Here's a Halloween treat...no trick for you guys!
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The centerfold from Monster Times #10, featuring the original, unpublished version of the cover for EC's Tales from the Crypt #38 (1953) by Jack Davis!
The published version was censored by EC itself because of the ongoing Seduction of the Innocent "comics cause juvenile delinquency" mania sweeping the US at the time...
...and, while this one is fairly scary, the original was waaaaaay gorier!
Here's the original art for the uncensored, unpublished version...
Note the rubber cement stains on the lower right-hand side of the art!
That's because this "patch" was pasted over that area...
...resulting in this toned-down version...
That's because this "patch" was pasted over that area...
...which was then photographed at the printer and colored!
When the Monster Times presented this never-seen version, they also arranged to help release it (along with another censored EC cover)...
...as posters!
For the record, this is the published version of the Vault of Horror cover shown above...
Trivia: the reprints of these issues of Tales and Vault both use the uncensored versions of these covers!
Bonus: Here's the advertised Tales from the Crypt poster in all its gory glory!
(Compare it with the published cover at the top of this post!)
This concludes our Countdown to Halloween 2023 presentation!
We hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as we did sharing it with you!
Amazing art. Definitely one that would catch your eye! Happy Halloween!
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