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Issue: Haunt of Fear #18
Publication Date: March 1953
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Issues: #18 of 28 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (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
Writer(s): ?
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 #18 published April 1953
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 [Direct] published October 1990
as The Haunt of Fear #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #2 [Newsstand] published November 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1992 published January 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #18 published February 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #31 published November 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ray Bradbury

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Photo and biography of Ray Bradbury.
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Pipe Down!

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); Andrew (Lila's husband); a monkey (reincarnation of Andrew); a Policeman; Lila (villain, death); Howard (villain, oil-burner company employee, Lila's boyfriend)
Synopsis: A young woman marries an old man with a penchant for pipe smoking and poetry for his money and quickly grows tired of him, then she meets a young man and they plot to push him down the stairs as though it were accidental. After he dies, she buys a monkey as a pet that was born the same day her husband was killed. Howard wants to get married immediately but Lila says to wait a year....but when Howard starts finding clues to Lila possibly having an affiar, and she denies it, he murders her and is arrested. Meanwhile, the monkey settles back in the easy chair with a pipe and a book of poetry.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1989 published January 1989
as En apestrek [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 [Direct] published October 1990
as Pipe Down! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #2 [Newsstand] published November 1991
as Pipe Down! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #18 published February 1997
as Pipe Down! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, formerly Albert B. Feldstein.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Bedtime Gory!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Penciller(s): George Evans (signed)
Inker(s): George Evans (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)
Synopsis: A woman buys a stretch rack for her husband when he reveals that he killed her wealthy father so as to appear it was an accident, and then married her for her money and not for love.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 published January 1987
as Sengeuhygge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 [Direct] published October 1990
as Bedtime Gory! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #2 [Newsstand] published November 1991
as Bedtime Gory! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #18 published February 1997
as Bedtime Gory! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Decision!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #2 [Newsstand] published November 1991
as Decision! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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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Pot-Shot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); the Prince; the King
Synopsis: This grim fairy tale relates the story of a prince who gets the king to pay him a yearly allowance of what he weighs in gold. In order to be as heavy as can be, he swallows lead shot to get his already fat frame close to almost 500 pounds. As he urges the carriage faster and faster to arrive at his new castle, the brakes are thrown suddenly and the shot explodes out of him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1989 published January 1989
as Kulemagen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 [Direct] published October 1990
as Pot-Shot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #2 [Newsstand] published November 1991
as Pot-Shot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #18 published February 1997
as Pot-Shot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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The Black Ferris!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Bradbury; Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation)
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); two boys; rich woman; thief (villain)
Synopsis: Two boys witness a ferris wheel at a creepy carnival that can make time go forwards or backwards for the rider depending on which way the wheel spins. A man tries to take advantage of this by riding the wheel backwards 24 times until he is a 10 year boy and then posing as an orphan in order to find and steal a kindly old woman's money who has taken him in. He plans to then ride the wheel forwards 24 times so no one will ever find the culprit. The boys tell the woman, but are not believed, so they wait until the man is on the ferris wheel and sends it into the future....with amazing results.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Vault of Horror #2 [Direct] published October 1990
as The Black Ferris! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1993 published January 1993
as Pariserhjulet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRay Bradbury Comics #2 published April 1993
as The Black Ferris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe X-Files Comics Digest #2 published April 1996
as The Black Ferris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #18 published February 1997
as The Black Ferris! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #31 published November 2005
as Det svarte pariserhjulet [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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