Hold your entire collection of Tales from the Crypt comics, or simply display as the intricately detailed statues they are, and return to your first experiences of terrifying reading with your favorite hosts of horror. Similarly clothed in their respective robes of primary red and green, with a crude lantern and a shrunken head held in wait, the pair await their turn to usher you into their vault of dread! Next in line for your bookshelf of woe are The Old Witch and The Vault-Keeper, lurking at a total of 9-inches tall and 6 ¼-inches wide. Poised to recite the tale of his grim origin story Lower Berth, the scene features a sideshow of skeletal ventriloquism sure to terrify and delight you! Total height reaches 8 1/2-inches tall and 6 ⅜-inches wide with all the gory details.

The first of your titular hosts up for viewing is The Crypt-Keeper, garbed in his iconic blue tattered tunic. Expertly sculpted by Chris Dahlberg, with prototyping and paint by JW Productions, immerse yourself in the horrific stories you love with these immaculately crafted bookends! Relive your EC Comics nostalgia with Dark Horse Direct’s exclusive new bookend set! One half has The Crypt-Keeper ready to tell you a new tale of terror and the other holds The Vault-Keeper and The Old Witch keeping the dead at bay. But Guts won't take his fate lying down he'll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned - and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death.or vengeance.“This is the Crypt-Keeper, ready with another of my Tales of Horror! So sit down on the tanbark floor, and I’ll begin the blood-curdling yarn…!” – The Crypt-Keeper Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Not for the squeamish or the easily offended, Berserk asks for no quarter - and offers none

Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is manga mayhem to the extreme - violent, horrifying, and mercilessly funny - and the wellspring for the internationally popular anime series.

Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura