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Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) comic books 1954

  • Issue #23
    Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 23

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    Cover art by Graham Ingels. Creep Course--The Witch's Cauldron!, art by Graham Ingels; A sorority girl tries to swing her ancient civilizations course with her good looks, but unfortunately for her, the professor is really into mummification. No Silver Atoll!--The Vault of Horror!, art by George Evans; 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. Hansel and Gretel!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, art by Jack Kamen. Country Clubbing!--The Crypt of Terror, script and art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970s copyright date (See E.C. Classic Reprints #10). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950s publication date. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 24
    Auction opens July 6
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4390315003
    • 1.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover art by Graham Ingels. Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes...--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; A blob story that features a cuckolded moonshine-swilling mountain man as the vengeful blob creature that is created when his wife and her lover shove him into a still to drown and be dissolved with a bag of lye. ...Only Sin Deep--The Vault of Horror!, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; A heartless young woman pawns her beauty for 1000.00 to a shopkeeper she assumes is a crank. The Secret--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans. Head-Room!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: Used in Senate Investigative Report, page 8. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 25
    • Cover loose at one staple and centerfold detached at one staple.
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    • Cover and centerfold detached and re-adhered with glue.
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    Cover art by Graham Ingels. The New Arrival--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; This story is told by a mansion; The occupant is a lunatic old woman who lost her mind when her husband was killed in WWI and kept her new born infant uneducated and in shackles for 40 years. Indisposed!--The Vault of Horror!, art by George Evans; A man uses his new garbage disposal to eliminate the remains of his wife's body, but his plumber friend who installed it doesn't have experience and connects it to the water intake. Out Cold--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; The old witch tells us a story with two endings; The first ending relates what would have happened to the protagonist if he had pursued a relationship with a new office girl who turns out to be a ghoul using human meat to feed her mother's cats, but the old witch tells us that's not what actually happened. The Light In His Life!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 26
    • 1" spine split from bottom of comic. Tape on interior cover and pages. Cover oxidation.
    • 2" cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing).
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    Cover art by Graham Ingels. Marriage Vow--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; A woman who was murdered by her husband for her money comes back from the dead to fulfill her wifely role in a zombified way. The Shadow Knows--The Vault of Horror!, script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; A man murders his wife making it look like a suicide in order to marry a wealthy woman. Spoiled--Haunt of Fear, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen. Comes The Dawn!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pages, full color. NOTE: Contains anti-censorship editorial, 'Are you a Red Dupe?' Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #27
    Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 27
    Auction opens July 6
    • RESTORATION. Color touch. Staple rust, rust migration. Staple added (not manufacturing).
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #4268060003
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    Cover art by Graham Ingels. About Face--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; A father thinks he has twins, a beautiful girl and a deformed girl. Game Washed Out!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; A man in a Puritan colony kills his wife and dumps her body with a weight attached into a pond in order to solicit another man's wife to run away with him. Silent Treatment--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, art by Jack Kamen. Swamped--The Crypt of Terror, art by Reed Crandall. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. NOTE: An editorial urges readers to write to the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which had started investigating the comic industry. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 28
    • .5" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple.
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    Cover art by Graham Ingels. Notice of cancellation of New Trend titles. The Prude--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; A man in an adulterous relationship deals with the guilt of his mistresses' suicide by campaigning against all forms of public affection until he finally has a law passed requiring separate cemeteries for men and women. Numbskull--The Vault of Horror!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; This story is told by the skull of a sadistic animal trapper in Africa who traps animals only in order to inflict pain on them before he kills them. A Collector's E.C. Check-List. Audition--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen. A Work of Art!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.