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Tales from the Crypt#34
Cover: Jack Davis

Tales from the Crypt #34

Feb 1953 · EC · 0.10 USD
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In "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall!", two con artists scheme to sell fake oil stock in a sleepy town, but their plan takes a deadly turn when one fakes his death and is buried—only to find his grave has become a hotspot for real oil. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with art by George Evans and inks by Roy Krenkel, this chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #34 (1953) delivers a twist of fate that’s as explosive as it is unexpected. The cover by Jack Davis captures the moment with a haunting, perfectly timed menace.

Contains 4 stories
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall!
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)un-named scientist (death)Nancy Stone (Arthur's wife, death)Arthur Stone (villain, death, re-incarnated into a creature, 2nd death)

In "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall!", the Crypt-Keeper invites you into a twisted carnival where a man’s obsession with immortality leads him to build a monstrous vessel from artificial parts—only to find his own reflection becomes his final, horrifying fate. As the mirrors multiply and distort, a chilling confrontation unfolds between a man and the monstrous form he’s created, where identity and nightmare blur in a deadly game of self-recognition.

Oil's Well That Ends Well!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Vault-Keeper (host)unnamed hotel clerkJess (hotel guest)Mr. FaginMayor JordonPhilip Garson (villain, con artist, death)Sam Simpson (villain, con artist, death)
Attacks of Horror!
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)

In this chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #34, the Crypt-Keeper spins a grim fable of tyranny and retribution, where a king’s insatiable greed leads to a grotesque tax on his people’s very limbs—until the peasants rise in savage defiance. A dark, twisted parable of excess and consequence, it’s a story that lingers long after the final page.

There Was an Old Woman!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Old Witch (host)Emily (Tildy's housekeeper)Aunt Tildy (death)a group of morticians [Mr. Carrington (Mortuary President)others unnamed]

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $157
CGC 9.6 · 6 in census $5,897
CGC 9.4 · 6 in census $2,587
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $2,379
CGC 9.0 · 6 in census $1,574
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $1,140
CGC 8.0 · 9 in census $1,140
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CGC 7.5 · 9 in census $699
CGC 7.0 · 5 in census $605
CGC 6.5 · 12 in census $575
CGC 6.0 · 14 in census $575
CGC 5.5 · 18 in census $575
CGC 5.0 · 13 in census $388
CGC 4.5 · 14 in census $312
CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $287
CGC 3.5 · 14 in census $231*
CGC 3.0 · 6 in census $205*
CGC 2.5 · 8 in census $166*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $141*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $108*
CGC 1.0 · 3 in census $91*
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $71*
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Full credits

artist, inker George Evans
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Jack Davis

Reprints

Reprinted in Tales from the Crypt #34 (1953), The Autumn People #U2141 (1965), Tales from the Crypt #3 (1979), De vloek van de volle maan #[nn] (1981), Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[1] (1983), Monsieur Sourire #[nn] (1985), Iskalde Grøss #1/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #8/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #8/1990 (1990), Tales from the Crypt #2 (1991), Skræk #3 (1994), Skræk #6 (1994), Tales from the Crypt #18 (1996), Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #3 (2003), Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt #[nn] (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #4 (2013), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #7 (2014), Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn] (2019), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #30 (2021), Dracula: The Original Graphic Novel #[nn] (2021), Tales from the Crypt #3 (2022), Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories #[nn] (2023), The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt #3 (2024), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #36 (2024)

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