Crypt of Shadows

    (Marvel, 1973-1975)
™ and ©1973 Marvel Entertainment Group

Crypt of Shadows was one of the many horror titles Marvel published in the early 1970s. The Comics Code had relaxed its earlier prohibitions against depicting monsters and ghouls, giving Marvel a chance to reprint ream of material which had lain fallow for years.

The series started out on a strong note, reprinting the classic “Midnight on Black Mountain” from Adventures into Terror #7. Unfortunately, the stories that followed were not compelling enough to win the necessary readers away from DC. The 1970s were tough times in the horror comic business, and Crypt of Shadows fell victim to the inevitable shake-out.
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#2 (All reprints plus new cover by Jim Starlin)

March, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
2 copies available from $3.50 		Stan LeeDick Briefer, Joe Maneely, Brown, Gantz, Bill Everett
#3

May, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
3 copies available from $15.00 		Stan LeePaul Reinman, Marty Elkin, Jim Mooney, Mike Sekowsky
#4

July, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
4 copies available from $7.50 		Hank ChapmanCarmine Infantino, Bill Benulis, Hy Rosen
#5

September, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $35.00 		Carl WesslerSol Brodsky, Jim Mooney, Robert Sale
#6

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
2 copies available from $6.95 		 Bill Everett, Paul Reinman
#8

January, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $5.25 		 Mort Lawrence, Sheldon Moldoff, Vernon Henkel, Paul Hodge
#9

March, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
2 copies available from $4.00 		 Dick Ayers, Mort Lawrence, Chuck Winter
#10

May, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $7.50 		 Everett Raymond Kinstler, Paul Reinman
#11

July, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $5.00 		 Russ Heath, Bernie Krigstein, Mike Sekowsky, Allen Bellman
#13

October, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
5 copies available from $12.95 		Stan Lee, Larry LieberSteve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Doug Wildey, Vince Colletta, Joe Maneely
#14

November, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $2.50 		  
#15

January, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $14.95 		Stan Lee, John Romita Sr.John Romita Sr.
#17

May, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $8.65 		  
#18

July, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $5.25 		 Jack Kirby
#21

November, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $20.00 		 Bill Benulis