#37

Synopsis

A doctor rigs up an elaborate hoax to convince his heart specialist friend that his theory of awareness immediately after death could be true by pretending to poison him but really only administering an anesthetic. When the heart specialist fails to come out from it, they realize he truly is dead, and since the story is told in first person, it confirms the doctor's theory of awareness beyond death since the end of the story reveals that the heart specialist died of a heart attack upon ingesting the supposed poisoned brandy and subsequently relates everything he perceives.

Reprinted in

• Tales from the Crypt #[nn]
• EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn]
• Tales from the Crypt #21
• De vloek van de volle maan #[nn]
• Iskalde Grøss #1/1989
• Iskalde Grøss #2/1989
• Iskalde Grøss #1/1990
• Iskalde Grøss #3/1992
• Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt #[nn]
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #4— Reprinted in black and white.
• EC Classics #1
• Iskalde Grøss #7 [1988]
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #7— Reprinted in black and white.
• Tales from the Crypt #37
• Gysertimen #1
• Skræk #1
• Tales from the Crypt #4
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #18— Reprinted in black and white.
• Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #4
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #19— Reprinted in black and white.
• Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[1]
• I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #2
• I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #3
• Tales from the Crypt #4
• The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt #4

Credits

Pencils

Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Bill Elder, Graham Ingels

Inks

Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Bill Elder, Graham Ingels

Colours

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editor

Al Feldstein

Co-plot

Bill Gaines

Co-plot, script

Al Feldstein

Managing editor

Bill Gaines