Tales from the Crypt #2: Can You Fear Me Now? Book

I was able to garner the rest of the collection (sans #1, which I borrowed from my local library) from Goodreads.com! What a boon that site has become for me.

I got turned onto this series while a substitute teacher for 5th Grade at Ross ES here in Lancaster, PA when a young lady was reading the Dead, Stinky Kid book as part of her Independent Reading time! It is such a kick that the types of comics that spawned Dr. Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent" witch hunt campaign vs. comic books are being read openly in school. I once had an officer (I was a career enlisted), who upon noticing that I was never without a book, usually of the pulp fiction stripe, remark, "Well, I suppose that any reading is better than no reading, eh, Petty Officer Chandler?" You got that right, sir! In an age when kids hate to read, getting them to read anything is preferable!

The stories, while somewhat formulaic, have been updated to reflect a modern audience. For instance, one story refers to the practice of "slabbing" old, valuable comic books. Another is a take on a story that I read in an Atlas/Marvel reprint from the 1970s involving suicide & its aftermath. Still, it was a quick, enjoyable read as I spent my day at GWES as a substitute teacher.