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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: Graham Ingels

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

Contents: Cover art by Graham Ingels. Photo and biography of Ray Bradbury. Pipe Down!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A young woman marries an old man with a penchant for tobacco and poetry for his money and quickly grows tired of him; She meets a young man and they plot to push him down the stairs as though his death were accidental. Bedtime Gory!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A woman buys a stretch rack for her husband when he reveals that he killed her wealthy father so as to appear an accident and married her for her money and not for love. Pot-Shot!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. The Black Ferris!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Davis. 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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