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The Haunt of Fear was a bi-monthly horror comic anthology series from 1950 to 1954. This comic was published by Bill Gaines (William Gaines) through his company, EC Comics (E.C. Comics), which he inherited from his father in 1947. The first issue was #15, because it reused the numbering from an earlier publication, to save on postal costs. The publisher was Bill Gaines, who went on to do Mad Magazine after he was forced to fold the rest of the E.C. Comics line. Along with its sister titles, The Vault of Horror and Tales from the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear was popular, but in the late 1940s and early 1950s comic books came under attack from parents, clergymen, schoolteachers and others who believed the books contributed to illiteracy and juvenile delinquency. With the subsequent imposition of a highly restrictive Comics Code, E.C. Comics publisher Bill Gaines cancelled The Haunt of Fear and its two companion horror titles in September 1954. This was one of three EC horror comic titles published by Bill Gaines (later publisher of Mad Magazine). Since the ending of publication, all of the EC comics have been reprinted many, many times, in many formats, and there have been several movies and TV series based on them!

Artist: Johnny Craig

Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this comic book!

Contents: Cover art by Johnny Craig. A Biting Finish!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man murders his rival and buries his body in the grave of someone who died in 1867; When he confesses in his sleep, his new wife confronts him and he murders both her and the maid; With police on his heels he takes to an underground tunnel system that passes through the old graveyard. Horror in the Freak Tent!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood; Enraged, a freak show owner blinds the carnival's knife thrower with red-hot pokers. A Tasty Morsel--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. Seeds of Death!--The Vault of Horror!, script and art by Johnny Craig. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Please note that we don't use a "comic guide" grading system, and OUR grading scale is completely different from standard comic book grading. Our "very good" is completely different from a comic book graded "very good". Note that this comic book will be sent to the winning bidder in a brand new Mylite4 protective sleeve and a full-back 100% acid-free backing board.

Note: We have 19 images of this comic book, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 19 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 9.

Note that due to the greater interest in this comic we have pictured EVERY single page of this comic, which means that you can see EVERY defect the comic has, AND get a good sense of its condition. While we gave the comic an overall condition grade (and sometimes describe the defects in words) please rely on the actual images of the comic to help you decide what YOU think its condition is, and then bid or not bid based on what you are seeing in the images. And if you have ANY doubt as to what the condition of the comic is, or whether you want it in the condition it is is, then please do not bid, as we do not want any retracted bids or returns if at all possible. If in doubt, do not bid!.

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