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Issue: Haunt of Fear #4
Publication Date: November 1950
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Issues: #4 of 28 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/10/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 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 the 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset); a mummy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #18 [4] published December 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 published August 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1994 published January 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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The Hunchback!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels
Inker(s): Graham Ingels
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Roger Compton; Peter Goglo (death); Henry Gordon (doctor); the Ghoul (villain, death)
Synopsis: Roger is visiting a small town and runs into an old college chum of his, Peter Goglo......a man whom the town's people claim to be a ghoul. In fact, the man has a ghoulish undeveloped twin growing out of his back that is a flesh eater.......a ghoul that eventually kills its host!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 published August 1993
as The Hunchback! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1994 published January 1994
as Pukkelryggen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Fire

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): unnamed man's wife (death); un-named man (villain, death)
Synopsis: A man has developed a super-powerful fire-bomb.....a bomb he intends to use to kill his wife for her insurance money as well as the surrounding populace. But fate has a real shock and surprise for him!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 published August 1993
as Fire [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tunnel of Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Linda Cross (Paul's sister, death); El Jefe (Policeman); Paul Cross (villain)
Synopsis: Linda Cross takes her brother Paul south of the border for relaxation to forestall a nervous breakdown. Unfortunately for Linda, it happens anyway, and Paul gives in to his ghoulish desires.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 published August 1993
as The Tunnel of Terror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Cunning

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): Herr Kanzler (villain, camp commandant, death)
Synopsis: The Camp was considered to be THE model concentration camp used by the Nazis. Now, the Gestapo Detachment had abandoned it and it was literally being destroyed by Allied aircraft with only the now blind Kanzler still there. Determined to make himself safe from the bombing, he decides to find safety in the gas chamber.....not the wisest move!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): ? (masthead)
Inker(s): ? (masthead)
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
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The Living Mummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
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 Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Professor Arnold Zamron (scientist, death); Stevens (Zamron's assistant, death); Krause (Zamron's assistant, death); The Mummy (villain)
Synopsis: Three scientists succeed in reviving a mummy who then proceeds to kill two of them with the third running over a cliff in a panic.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7 [1988] published January 1988
as Den levende mumien [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 published August 1993
as The Living Mummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner F. Fox
Penciller(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood [as Wood] (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); Billy Johnson (Jon's friend, death, seen also in spirit form); Jim (horror magazine editor); Jon Wayland (artist, rises from dead)
Synopsis: An artist in desperate financial straights shoves a man's face into a vat of etching acid in order to acquire his paints. Before he dies, he curses the artist to keep painting up to the point he drops dead... and beyond.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1991 published January 1991
as Mannen fra graven! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 published August 1993
as Man From the Grave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #2 published August 2012
as Man from the Grave [Story on Interior Page(s)]black-and-white reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

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