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Tales from the Crypt 1991 #5 - back issue - $10.00

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Type: Back Issues

Zach is a good guy and an honest butcher, but all this rationing is making it hard to stay in business. So, he turns to selling his best meat on the black market. But, what can he sell to his regular customers? Aha! He begins buying horse meat and selling it off as steak. But, one batch of horse meat is tainted and a few customers die of food poisoning. And, as it turns out, Zach's son was having dinner at the house of one of them. When their son dies, Zach's wife isn't too happy about it. So, she ensures the shop has plenty of meat on the shelves the next morning. Zach meat.

When a construction company's shoddy workmanship causes several deaths, one of the leading partners is arrested, ironically the only honest partner. Unrepentant, the others board a plane on the way to a new job. But, the nighttime flight in bad weather comes to an end when the plane gets tangled in cables strung between two mountains. Wait a minute, those aren't cables. It's a very big spider-web! And a very big spider!

Lou and Gus can only be described as extreme gamblers. When they both survive a round a Russian roulette, they decide to play a game of chop poker. Lose a hand, lose your hand. And arm. And leg...

Milo and Rene are circus performers, whose big act is when Rene puts herself at risk of being crushed by Milo's pet elephant, Emma. Milo really wants to divorce Rene but she refuses to allow it, so he ensures the next act goes wrong and Emma kills Rene. As a result, the elephant is destroyed and Milo is free to marry his mistress. But, Rene and Emma have one more act to perform. Zombie elephant. Cool.

Vic and Joe are biologists who work in the same lab. Longtime friends, they're both horrified when Joe trips and accidentally injects Vic with Black Plague. Vic goes for a walk, then stops by Joe's house to commiserate with him. But, Joe's not home, and when the phone rings, Vic answers. It's Joe, who wastes no time gloating that the "accident" was intentional, revenge for Vic always getting credit for discoveries. So, Vic tracks Joe down and kills him. Only then does he find the note explaining it was all just a joke meant to lighten the mood in the lab. It IS April 1st, after all.

Good-for-nothing Carl has a plan. He'll murder his twin sister, Cynthia, and her rich husband. Then, he'll take her place in disguise and inherit the whole estate. It's a good plan, and it looks like he'll pull it off. Right until he's seen casually strolling into the men's room at a restaurant.

Alma takes care of frail old Ms. Sanford. Then, Luke shows up and weasels his way into the household, romancing Alma and planning to steal the old lady's money. Alma and Luke continue to butter up Ms. Sanford until she finally puts them in her will. Now, it's time for her to die. Luke puts a bomb into a box and mails it to Ms. Sanford, setting the timer just right. But, the old lady actually died the night before, and the post office returns the package to Luke and Alma just in time for the big boom.

Jerry married Mona for her money, and they both know it. On a road trip to Florida, Jerry meets pretty, young Jane. That pretty much makes Mona expendable and Jerry kills her. He ties weights to her body and dumps her into a nearby lake, later claiming that she left him after an argument. But, Jerry doesn't realize that the area is a popular tourist destination. One big attraction is tours of the lake. With glass-bottom boats. It doesn't take long for Mona to be found.

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