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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Gladstone
Title: Tales from the Crypt
Page Count: 68
Genre: Crime, Horror-suspense
Era: Copper
Cover Price: 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
Cover Date: May 1991
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Country: United States
A violinist visits his old mentor in Transylvania (will people never learn?). He's hunting a reported werewolf to build his own personal fame, but there's a problem. Don't wolves hunt in packs?; Blanche is terrified by reports of a maniacal killer on the loose. She suspects everybody, so she'd better kill them all, just in case.; Frank and Earl conspire to kill a vampire, and manage to find its coffin. Frank thinks morning is coming soon, so the vampire will have to be in its coffin. But, Frank just arrived in town from a different time zone and forgot to re-set his watch. It turns out morning won't be coming for a while.; Poor Chet. His no-good brother Leon keeps sponging off him, forcing Chet to put off marriage to his fiancee. Then, Leon decides to help himself to the fiancee, prompting her suicide. Chet decides he has to give Leon one more present: a hood ornament for his car. Leon's head will do nicely.; Pedro is not a nice guy; he hunts humans. Then, after a hunt, he always demands that his servant pour him a nice hot bath "to wash off the filth" from his prey. So one day, his servant adds a little something to Pedro's bath. Piranhas. Ouch.; Jim Ward tries to be a good father. But, his son Paul continues to get into trouble, eventually growing into a life of crime. What is a father to do? Oh, I know! Find a way to keep Paul at home...; Ed has finally tracked down Marty, the man who stole his woman and his money. Ed plans to shoot Marty in his diner, but Marty has a plan. He stalls for time, knowing a policeman will be along soon for his usual late-night snack. When the cop arrives outside, Ed realizes he's been tricked and Marty taunts him mercilessly. Then, just before the officer can enter the diner, a speeding car roars by and the cop reluctantly has to chase after it. Poor Marty.; Ed's marriage to Mae is on the rocks. He's sick of her, and falling in love with pretty young Alma. Ed plans to murder Mae until he meets Alma's fiance, a strapping young man. A despondent Ed heads for home, resigned to spending his life with Mae. However, it turns out Mae has been planning a little murder, too.