TALES FROM THE CRYPT No. 43 Publisher: EC [Indicia: I.C. Publishing Co., Inc.] Date Published: August-September 1954 Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white pages. Cover: Jack Davis Scripts: Otto Binder, Carl Wessler, Al Feldstein Art: Jack Davis Jack Kamen George Evans Graham Ingels Includes "Are You A Red Dupe?" editorial by Bill Gaines and Lyle Stuart. GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $354 in 3/23. Features the Feldstein-Davis "Four-Way Split," in which a killer drops his victim from a plane onto the exact spot marking the shared border of four states, hoping that the jurisdictional confusion will save him from punishment—one of EC's crazier plots. This ish contains the ill-fated editorial, "Are You a Red Dupe," written by Bill Gaines and his pot-stirring business manager Lyle Stuart, which facetiously claims that "THE GROUP MOST ANXIOUS TO DESTROY HORROR COMICS ARE THE COMMUNISTS!" Illustrated by Jack Davis in a style more akin to his MAD parodies than his horror yarns, the editorial was clearly tongue-in-cheek. But it was a dangerous misstep all the same, generating more outrage than anything EC ever published, except for the cover to Crime SuspenStories #22 and Panic #1's "The Night Before Christmas." "The Entertainment Comic Group [sic] of 225 Lafayette Street, New York, is among the worst offenders in a commercial group that makes money by selling immorality and vice to small children. [The EC Group], who specialize in vampirism, adultery, and cannibalism, have now come out with what should go down in history as one of the really stupid propaganda efforts in modern history." — Hartford Courant editorial, March 30, 1954. A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2023 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." — R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Coming soon: The DC Universe Collection, featuring over 40,000 comics, comprising every comic book published by DC for retail sale between 1934 and 2014. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list. Item#: 352217 Headline: TALES FROM THE CRYPT #43 * 5.0 * "Are You A RED DUPE?" Editorial
TALES FROM THE CRYPT No. 43 Publisher: EC [Indicia: I.C. Publishing Co., Inc.] Date Published: August-September 1954 Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white pages. Cover: Jack Davis Scripts: Otto Binder, Carl Wessler, Al Feldstein Art: Jack Davis Jack Kamen George Evans Graham Ingels Includes "Are You A Red Dupe?" editorial by Bill Gaines and Lyle Stuart. GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $354 in 3/23. Features the Feldstein-Davis "Four-Way Split," in which a killer drops his victim from a plane onto the exact spot marking the shared border of four states, hoping that the jurisdictional confusion will save him from punishment—one of EC's crazier plots. This ish contains the ill-fated editorial, "Are You a Red Dupe," written by Bill Gaines and his pot-stirring business manager Lyle Stuart, which facetiously claims that "THE GROUP MOST ANXIOUS TO DESTROY HORROR COMICS ARE THE COMMUNISTS!" Illustrated by Jack Davis in a style more akin to his MAD parodies than his horror yarns, the editorial was clearly tongue-in-cheek. But it was a dangerous misstep all the same, generating more outrage than anything EC ever published, except for the cover to Crime SuspenStories #22 and Panic #1's "The Night Before Christmas." "The Entertainment Comic Group [sic] of 225 Lafayette Street, New York, is among the worst offenders in a commercial group that makes money by selling immorality and vice to small children. [The EC Group], who specialize in vampirism, adultery, and cannibalism, have now come out with what should go down in history as one of the really stupid propaganda efforts in modern history." — Hartford Courant editorial, March 30, 1954. A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2023 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." — R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Coming soon: The DC Universe Collection, featuring over 40,000 comics, comprising every comic book published by DC for retail sale between 1934 and 2014. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list. Item#: 352217 Headline: TALES FROM THE CRYPT #43 * 5.0 * "Are You A RED DUPE?" Editorial
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