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Tales from the Crypt#36
Cover: Jack Davis

Tales from the Crypt #36

Jun 1953 · EC · 0.10 USD
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In "Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness...", a haunted cab driver’s vivid dream of a sinister Dr. Mueller and a basement full of vampire caskets takes a chilling turn when the doctor actually steps into his cab. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with art by Jack Davis and colors by Marie Severin, this 1953 tale blends surreal dread with a twist of dark irony. The cover, also by Jack Davis, captures the story’s eerie tone in bold, unsettling detail.

Contains 4 stories
Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness...
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)un-named newsstand operatorDr. Eggbert Muller (mythologist, death)un-named taxi driver (villain, a vampire)

In a chilling tale from *Tales from the Crypt* #36, a taxi driver haunted by a vivid dream of a mythologist named Dr. Eggbert Muller finds the nightmare chillingly real when the man himself climbs into his cab. As the dream’s dread begins to unfold, the driver must confront a terrifying truth—his subconscious may have been warning him of a far darker reality. The Crypt-Keeper, ever the grim guide, invites you to witness a night where dreams and blood run deep.

Curiosity Killed...
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Vault-Keeper (host)Henrietta Clayton (Milton's wife, death)Emily Durand (Wallace's wife, death)George (elevator operator)Jed (desk clerk and switchboard operation (mention only)Wallace Durand (villain)Milton Clayton (villain, Emily's husband)

In a shadowed apartment building, a woman grows certain her friend’s husband is hiding a terrible secret—her friend’s remains are being sent away in pieces, carried by pigeons to a kennel. As paranoia tightens, the truth begins to unravel in ways that make her question who’s truly in danger. The Vault-Keeper presents a chilling tale of suspicion, betrayal, and the cost of curiosity.

How Green Was My Alley
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)

In this chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #36, the Crypt-Keeper introduces a macabre twist on marital betrayal, where a bigamist’s deception leads to a gruesome double punishment. When his two wives discover the truth, their fury turns deadly—and their revenge takes a truly shocking form.

The Handler
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Old Witch (host)Mr. Rodgers (druggist)Mr. Stuyvesant (a contractor)Mr. Flinger (delicatessen man)various corpses [Mr. SmithMr. AndrewsMrs. WaltersMiss BrownMrs. ShellmundMr. Wren (a racist)Edmund Worththree unnamed gossipsunnamed lawyerrest unnamed]Merriwell Blythe (death)Mr. Benedict (villain, mortician, death)

In "The Handler," the grim rituals of a mortician take a dark turn when the dead begin to stir—unwilling witnesses to his twisted retribution against the living who mocked his craft. As the corpses of Mr. Smith, Mrs. Walters, and others lie in silence, one among them, still breathing beneath the veil of death, hears the mortician’s cruel secrets and calls upon the rest to rise. With eerie precision, the buried dead answer, each claiming a piece of the man who dared to desecrate their final rest.

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Raw (Good) $123
CGC 9.8 · 4 in census $8,913
CGC 9.6 · 2 in census $4,739
CGC 9.4 · 3 in census $2,434
CGC 9.2 · 4 in census $2,229
CGC 9.0 · 6 in census $1,368
CGC 8.5 · 6 in census $1,111
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CGC 8.0 · 9 in census $791
CGC 7.5 · 7 in census $791
CGC 7.0 · 16 in census $791
CGC 6.5 · 8 in census $552
CGC 6.0 · 11 in census $412*
CGC 5.5 · 15 in census $398
CGC 5.0 · 13 in census $356
CGC 4.5 · 12 in census $346
CGC 4.0 · 17 in census $299
CGC 3.5 · 14 in census $299
CGC 3.0 · 8 in census $193*
CGC 2.5 · 6 in census $166
CGC 2.0 · 6 in census $133*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $102*
CGC 1.0 · 3 in census $85*
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Full credits

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

Reprints

Reprinted in Tales from the Crypt #36 (1953), The Vault of Horror #[nn] (1965), The Autumn People #U2141 (1965), Tales from the Crypt #4 (1979), De vloek van de volle maan #[nn] (1981), Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[1] (1983), Monsieur Sourire #[nn] (1985), Gysertimen #3 (1987), I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #1 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #1/1991 (1991), I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #2 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #8/1991 (1991), Tales from the Crypt #6 (1992), Iskalde Grøss #1/1994 (1994), Skræk #3 (1994), Skræk #4 (1994), Iskalde Grøss #5/1994 (1994), Iskalde Grøss #6/1994 (1994), Tales from the Crypt #20 (1997), Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #4 (2003), 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) + 4 more

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