Product Description

Included are stories by Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines and others with art by legendary illustrators such as Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando and others from the third set of six issues of this pivotal comic book title and inspiration for the hit movie and the HBO series. The EC Comics line of the 1950s is widely recognized as historically significant, not only for its storytelling approach, but also for the incredible level of talen it attracted. Many of their regular contributors would define their era of comic book creators and dramatically impact the generations that followed. The EC Archives series restores these classic tales in newly corrected, full color presentations along with historical notes and insights from noted EC historian Grant Geissman.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156774 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 212 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781603600118
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Printing Error...Beware!
I love these EC Archives books and own most of them. I just received Volume 3 of Tales from the Crypt and was very disappointed to see that due to a printing error, two stories are duplicated ("Grounds for Horror" & "Sucker for a Spider") while two other stores ("A Rottin' Trick" & "Bored to Death") are omitted entirely. I have to imagine that many if not all copies of this volume are similarly misprinted. I contacted Gemstone Publishing and am awaiting a response as to how they are going to resolve this, but it may be worth holding off on buying this volume until after the issue has been corrected.

Tales from the Crypt Vol.3, EC Archives
You can now disregard the misprint in EC Archives: "Tales from the Crypt, VoL.3. I purchased my copy directly from Gemstone and was assured before they shipped, that the glitch was no longer an issue. Great book, by the way. I plan on collecting all of the EC color archives.

Up To Snuff!
You can disregard the warning above concerning the printing error. I got in touch with the publisher and was assured that it was a fluke with that one copy. The copy I received bears this out. Also, if you look at the comments attached to that review, you'll find an assurance from the man himself, Russ Cochran, that this is the case. I love what Mr. Cochran has done with the EC line over the years and, other than the problem with the recent Weird Science volume (see my review for that if you want to know more), these archives, when they are right as Mr. Cochran intends them to be, continue to be of the highest quality. Amazon's price fluctuates quite regularly, though, between approximately 30 and 50 dollars, so you may want to get it "used" here or new elsewhere. For some reason the price seems to change coincidentally as the book goes in and out of stock at Buy.com.