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Title: VAULT OF HORROR No. 29
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: L.L. Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: February-March, 1953
Description: CGC certified: VG+ (4.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Light staining to cover; moderate creasing to cover; small piece out left bottom of back cover; very light cover tanning.

CGC Census: 92 graded copies (85 Universal, 1 Signature, 6 Restored).

GPAnalysis: A 4.5 sold for $288 in 8/23; a 5.5 sold for $408 in 1/24.

Credits: Cover: Johnny Craig. Scripts: Johnny Craig, Ray Bradbury, Al Feldstein, and Bill Gaines. Art: Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels.An EC Plea: In "The Vault-Keeper's Corner," Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein call readers' attention to the downturn in the comics market brought about by the sheer glut of horror titles crowding the newsstands. This glut, and the resulting scramble by publishers to attract readers by any means necessary, helps explain why horror comics grew increasingly gruesome from about this date forward, in what pre-Code historian David Hadju calls "an upward spiral of gruesomeness."
"We were highly successful in horror, science-fiction, and then in war comics. Our success led to other publishers loading the stands with their horror, s-f, and war comics... loading the stands to an extent that in September 1952, there were over 500 different comic mags being published! An incredible total... an impossible total! ...We are telling you all this because we want to ask a favor... KEEP BUYING E.C. MAGAZINES! ...We need your business to stay in business!"