CONTENTS In the The
Beginning
Birth of the
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Comic Book 14
The Grisly Creativity of William Gaines
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The Descent into the Cry pc The Early Days of EC 24/
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Explosion Th^Just Desserts Cookbook: EC’s l^jjrisly Morality Plays 38 '
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r Send in the Ghouls: The Crypt Keeper as Horror Host 42
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The EC Constellation of ^jomic Book Artists 53 EC’s
Mad Magazine
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into Horror: The Comics Become More Gruesome 77
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e Death of Tales ftieAVeird Science of Dr. Fredric
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Wertham 84
fhe Kefauver Hearings 89 [rowing to the Inevitable:
Wkrpses
EC
& Covers
of All 105
Wfir Foul
EC Horror Comics
Tales
Wour Complete Classic Otigiiial Form 110
Tales in Their
The Fans keep the Flame Alive
145
Tales *from an English Crypt:
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Quits Horror 94
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