Haunt of Fear #12

(March-April 1952)

Al Feldstein (Table of Contents: 1)

The EC "Artist of the Issue" / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein ? (credited to Bill Gaines in text)

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Al Feldstein (photo)

Reprints

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 (October 2015)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

Poetic Justice! (Table of Contents: 2)

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! Stubborn, eh?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis

A wealthy man and his son want the property of the well-liked elderly town garbageman and so they instigate a smear campaign to drive him out. First they get a license ordinance passed, and since he can't afford to pay it, the stray dogs and cats he's picked up are carted off to the pound. Then they get the neighborhood's children to stop visiting the old man. St. Valentine's day arrives and the old man is at first delighted to find his mailbox stuffed with cards thinking that the children have not forgotten him after all. Then, sobbing, he reads the poisoned missives one after the other that the wealthy man and his son have distributed amongst the townsfolk. No one sees him for a week so they check his house and find that he has hanged himself. On the following St. Valentine's day his corpse rises from the grave and tears the heart from the son's chest and leaves it as a valentine for the father.

Reprints

• in Tales from the Crypt (Ballantine Books, 1964 series) (December 1964)
• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #4 (1973)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #6/1990 (uke 35 1990)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (August 1995)
• in Nemi (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2003 series) #10 ([februar] 2004) [2. translation]
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #13 - Grave Business and Other Stories (June 2015) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 (October 2015)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Adapted in the 1972 "Tales From the Crypt" film.

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Cover story.

...On a Dead Man's Chest! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Johnny Craig

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heh, heh! Yep! It's the Vault-Keeper again!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Vault-Keeper (host); Steven Anderson (wealthy steamship line owner, death); Helen Anderson (villain, Steven's wife); Larry Anderson (villain, Steven's brother, death)

Synopsis

A man's younger brother begins an affair with his wife, and, after a night on the town, the elder brother gets a tattoo on his chest of himself, his brother, and his wife arm-in-arm. The younger brother and the married woman hatch a plot to murder the husband where it will look accidental, but what they don't realize is that the tattoo will reflect the murder scene to the authorities.

Reprints

• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #4 (1973)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #4/1989 (uke 22 1989)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #4 ([august] 1997)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (August 1995)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #5 - Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories (July 2013) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 (October 2015)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Revised letterer credits by Craig Delich.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Brat (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A kid builds a flame thrower and kills his mom's criminal boyfriend.

Reprints

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 (October 2015)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Al Feldstein ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 (October 2015)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard T. Dick, James "Wolfie" Tarsenis, Jerilyn Rogin, Dom Sicilia, George A. Boehm, and Harvey Cohen.

Till Death Do We Part! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils

Joe Orlando (signed)

Inks

Joe Orlando (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's a spirited yarn!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis

"The Sixth Sense" with a burglar instead of a psychologist.

Reprints

• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #4 (1973)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #1 uke 46 [1987] (uke 46 1987)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #1 ([april] 1996)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (August 1995)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 (October 2015)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #19 - The Thing from the Grave and Other Stories (October 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

What's Cookin'? (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heh, heh! I see by your drooling faces...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host); Eric Edwards; Herman Ditter (villain, restaurant co-owner, death); Charlie Marsin (villain, restaurant co-owner, death)

Synopsis

Two restaurant owners take on a third partner with ideas to make their roadside diner a success. He convinces them to specialize in chicken and adds broiling and deep fried to their eatery renamed the 'Chicken Coop'. The owners get greedy and decide to murder the newcomer in order not to have to split the profits with him. They tie him up and set his house on fire, he escapes, but is severely burned and makes his way back to his former business partners where he broils one and deep fries the other.

Reprints

• in E.C. Classic Reprint (East Coast Comix, 1973 series) #4 (1973)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #1 [1988] ([februar] 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #1 ([april] 1996)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (August 1995)
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 (October 2015)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #16 - The Living Mummy and Other Stories (August 2016) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (Dark Horse, 2021 series) #2, #2

Keywords

Chicken Coop

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.