I've been a fan of Tales from the Crypt since I was little kid, mostly due to reruns of the HBO show that scared the ever-living-daylights out of me. Because of the brand's rebirth in the late 1980s and 1990s Tales from the Crypt was the first thing I looked for when a comic book shop open up near my house. I think I spooked the owner a little bit as an eight-year-old searching for horror comics and not for something a bit lighter and more age-appropriate.
I noticed a few other classmates had this same experience though - enjoying a well known title after it's rebirth in the 1980s or 1990s. It's a really cool wave effect after the CCA lost a lot of it's power. It some ways it's a perfect symbol of the revival of comics, old titles and new, during those years.
Oh and for those who liked those comics but don't know a lot about horror film CreepShow (1982) was a horror-comedy film done very much in the spirit of the Tales from the Crypt / Vault of Horror. It was a collaborative work between Stephen King and George Romero who were probably greatly influenced by the EC comics of the 1950s.
Did I mention you can also buy really awesome hard-cover reprints of the old EC comics now?
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