'The Living Death!', script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels Two doctors are in love with the same woman she develops a tumor on her heart Dr. 'Bats In My Belfry!', script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis An actor loses his hearing, so he goes to visit an unorthodox individual that a friend tipped him off to This person recommends transplanting the auditory senses of a bat.

'Voodoo Death!', script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig Jay and Bill witness a forbidden voodoo ceremony Jay is captured and later meets up with Bill and they leave Haiti. 'Seance!', script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis Alan Bitsby sets out to prove that a medium is faking by asking him to raise the spirit of his 'departed' wife. 'Last Respects!', script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels Tony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl When her Uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. 'Reflection of Death!', script and art by Al Feldstein Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. If you love them as I do, you won't go wrong with this volume in your collection. You have to love old school horror comics, otherwise you will be disappointed. I'm giving this four stars because despite everything I just said, this book was exactly what I wanted. That should cover the cost of the photos.

After all, I believe I paid more than 75 cents for this book. Since this came up nearly every story, it would've been a nice touch to include those photos in this volume. The other thing was the constant end-of-story sales pitch to send away for real photographs of the 'ghoulunatics'. That may have been a problem in the first volume, but I never noticed. One thing was the incessant use of exclamation points. Every story is exactly that.Ī few things really irked me. The plots are 'Tales from the Crypt Standard Issue': innocent person killed by bad guy supernatural force extracts justice and destroys bad guy. I went in looking for old-school vibes and classic riffs from the dawn of horror comics. Of course, I didn't go into this expecting great horror stories. It's like having that third jelly doughnut: still good but definitely crossing the line into over-indulgence. The stories start out strong, but lose their kick over the course of the volume. This was a fun read, though maybe not as fun as the first volume.

The EC Archives by Al Feldstein