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Title: TALES FROM THE CRYPT No. 42
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: June-July, 1954
Description: CGC certified: Fine/VF (7.0). White pages. Grader notes: Light fingerprints on cover; moderate creasing to cover; very light staining to cover.

CGC Census: 127 graded copies (116 Universal, 1 Qualified, 1 Signature, 9 Restored).

GPAnalysis: A 7.0 sold for $1020 in 12/22; a 6.0 sold for $729 in 6/23.

Credits: Cover: Jack Davis. Scripts: Carl Wessler, Al Feldstein, and Jack Oleck? Art: Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Bernie Krigstein, Graham Ingels.Krigstein's Hands Dirtied in "The Bath": In Bernie Krigstein's "The Bath," scripted by either Al Feldstein or Jack Oleck, a sadistic Latin American plantation owner gets fed to a bathtub full of hungry piranhas by his long-suffering manservant. Despite Krigstein's rep for originality, the story's a swipe of Doug Wildey's "Dead Fish!," published in Fight Against Crime #16 (November 1953). Both fish stories climax with gruesome panels depicting skeletonized victims in tubs awash with gore.______________________________________________________________

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