Tales from the Crypt, Vol. 1: Issues 1-6 (The EC Archives) by Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Tales from the Crypt, Vol. 1: Issues 1-6 (The EC Archives)
Book Review: A REAL TALE TO TELL !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Never imagined i would get a chance to read the EC collections of Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, Shock Suspenstories etc, that too in good quality bound volumes in glorious color on art pages.All are real collector items. A good investment to treasure and re-read on lonely rainy nights. Review: Ahhhh, Now This Is A Comic!Summary: 5 Stars I remember reading the Tales From The Crypt Comics when I was in high school. I've been looking for these for a long time! When I got the archives I read it all in 1 night! These comics are what it's all about! Having several comics all under one cover is a major plus!
Book Review: Crypt Keeper would be proud
Summary: 5 Stars
A fantastic, high quality reproduction from the golden age of horror comics,any fan of pre-code horror comics will not be disapointedBook Review: Derivative, formulaic, generally awful.
Summary: 1 Stars
I really was looking forward to this volume, especially based on the praise it has garnered in the reviews from Amazon shoppers here.
To be honest, this stuff is simply awful. Anyone who thinks these tales were "ahead of their time" doesn't know much about the history of either horror stories in general, or the comics industry. The drawing is often amateurish, with no real attempt made to place characters in realistic historical costuming. The plots are derived from stuff that was hoary with age even in the early 1950's, including a pastiche of F. Marion Crawford and a ghost ship. Stories rely heavily on plot device, unbelievable coincidences, and a very tired "twist" approach to endings which severely limited what could actually be done in terms of creative storytelling. I'd always understood that EC was the motivator for the comics industry getting cleaned up by congress, but it certainly wasn't due to anything in this comics collection. There is far better cutting-edge horror out there, and there even was better stuff than this from this time period. None of this would scare a six year-old, let alone someone looking for an adult-level chill.
Book Review: Dream Come True for Horror Comic Fans
Summary: 5 Stars
This first volume of Tales From the Crypt comics is absolutely fantastic. The art reproduction, the recoloring - everything - is perfect. The size of the book is also larger than I expected; I believe it's a full 8 1/2" x 11", which I think is the size of the original EC comics themselves. Given that this series of E.C. archival books cost exactly the same as the D.C. archival comics (which are smaller in size) the value of these editions is all the more apparent.