The Vault Keeper
Cobblestones, jacarandas, and the loudest bells in the Americas.
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Cobblestones, jacarandas, and the loudest bells in the Americas. The editors’ note placed it here on the basis of three criteria: durability across re-reads (or re-watches, or re-plays), influence on the entries that came after it, and the degree to which it could only have been made by the person — or team — who made it.
In the comparative table maintained by the Places desk, The Vault Keeper sits within a band of 7 – 13 that contains some of the most contested swaps of the year. Editors vote with arguments; a swap requires three editors and one written defense.
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The Vault of Horror is an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series that was published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955 created by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. The magazine began in March 1948 as War Against Crime. It continued under this title for 11 issues before becoming The Vault of Horror with issue #12. The comic ran for 29 issues until being discontinued after issue #40.
