Haunt of Fear #6

(March-April 1951)

A Strange Undertaking... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

Graham Ingels

Inks:

Graham Ingels

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis:

Ezra Deepley is an undertaker who feels he has suffered injustice at the hands of influential town citizens so when they die during an epidemic of disease, Ezra takes advantage of the situation to revenge himself upon their corpses.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #6 (February 1994)

Indexer Notes

E.C.'s first Bradbury swipe. Swipe of "The Handler".

So They Finally Pinned You Down! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

Wallace Wood

Inks:

Wallace Wood

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Vault-Keeper (host)

Synopsis:

A drifter is 'turned' by a vampire. He doesn't understand this strange new condition and powerful urges so he attempts to track the woman down. He continually feels that he has found her at last only to realize his mistake when he has slaked his blood thirst upon his latest victim. Eventually the citizens discover his hiding place and pound a stake through his heart and he dies without ever fully comprehending what has happened to him.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #6 (February 1994)

Marsh Sand (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

[Letters page] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #6 (February 1994)

A Grave Gag!! (Table of Contents)

Haunt of Fear / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

Jack Kamen

Inks:

Jack Kamen

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis:

An unpopular family member with a penchant for playing practical jokes on the occasion of family member's funerals outsmarts himself when he takes the place of his brother's dead wife in her coffin and the family refuse to view his screams as anything but another gag, thus burying him alive.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #6 (February 1994)

Cheese, That's Horrible! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis:

The owner of a cheese factory murders his partner by shoving him into a cheese vat in order to avoid sharing the profits. He dreams of being pursued by glowing cat's eyes and crawls across a mouse trap baited with cheese from which dangle the hands of his partner.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #6 (February 1994)