#31

Synopsis

Two men aboard a cargo ship are bored until they get the idea to build a rat trap and ask the Captain to have a barrel built with a platform in the middle of it and a run off down the center. They fill it with water and attach a teeter to the rim with some food attached to the end of it so that when a rat attempts to get it, it falls into the water and swims to the platform. When another rat approaches and falls into the drink, they bet on which rat will survive the bloody struggle for the platform. Later, when their ship sinks, two find out that humans are not much different from rats!

Reprinted in

• EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn]
• Tales from the Crypt #1
• Tales from the Crypt #15
• Phantastische Geschichten #2
• Iskalde Grøss #2/1989
• Iskalde Grøss #1/1990
• Iskalde Grøss #4/1990
• Tales from the Crypt #31
• Der beste Horror aller Zeiten #[nn]
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3— Reprinted in black and white.
• Tales from the Crypt #1
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #4— Reprinted in black and white.
• EC Classics #1
• Den store skrækbog #[nn]
• EC Portfolio #6
• Foul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! #[nn]
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #13— Reprinted in black and white.
• Skræk #4
• Skræk #5
• Skræk #6
• Tales from the Crypt #3
• Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Clásicos del Terror de EC #3
• Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[1]
• Horreur - une anthologie en bandes dessinées #[nn]— N&B [B&W]
• Tales from the Crypt #3
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #36— Reprinted in black and white.
• The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt #3
• Artisan Edition #[16]

Credits

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels

Inks

Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels

Colours

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editor

Al Feldstein

Co-plot

Bill Gaines

Co-plot, script

Al Feldstein

Draws himself

Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, Johnny Craig

Managing editor

Bill Gaines