Carnivorous Mermaids and Vampire Child with Polio?

June 16, 2015 2:38 PM

I can't remember this horror comic magazine, though I feel like it may have had a connection to the publishers of Mad! Magazine, William Gaines probably? Pretty sure it wasn't Tales from the Crypt. The above stories in the title are the most memorable.
posted by percor to Society & Culture (3 answers total)

The three horror titles published by William Gaines and Al Feldstein of EC Comics were Tales from the Crypt (formerly The Crypt of Terror), The Haunt of Fear and The Vault of Horror. Unfortunately, the brief story descriptions you've given aren't ringing a bell for either me or Wikipedia.
posted by Faint of Butt at 2:44 PM on June 16, 2015

Best answer: I believe you're thinking of Monsters Attack, published by the same publisher as Cracked, so you were close.

http://ditko.blogspot.com/2008/08/monsters-attack-1-1989.html
http://www.halloweenforum.com/archive/index.php/t-71379.html

I may still have it somewhere, though I think it got thrown out in a move.
posted by Candleman at 3:00 PM on June 16, 2015

Best answer: The vampire story is Boy Vampire.
posted by Candleman at 3:12 PM on June 16, 2015