“Hopping Down the Bunny Trail” from The Unexpected #202 (September 1980)

“Hopping Down the Bunny Trail” from The Unexpected #202 (September 1980)

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“It Takes a Witch!” from Phantom Stranger #32 (September 1974)

“It Takes a Witch!” from Phantom Stranger #32 (September 1974)

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“The Purple Mists!” from Weird Tales of the Future #6 (March-April 1953)

“The Purple Mists!” from Weird Tales of the Future #6 (March-April 1953)

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“The Slithering Horror of Skontong Swamp!” from This Magazine Is Haunted #5 (June 1952)

“The Slithering Horror of Skontong Swamp!” from This Magazine Is Haunted #5 (June 1952)

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“The Ouija’s Omen” from The Unexpected #191 (June 1979) In which Steve Bissette brings a little gory unlife into the sorry state of Bronze Age “thriller” comics.

“The Ouija’s Omen” from The Unexpected #191 (June 1979)

In which Steve Bissette brings a little gory unlife into the sorry state of Bronze Age “thriller” comics.

“How Green Was My Alley,” from Tales from the Crypt #36 (June-July 1953)

“How Green Was My Alley,” from Tales from the Crypt #36 (June-July 1953)

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“Strop! You’re Killing Me!” from Tales from the Crypt #37 (September 1953) There are plenty of better EC horror tales than this oh-so-familiar story of a murderous shitheel who gets his ghoulish just desserts, but this one is my all-time favorite by virtue of being my earliest exposure to the publisher’s particular brand of four-color gross-outs. Bill Elder’s art also deserves a mention, as his understated (compared to Wood’s, Ingels’s, or Davis’s) style contrasted beautifully with the final panel’s nasty, shudder-inducing payoff.

“Strop! You’re Killing Me!” from Tales from the Crypt #37 (September 1953)

There are plenty of better EC horror tales than this oh-so-familiar story of a murderous shitheel who gets his ghoulish just desserts, but this one is my all-time favorite by virtue of being my earliest exposure to the publisher’s particular brand of four-color gross-outs.

Bill Elder’s art also deserves a mention, as his understated (compared to Wood’s, Ingels’s, or Davis’s) style contrasted beautifully with the final panel’s nasty, shudder-inducing payoff.

“Capsule!” from Mister Mystery #10 (April 1953)

“Capsule!” from Mister Mystery #10 (April 1953)

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“By the Dawn’s Early Light,” from Tales from the Crypt #42 (July 1954)

“By the Dawn’s Early Light,” from Tales from the Crypt #42 (July 1954)

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“The Taxi Driver,” from Mister Mystery #9 (January 1953)

“The Taxi Driver,” from Mister Mystery #9 (January 1953)

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