The Vault of Horror Comics Price Guide

Value of The Vault of Horror Comics

EC Comics were responsible for some of the greatest horror comics of the 1950s.

With unparalleled quality of writing and art, and by setting the bar super-high on blood, guts, gore and terrifying concepts,

The Vault of Horror was groundbreaking.

This series essentially created the horror comics genre.

Sales of superhero comics plummeted, as comic buyers flocked to gory, grisly crime, suspense, science fiction and horror comics.

Tons of companies jumped on EC's bandwagon. They attempted to outdo each other by increasing the graphic violence, bondage and undead content.

Crime titles got more and more grisly.

Eventually, this led to the Comics Code Authority essentially banning this kind of content. The Golden Age of Horror was over.

We break down The Vault of Horror issue by issue, with record sales, minimum values and average prices.

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The Vault of Horror Comics Values

Vault of Horror #12
Classic torture cover

Lowest price $450

Average price $3,600

Record price $31,300

One of the EC Comics which set records when the Gaines file copies came to market. Very popular in any shape.

Ties with Crypt of Terror for the first horror comics series.

The Vault of Horror #15

Lowest price $80

Average price $500

Record price $3,150

The Vault of Horror comic #18

Lowest price $60

Average price $500

Record price $3,600

The Vault of Horror Comics #21

Lowest price $80

Average price $500

Record price $4,500

The Vault of Horror #22
Frankenstein's monster cover story

Lowest price $80

Average price $400

Record price $1,850

Publishers were always looking for royalty-free content. Frankenstein, published by Mary Shelley in the 19th century, was grist to the mill.

The Vault of Horror #25

Lowest price $80

Average price $450

Record price $2,900

The Vault of Horror #28

Lowest price $60

Average price $400

Record price $5,000

The Vault of Horror Comics #31

Lowest price $40

Average price $200

Record price $2,000

The Vault of Horror Comics #32
Original cover image was censored prior to publication

Lowest price $200

Average price $600

Record price $2,600

The original image for the cover featured a meat cleaver sunk into the head of the man entering the door. Gaines' attorney insisted that it was censored.

A strange decision, given how many graphic covers EC had already published, but the wind was blowing in the direction of the Comics Code Authority by now.

In hindsight, I bet Gaines wished he had published the original!

See below for the a proof of the original version with axe in place.

The Vault of Horror #35
Classic Christmas cover

Lowest price $500

Average price $1,700

Record price $9,000

Everybody knows that Christmas is a stressful season. People cope in different ways.

Some of us drink too much. Some of us eat too much. Some of us reach for the axe...

The Vault of Horror comic #38

Lowest price $60

Average price $300

Record price $9,000

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