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Issue: Haunt of Fear #23
Publication Date: January 1954
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Issues: #23 of 28 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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 #23 published May 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #15 published July 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Creep Course

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Stella Sharp (college co-ed, death); Mitzi (college co-ed, Stella's roommate); three unnamed kidnapped co-eds (all die); Professor Finley (villain)
First Line: Hee, hee! So you got your grimy paws...
Synopsis: A sorority girl tries to swing her ancient civilizations course with her good looks, but unfortunately for her, the professor is really into mummification.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1994 published January 1994
as Smiskekurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #23 published May 1998
as Creep Course [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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No Silver Atoll!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Captain Miller (airplane pilot); airplane passengers [Clark (villain, death); Ruth; Mr. Kubleski; Mr. Dawson; Mr. Howard (death); Miss Kirby (death)]
First Line: Heh, heh! Now it's my turn to shiver your timbers.
Synopsis: A plane goes down in the ocean and the passengers make for an atoll where the captain announces they have a gun and a medical kit. People's belongings begin to go missing and they realize that what is being stolen is silver. Two people are attacked and killed and they come to believe there is a werewolf among the passengers. Although the werewolf thinks he is safe by having stolen the silver belt buckles and coins, he overlooks the silver nitrate in the medical kit hypodermic which his third attempted victim shoves into his chest.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1991 published January 1991
as Under den sølvskimrende månen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #23 published May 1998
as No Silver Atoll! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

The visage of the Vault-Keeper on page 1 is a photostat from Johnny Craig's art on "Werewolf Concerto".
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Breeze!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A Russian spy thinks it was a breeze that he swiped some blueprints from a military base, but when he flees a security guard he ends up hiding in a high velocity wind tunnel where the powerful winds tear him apart.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Old Witch's Niche
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hansel and Gretel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host)
First Line: Here's the latest in my fairy tale debunking campaign, kiddies.
Synopsis: This grim fairy tale tells the REAL truth that Hansel and Gretel pushed the old woman into the roaring stove in order to steal her money.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2 [1988] published January 1988
as Hans og Grete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #23 published May 1998
as Hansel and Gretel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #14 published June 2004
as Hans og Grete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Humor story.
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Country Clubbing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host)
First Line: Heh, heh! And now it's time for me, your Crypt-Keeper...
Synopsis: An escaped convict beats in a woman's skull with a club in order to steal her food out in a shack set in the swamp. The convict looks up from his meal, only to see a huge hulking brute of a man looking at him. He flees in terror only to have the brute follow him clutching the club. He faces several dangers of the swamp, yet still the brute pursues with the club. Finally, he can go no further, and begs for mercy. The brute ignores his pleas and hands him back the club telling him he forgot it at his house and leaving him mentally unhinged from the stress.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 [1987] published January 1987
as Til å bli gal av! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #23 published May 1998
as Country Clubbing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #15 published July 2004
as Klubben! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

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