This horror anthology TV show was actually based on a comic series by EC Comics. Entertaining Comics, better known as EC Comics and the publisher of Mad magazine, published Tales from the Crypt as a bi-monthly horror comic from 1950 to 1955. It was one of three horror anthology titles published by EC. The first of 27 issues with the Tales from the Crypt title was #20 as the series went through four other titles for issues #1-20.