Haunt of Fear #17

(January-February 1953)

Horror We? How's Bayou? (Table of Contents)

The Witch's Cauldron! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

Graham Ingels [as Ghastly]

Inks:

Graham Ingels

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis:

A man in the Louisiana swamp diverts traffic from the road to his mansion in order to satisfy the cravings of his demented homicidal brother for victims to dismember. One night, after the latest victim, a doctor, has been dispatched, three corpses composed of mismatched pieces rise from the quicksand pool and dismember the man and reattach his body parts in incorrect order.

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• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #17 (November 1996)

Gorilla My Dreams! (Table of Contents)

The Vault of Horror! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

George Evans (signed)

Inks:

George Evans

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Vault-Keeper (host)

Synopsis:

A brain surgeon transfers the brain of his victim into the body of a gorilla taken from a carnival. At first, he thinks of writing a message for his wife and children about what has happened to him, but after eluding the police in the dark, he realizes that, with the surgeon dead of a heart attack, the world no longer has a place for him other than the carnival cage.

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• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #17 (November 1996)

Hiding Place (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

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• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #17 (November 1996)

[Letters page] (Table of Contents)

The Old Witch's Niche / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Letters:

Typeset

A Likely Story! (Table of Contents)

The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks:

Jack Kamen

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis:

In this grim fairy tale a cranky old queen constantly badgers the castle's seamstress, decorator and artist into painting a portrait of her to hang on a bare wall spot. The artist finally gets fed up with her and severs her head with an ax, the seamstress sews it to the canvas, and the decorator has it framed to fit upon the wall.

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• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #17 (November 1996)

Garden Party (Table of Contents)

The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis:

A man has a barbecue in his garden-obsessed wife's back yard where the guests ruin the flowers. She snaps and advances on her husband with the carving knife to serve him upon the barbecue.

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• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #17 (November 1996)