Tales from the Crypt #36
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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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