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Issue: Haunt of Fear #17 [3]
Publication Date: September 1950
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Issues: #17 [3] of 28 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/25/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Gaines [as William M. Gaines]; Al Feldstein (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch; The Vault-Keeper; The Crypt-Keeper
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 [3] published October 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #3 published May 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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Nightmare!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): A Psychological Study
Character(s): John Severin (construction engineer, death); Dr. Froyd (psychiatrist); Paul (construction worker)
Synopsis: A construction engineer has recurring dreams of being buried alive, so he visits a psychiatrist. Dr. Froyd interprets these dreams as subconscious indications of being 'buried under work'. The engineer resolves to inspect the concrete moldings of the latest project before taking his summer vacation. He doses off briefly, but when he comes to, finds they have begun pouring the concrete, and, believing this to be yet another dream, begins to laugh and makes no attempt to escape.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #3 published May 1993
as Nightmare! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1994 published January 1994
as Mareritt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Television Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): A Journey Into the Supernatural
Character(s): Al Hunt (death); Martha Babbit; Professor John Poltergeist (member of the London Society of Psychic Research, death)
Synopsis: A television personality, Al Hunt, broadcasts live from a haunted house --- a house in which the original owner, Mr. Creedmore, and subsequent inhabitants, all were found dead, hanging from the same beam in an upstairs bedroom. With cameras rolling, he enters the house with a famed psychic, allowing the viewing public the chance to judge for themselves.......they have quite a show in store for them!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8/1991 published January 1991
as Fjernsynsfantomer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #3 published May 1993
as Television Terror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Said by Ghost story expert, Barbara Roden, story based on Robert Arthur's 'The Believers' (Weird Tales, July 1941; also published as 'Do You Believe in Ghosts?').

Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Repeat Performance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein ? (masthead illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Carstairs; insane killer (villain)
Synopsis: Carstairs awakes from a scary and frightening dream.....a dream so real that he literally shakes with fear. Then, the dream becomes a reality!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Monster Maker!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels
Inker(s): Graham Ingels
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): A Scientific SuspenStory
Character(s): unnamed doctor at London Hospital; Whitsly (Ravenscar's assistant, death, brain transplanted into dead body to live again); Dr. John Ravenscar (villain, London Hospital Chief Surgeon, death)
Synopsis: Dr. Ravenscar intends to transplant the brain of an ape into a human body, but the assistant drops it. Enraged, Dr. Ravenscar uses the assistant's brain instead, but the assistant gets his revenge by luring the doctor out of an open window over the sea cliff.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #3 published May 1993
as Monster Maker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Old Witch's Niche
Character(s): The Old Witch
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: With illustrated title header.

Letters printed from Miss Barbara Williams, Wallace E. Gatesp, The Vault-Keeper and The Crypt-Keeper.
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Horror Beneath the Streets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (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); Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein; The Vault-Keeper; The Crypt-Keeper
Synopsis: The three GhouLunatics accost Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein as they are finishing up an issue of Modern Love and closing shop for the night. The Old Witch chases them into the sewer where the Crypt Keeper forces Bill Gaines to sign a contract, the Vault Keeper forces Al Feldstein to sign one and the Old Witch gets her comic book deal in exchange for agreeing to let Al and Bill out of the sewer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #3 published May 1993
as Horror Beneath the Streets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Features all three Ghoulunatics, Bill Gaines, and Al Feldstein.

Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

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