Originally Posted by
The Lucky One
Just a quick warning to completionists like myself: in addition to the 30 issues of Crypt of Terror/Tales from the Crypt and 29 issues of Vault of Horror that EC published, issues 15 and 16 of Crime Patrol (which became Crypt of Terror with issue 17) and issues 10 and 11 of War Against Crime! (which became Vault of Horror with issue 12) each contain one Crypt Keeper/Vault Keeper story — tryouts, basically, which were successful enough to retitle the series and shift their focus from crime to horror.
I bring it up only because the TftC and VoH archives do NOT reprint these four proto-stories. So if you’re a madman/woman who wants ALL of the EC horror material, in addition to the archives, you’d want reprints of Crime Patrol 15 and 16 and War Against Crime 10 and 11. (Personally, I got the Gemstone softcover reprints that collect five issues apiece.)