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Issue: Haunt of Fear #20
Publication Date: July 1953
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Issues: #20 of 28 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Inker(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #20 published August 1953
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1991 published January 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #20 published August 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Thump Fun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Inker(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Luther Courtney (death); Gilbert Courtney (Luther's brother, death); three detectives (in flashback); three Policemen; Marvin Courtney (villain, brother of Luther)
Synopsis: A murderer thinks he is like the character in Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart", imagining he hears a heartbeat in the walls, but after police examine the area they find his older brother's corpse. When the youngest brother admits to slaying the eldest brother for the family inheritance and burying the body in the cellar, the police dig it up, and it is revealed to be missing its heart.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6 [1988] published January 1988
as Bank i bordet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #20 published August 1997
as Thump Fun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, formerly Albert B. Feldstein.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Cover story.

Some of the story is told in flashback.
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Terror Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Penciller(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Inker(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault-Keeper's E.C. Classic
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Gloria; Ralph (Gloria's husband)
Synopsis: Gloria was in a cab, running away from her husband Ralph...heading toward the train station and the train that would take her away from this man whom she thought was trying to poison her. Seated on the train, she imagined him at every turn, remembering the $25,000 insurance policies Ralph had taken out on them both, and then remembered that poison bottle he had brought home. A series of events following end when she awakens in her berth on the train, then sees Ralph with an attendant in a white coat, who takes her off to a nice house with bars on it so that Ralph can never get to her again!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagVault of Horror #12 published April 1950
was Terror Train [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Tasty Dish!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): Marie Severin
Colorist(s): Marie Severin ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Old Witch's Niche
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bloody Sure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)
Inker(s): Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Jeb; Hiram Cottson (Anna's 1st husband, in flashback, death); Phil Crane (Anna's 2nd husband, in flashback, death); Hank Morton (Anna's 4th husband, in flashback, death); Anna Hodes (death); Anna's son (death); Waldo Buckly (villain, Anna's last husband, a vampire)
Synopsis: A man marries a woman the townsfolk warn him away from because, after her previous five husbands sicken and die, they think she is a vampire. It turns out her child has a rare blood disorder and she has been performing transfusions upon the men as they slept at night. The man knows she isn't a vampire because he is in fact one, and he drains both her and the child's blood.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7 [1988] published January 1988
as Blod til lyst [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #20 published August 1997
as Bloody Sure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich, per Al Felstein.

Script revisions by Craig Delich.
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Hyde and Go Shriek!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host)
Synopsis: A chemist strings along a rich admirer of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde who is willing to pay to have such a personality altering formula recreated. The joke is on the chemist when he ingests the formula he comes up, thinking that it's a placebo, but it actually does work and he loses control of himself and murders his girlfriend.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1992 published January 1992
as Baksmell! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #20 published August 1997
as Hyde and Go Shriek! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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