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101 Dalmatians
A
The Addams Family
Aladdin
Archie & Jughead
Augie Doggie
Archangel
Arthur & Buster
Akira
Alice in Wonderland
Alfred E. Neuman
Alley Oop
American Splendor
Anastasia
Andy Capp
Angelica Pickles
Aquaman
Arlo and Janis
Asterix
The Atom
The Authority
The Avengers
B
Babs and Buster Bunny
Bambi
The Banana Splits
Batman
Barney
Barnaby
Barney Baxter
Beany and Cecil
The Beast
Beetle Bailey
The Berenstain Bears
Betty Boop
Beauty and the Beast
Battle Angel Alita
Battle Royale
Blade of the Immortal
Blade, Vampire Hunter
Blondie
Bloom County
Bringing Up Father
Bugs Bunny
Bushroot
A Bug's Life
Buz Sawyer
C
Calvin & Hobbes
Captain America
Captain Marvel
Casper, the Friendly Ghost
Caillou
Charlie Brown
Chip n Dale
Cinderella
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Colossus
Conan vs bear
Conan
The Crimson Avenger
The Crow
Cyberchase
Cyclops
D
Daredevil
Daffy Duck
The Defenders
Dennis the Menace (US)
Dennis the Menace & Gnasher (UK)
Dick Tracy
Dilbert
Donald & Daisy Duck
Doonesbury
Dracula
Dragon Ball
Dragon Tales
Dynamo
Dumbo
E
E-Man
Egghead
Elongated Man
Ernie
F
The Fantastic Four
The Far Side
Fantasia
Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
Felix the Cat
The Flash
Flash Gordon
The Flintstones
The Fly
For Better or for Worse
The Fox
The Fox & the Crow
FoxTrot
Frankenstein
Fritz the Cat
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Alchemist
Futurama
G
Garfield
Gasoline Alley
George of the Jungle
Extraordinary League of Gentlemen
George Shrinks
GI Joe
Goofy & Pluto
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost Rider
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Gremlins
The Grinch who stole Christmas
Gunsmith Cats
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Hawkman
Hellboy
Hellblazer
Hellsing
He-Man & the Masters of the Universe
Hellcat
Henry
Herbie
Herb and Jamaal
Hercules
Huey, Dewey & Louie
The Incredible Hulk
The Impossibles
The Human Torch
I
Ice Age
Iceman
Invisible Woman
The Incredibles
Inspector Gadget
Inspector Willoughby
Iron Man
J
Jakers
Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Jean Grey - Pheonix
The Jetsons
Jiminy Cricket
Jonny Quest
Josie & the Pussycats
Jonah Hex
Judge Dredd
Judge Parker
Justice League of America
JSA - Justice Society of America
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Knights of the Galaxy
Krazy Kat
L
Lady and the Tramp
Lady Luck
Li'l Bad Wolf
Land of the Dead
The Legion of Super Heroes
The Little People
Lion King
Lone Wolf and Cub
Looney Tunes
M
Mad magazine
Mandrake the Magician
Marin Manhunter
Maya & Miguel
The Mask
Men in Black (MIB)
The Mighty Crusaders
The Mighty Heroes
The Mighty Thor
Mickey & Minnie Mouse
Miss America
Modesty Blaise
Monsters Inc
Mother Goose & Grimm
Mr Fantastic
The Mystery Men
N
Nancy Drew
Finding Nemo
New Kids On The Block
Naruto
Nausicaa
Nightcrawler
O
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Outland
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Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt was part of Bill Gaines' EC Comics line during the early 1950s. The bi-monthly horror comic, edited by Al Feldstein, began with an issue cover-dated April – May 1950. Over a five-year span, it ran for 30 issues, ending with the February – March 1955 issue.
After early front covers by Feldstein, Johnny Craig and Wally Wood, the remaining covers from 1952 to 1955 were by Jack Davis. The contributing interior artists were Craig, Feldstein, Wood, Davis, George Evans, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, Bernard Krigstein, Will Elder, Fred Peters and Howard Larsen.
Tales from the Crypt originated with a Feldstein story, "Return from the Grave!", in EC's Crime Patrol #15 (December 1949 – January 1950). and Feldstein created the host character, the Crypt-Keeper, with that story. Issue #16 featured more horror tales than crime stories, and with #17, the title changed from Crime Patrol to The Crypt of Terror. It continued as The Crypt of Terror for the next two issues, and the title was finalized as Tales from the Crypt with issue #20 (October – November, 1950). Jack Davis took over the art for the Crypt-Keeper stories with issue #24 (June – July, 1951) and continued as the title's lead artist for the rest of the run. For issue #33, Feldstein devised the Crypt-Keeper's origin story, "Lower Berth!", illustrated by Davis.
In 1955, Gaines and Feldstein intended to reactivate the earlier title, The Crypt of Terror, by adding a fourth book to their three existing horror titles. At the last minute, the idea was dropped, the logo was changed, and the contents was instead published as Tales from the Crypt #46 (February – March, 1955), the final issue. Shortly afterwards, a copy of Tales from the Crypt was used by Fritz Lang as a prop in his film While the City Sleeps (1956).
In 1989, the series was adapted into the TV series Tales from the Crypt, which included comic book covers designed to look like the original 1950s covers. These new covers featured artwork by Mike Vosberg, with at least one drawn by Shawn McManus.
Tales from the Crypt Movie
Tales from the Crypt is a British horror movie, made in 1972 by Amicus Productions. It is a portmanteau film consisting of five separate segments, based on stories from EC Comics. Only two of the stories, however, are actually from EC's Tales from the Crypt. The reason for this, according to Creepy founding editor Russ Jones, is that Amicus producer Milton Subotsky did not own a run of the original EC comic book but instead adapted the movie from the two paperback reprints given to him by Jones: The story "Wish You Were Here" was reprinted in the paperback collection The Vault of Horror (Ballantine, 1965). The other four stories in the movie were among the eight stories reprinted in Tales from the Crypt (Ballantine, 1964).
In the film, five strangers encounter the mysterious Crypt Keeper in a crypt, and he tells each in turn the manner of their death. Amicus Productions' Crypt Keeper is portrayed by an actor, (Ralph Richardson), rather than a puppet as on the 1989-1996 HBO television series of Tales from the Crypt.
The screenplay was adapted into a tie-in novel by Jack Oleck, Tales from the Crypt (Bantam, 1972). Oleck, who wrote the novel Messalina (1950), also scripted for EC's Picto-Fiction titles, Crime Illustrated, Shock Illustrated and Terror Illustrated.
In 1973, a sequel was released, titled The Vault of Horror.
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