(May-June 1953)

EC, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Editing
Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Haunt of Fear / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)
Inks
Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Reprints

Sucker Bait! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)
Inks
Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hee, hee! Well, hop into the Haunt, hungry hidiots.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Old Witch (host); Emile (a chemist, death); father of Emile and Stanley (death); Stanley (villain, a vampire, Emile's older brother)
Synopsis
After his father is killed by a vampire, a chemist comes up with a plan to sacrifice himself so that others may live. He drinks a radioactive substance that may be traced by a Geiger counter and leaves a note for his brother detailing the plan to use the instrument to track down the vampire after he has drained the isotope blood. Unfortunately for his plan, the chemist's brother turns out to be the vampire.
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Indexer Notes

Script revision by Craig Delich, formerly Albert B. Feldstein.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Lover, Come Hack to Me! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heh, heh! And now... now that your stomachs have been duly upset...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Vault-Keeper (host); Charles Keeley (death); Alan Anderson (Peggy's father, death); Freda Anderson (villain, Peggy's mother); Peggy [nee Peggy Anderson] Keeley (villain, Charles wife)
Synopsis
Every generation, a madwoman is conceived on the night of her parent's wedding who follows the tradition of murdering her newly-wed husband with an ax in the same house.
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Indexer Notes

Script revision (from Feldstein) and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

Incendiary! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
Marie Severin
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From the doorway in which he crouched, Bronson watched the smoke spiraling toward the sky.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Double-Header! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Al Feldstein
Pencils
Jack Kamen (signed)
Inks
Jack Kamen (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hee, hee! Here's another of my infantile insanities...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis
In this grim fairy tale an old king finds a young girl to marry and is deeply in love with her but cannot offer her the physical relationship she needs, so she takes a lover. Three court ladies who are very jealous of her find out and inform the king. The king's honor has been insulted, and so his queen and her lover must pay with their lives, but the king truly loved her deeply and is heartbroken. He makes the three women who ruined his happiness pay by blinding one, deafening the other, and cutting the tongue out of the third.
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Foul Play! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Al Feldstein
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heh, heh! Ah... spring is here, eh, fiends?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Crypt-Keeper (host)
Synopsis
Psychotic baseball players dismember a player from an opposing baseball team in revenge for his using poisoned cleats in a game and then use his body parts to play ball.
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Haunt of Fear
  2. 1. Sucker Bait!
    The Witch's Cauldron!
  3. 2. Lover, Come Hack to Me!
    The Vault of Horror!
  4. 3. Incendiary!
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Old Witch's Niche
  6. 5. Double-Header!
    The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!
  7. 6. Foul Play!
    The Crypt of Terror
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Borre
  • Chris Boyko
  • Craig Delich
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jim Stangas
  • Tom Vincent