Haunt of Fear #14

(July-August 1952)

A Little Stranger! (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

Inks

Graham Ingels

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hee, hee! Drag your palpatating corpses into the Haunt of Fear, kiddies!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host)(origin); Peter; Victor; Elicia (villain, a vampire, death); Zorgo (villain, a werewolf, death)

Synopsis

A female vampire and a male werewolf fall in love and take to hunting the hill country together, seeing each other once a month when the moon affects his transformation. They hope to find someone who can marry them. He protects her coffin during the day by moving it, but one day the villagers catch up to them, and put a silver bullet into his heart and a stake through her's and bury them in the devil's graveyard. That night, the graves erupt as they arise from their graves, are married, with a mausoleum as their honeymoon suite. Almost a year later, Elicia gives birth to the Old Witch.

Reprints

• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971)
• in EC Portfolio (Russ Cochran, 1971 series) #4
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #9 - The Haunt of Fear (1987)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #7 [1988] (uke 41 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Nemi (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2003 series) #30 ([oktober] 2005) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
• in Skræk (Semic Interpresse, 1994 series) #6 (1. december 1994)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #14 (February 1996)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #7 - Sucker Bait and Other Stories (February 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Last page is splash.

Cover story.

Take Your Pick! (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

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heh, heh! Greetings, my fine fettered fiends!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Vault-Keeper (host)

Synopsis

A woman with a miser for a husband loses her marbles after enduring countless acts of 'ice-heartedness' and takes an ice-pick to his chest.

Reprints

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #9 - The Haunt of Fear (1987)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #6 [1988] (uke 35 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #2 ([november] 1996)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #14 (February 1996)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #20 - Daddy Lost His Head and Other Stories (November 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Bee-Nip! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Strand just managed to slip the tiny vial into his pocket...

Synopsis

The assistant of a scientist murders him and steals a vial from him which could be worth a fortune. The vial contains a liquid that will attract bees by a hundred fold to any object its applied to, thus increasing honey production. When the lab is being searched by the police investigating the murder, the assistant smears the fluid on his face so he won't be caught with the stolen vial. When he leaves the building, thousands of stinging bees swarm his face turning it into a pulpy mush.

Reprints

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)

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

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)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jerry Plantz, Lee Hoffman, Victor F. Spano, Britt Haygood.

Ship-Shape! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Sid Check (signed)

Inks

Sid Check (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In this gruesome tale of terror, everything is...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis

Four occupants of a small plane find they need to ditch in the ocean. They inflate a life raft and come upon a derelict drifting at sea. The ship is completely covered with a strange fungus and one of them makes the mistake of trying to sample it with a pocket knife. Upon tearing the membrane a digestive-like fluid spills over him, dissolving him alive. Two of them make it back to the life raft, and are spotted by a search plane, unfortunately the raft is now infected with the fungus as it was moored to the derelict.

Reprints

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #9 - The Haunt of Fear (1987)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #7/1992 (uke 44 1992)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #14 (February 1996)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #31 - Three for the Money and Other Stories (December 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Although The Old Witch appears hosting this story, Haunt of Fear is not indicated as the feature.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Based on "The Derelict" by William Hope Hodgson.

This Little Piggy... (Table of Contents: 6)

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! One more to go...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis

A British officer visits his uncle in India during the occupation. His uncle warns him off hunting the wild boars in the area which are sacred to the natives. He disregards him and kills a boar, then prepares it by boiling the hair off, roasting it upon a spit, and finally serving it on a plate with an apple in its mouth. A native servant present during the dinner witnesses this and is horrified. The uncle apologizes to the native head, but word gets out, and though the officer is to leave the area tomorrow, the natives get hold of him and give him the same treatment.

Reprints

• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #3 (1985)
• in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #9 - The Haunt of Fear (1987)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #7 [1988] (uke 41 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Iskalde Grøss pocket (Semic, 1996 series) #3 ([mars] 1997)
• in Iskalde Grøss - Klassikerserien (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #[nn] ([mai] 2006)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
• in Skræk (Semic Interpresse, 1994 series) #5 (6. oktober 1994)
• in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #14 (February 1996)

Indexer Notes

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