 in census $8,200
CGC 9.6 · 8 in census $4,123
CGC 9.4 · 3 in census $3,733*
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $2,497
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $1,318
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $1,161*
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $898
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $778
CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $778
CGC 6.0 · 9 in census $778
CGC 5.5 · 5 in census $450*
CGC 5.0 · 5 in census $450
CGC 4.5 · 9 in census $450
CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $261*
CGC 3.5 · 4 in census $233
CGC 3.0 · 4 in census $227
CGC 2.5 · 4 in census $167*
CGC 2.0 · 7 in census $142*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $109*
CGC 1.0 · 3 in census $103
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $72*
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Full credits

artist, inker Graham Ingels
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Wally Wood

Reprints

Reprinted in Weird Fantasy #9 (1951), Tales from the Crypt #2 (1979), De vloek van de volle maan #[nn] (1981), Iskalde Grøss #2/1990 (1990), Iskalde Grøss #8/1991 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #1/1992 (1992), Tales from the Crypt #10 (1994), Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #2 (2003), EC Sampler - Free Comic Book Day #[nn] (2008), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #4 (2013), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #13 (2015), Tales from the Crypt #2 (2021), The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt #2 (2022), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #33 (2023), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #35 (2024), Phantastische Geschichten #4, Tales from the Crypt #26

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