TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1950-55) #27
CGC NM+: 9.6
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PUBLISHER: EC
COMMENTS: Census Rank 1st Highest Graded, Universal Holder, Cream to Off-White pages, Light tanning bottom of interior front and back cover
Wally Wood guillotine cvr
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Wally Wood guillotine cvr
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Census Rank 1st Highest Graded, Universal Holder, Cream to Off-White pages, Light tanning bottom of interior front and back cover
Wally Wood guillotine cvr
Gaines File CopyTales from the Crypt was one of the hallmark titles put out by scandalous horror comics house EC that was responsible in no small part for the initiation of the Comics Code Authority and Congressional hearings about the damage comic books were doing to young, impressionable minds. It is evident from this Wally Wood illustration that there may have been something to this theory, as the gruesome and oftentimes violent imagery depicted on these covers still deliver a shock today. This guillotine cover is a classic of the series, which specialized in jolting readers with disturbing images that kept them rushing to newsstands to get their cheap thrills in the otherwise milquetoast 1950s
Artists Information
Wally Wood is an American comic book artist/ writer who is also one of the founding artist for Mad comics. In addition to penciling numerous comic book pages, Wally also ventured into product illustration, music album covers, and trading cards. Wally's most notable works include the aforementioned Mad comics, Marvel's Daredevil, and Weird-Science Fantasy for EC comics.
John Burton Davis, Jr. was an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952.
Jack Kamen was an American illustrator for books, magazines, comic books and advertising, known for his work illustrating crime, horror, humor, suspense and science fiction stories for EC Comics, for his work in advertising, and for the onscreen artwork he contributed to the 1982 horror anthology film Creepshow.
Wally Wood guillotine cvr
Gaines File CopyTales from the Crypt was one of the hallmark titles put out by scandalous horror comics house EC that was responsible in no small part for the initiation of the Comics Code Authority and Congressional hearings about the damage comic books were doing to young, impressionable minds. It is evident from this Wally Wood illustration that there may have been something to this theory, as the gruesome and oftentimes violent imagery depicted on these covers still deliver a shock today. This guillotine cover is a classic of the series, which specialized in jolting readers with disturbing images that kept them rushing to newsstands to get their cheap thrills in the otherwise milquetoast 1950s
Artists Information
Wally Wood is an American comic book artist/ writer who is also one of the founding artist for Mad comics. In addition to penciling numerous comic book pages, Wally also ventured into product illustration, music album covers, and trading cards. Wally's most notable works include the aforementioned Mad comics, Marvel's Daredevil, and Weird-Science Fantasy for EC comics.
John Burton Davis, Jr. was an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952.
Jack Kamen was an American illustrator for books, magazines, comic books and advertising, known for his work illustrating crime, horror, humor, suspense and science fiction stories for EC Comics, for his work in advertising, and for the onscreen artwork he contributed to the 1982 horror anthology film Creepshow.