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Vault of Horror #27, page 1

Artist: Jack Davis (All)

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Title:	Vault of Horror #27, page 1
Artist:	Jack Davis (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	290
Likes on CAF:	20 21
Comments:	21
Added to Site:	4/3/2025
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Classic Jack Davis EC splash from the story "People who live in Brass Hearses" from Vault of Horror #27. This is Davis hitting on all cylinders and the Crypt Keeper is all original art.

Jack Davis was one of the mainstays at EC, working on all of the books, but the Horror books is where he really shined. I've been looking for a nice example and this one fit the bill very nicely.

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E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/3/2025

I love how casual you are about this. "I've been looking for a nice example" so I just went out and picked up this EC title page. Are you kidding me right now? LOL! Seriously though, just a phenomenal Davis page. I can't get over how incredibly lush the inks are on this magnificent page. Congrats sir!

Abraham Martinez
Member Since 2014

Posted on 4/3/2025

Man, Jack Davis work is beautiful!!! I have the EC Covers artist edtion and I can stare at his work all day long.

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

Posted on 4/3/2025

so damn cool. an incredible EC horror title page and with Crypt Keeper! Jack Davis and EC horror were a match made in heaven (scrach that, in hell!). congrats!

Steven biali001
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/3/2025

Great splash from a legendary artist and publisher!

Brian Boggs
Member Since 2003

Posted on 4/3/2025

This is "terrorific"...super congrats

DC's Showcase
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/3/2025

Davis is one of the GOAT. Almost nothing better than EC splashes, congrats!

Chris K.
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/3/2025

Love. This!

Rob Pistella
Member Since 2005
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Posted on 4/3/2025

Fantastic page with lovely inks and an iconic image of the Crypt- Keeper!!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/3/2025

The EC splashes do a great deal of the work to set up the macabre tone of the story and Jack Davis was a true master of the craft. The Cryptkeeper looks so decrepit while taking such glee in presenting the horrors that await! The Davis innocent kids look like they came off the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/3/2025

What Marcus said - Sweet!

Stephen F
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/3/2025

A magnificent page. Nobody could beat Davis for horror.

Michael One Minute Later
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/3/2025

A winner of a splash!

Felix Lu
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/4/2025

Pretty much a perfect Davis EC title page. Congrats, Ron...you win again!

Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012

Posted on 4/4/2025

They say people look like their dog. Jack Davis decided that Hearse drivers used to look like their horses.

Not enough great words left to say for any surviving EC pages, let alone splashes such as this. It's magnificent.

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/4/2025

Steven Dilworth wrote:

They say people look like their dog.� Jack Davis decided that Hearse drivers used to look like their horses.

Not enough great words left to say for any surviving EC pages, let alone splashes such as this.� It's magnificent.

That's a combined work related medical condition you are mocking. A combination of hearse head and horse head.

Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012

Posted on 4/4/2025

Peter Sullivan wrote:

That's a combined work related medical condition you are mocking. A combination of hearse head and horse head.

A hearse is a hearse, of curse, of curse...

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/4/2025

Sockamagee!

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/4/2025

Excellent!!!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/4/2025

Wow! There's a terrible joke piece of word play but I can forgive it.

Phill R
Member Since 2010

Posted on 4/10/2025

Classic indeed, incredible Davis!!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 5/21/2025

Jack Davis was one of the greatest comic artists ever. And there's not a lot of his work that's available. But this title page for The Crypt of Horror is a classic example of his superlative talent. I love his drawing of the Crypt Keeper at the top of the page. From his bad teeth to his limp, unwashed hair, he exemplifies the horror that is about to be told. Love the second panel as well, with the intricately detailed Hearse being pulled by the very tired-looking mare. Jack's use of thick blacks throughout his panels gives them a strong sense of dread and darkness. His elaborate crosshatching and detail work makes his art stand out in every publication he contributed to. Great pick-up, congrats!

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