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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published November-December 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details

Characters The Old Witch; The Vault-Keeper; The Crypt-Keeper
Genre Horror
Pencils Albert B. Feldstein
Inks Albert B. Feldstein
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #4 (August 1993)

7 page The Witch's Cauldron! story "The Hunchback!"

Characters The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis A man has a ghoulish undeveloped twin growing out of his back.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Graham Ingels
Inks Graham Ingels
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #4 (August 1993)

1 page text story "Fire"

Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters Typeset
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #4 (August 1993)

7 page The Vault of Horror! story "The Tunnel of Terror!"

Characters The Vault-Keeper (host)
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.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Kamen
Inks Jack Kamen
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #4 (August 1993)

1 page text story "Cunning"

Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters Typeset

1 page The Old Witch's Niche letters page "Letters page"

Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters Typeset

6 page Haunt of Fear story "The Living Mummy"

Characters The Crypt-Keeper (host)
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.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Davis
Inks Jack Davis
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #4 (August 1993)

7 page The Crypt of Terror story "Man From the Grave!"

Characters The Crypt-Keeper (host)
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.
Genre Horror
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Wallace Wood
Inks Wallace Wood
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #4 (August 1993)