Haunt of Fear #4

(August 1993)

An Important Message From the Publisher (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Hunchback! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tales from the Witch's Cauldron / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Graham Ingels

Inks

Graham Ingels

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host); Roger Compton; Peter Goglo (death); Henry Gordon (doctor); the Ghoul (villain, death)

Synopsis

Roger is visiting a small town and runs into an old college chum of his, Peter Goglo......a man whom the town's people claim to be a ghoul. In fact, the man has a ghoulish undeveloped twin growing out of his back that is a flesh eater.......a ghoul that eventually kills its host!

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #4 (November-December 1950)

Fire (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #4 (November-December 1950)

The Tunnel of Terror! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Vault-Keeper (host); Linda Cross (Paul's sister, death); El Jefe (Policeman); Paul Cross (villain)

Synopsis

Linda Cross takes her brother Paul south of the border for relaxation to forestall a nervous breakdown. Unfortunately for Linda, it happens anyway, and Paul gives in to his ghoulish desires.

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #4 (November-December 1950)

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

The Old Witch's Niche / letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Rock (credited as The Old Witch)

Pencils

Al Feldstein

Inks

Al Feldstein

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard Jaeger, Adam Sorensen, Ken Angel, Myron Green, Stuart Brynien, The Phantasm, Bob La Tremouille, Jim Van Hollebeke, Philip Smith, Joey Marchese, Laramie Carlsen, Tom Routledge, Melanie Schipritt, Dale Glassmeyer, Mick Sutton, Eric Kazen.

The Living Mummy (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host); Professor Arnold Zamron (scientist, death); Stevens (Zamron's assistant, death); Krause (Zamron's assistant, death); The Mummy (villain)

Synopsis

Three scientists succeed in reviving a mummy who then proceeds to kill two of them with the third running over a cliff in a panic.

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #4 (November-December 1950)

Man From the Grave! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host); Billy Johnson (Jon's friend, death, seen also in spirit form); Jim (horror magazine editor); Jon Wayland (artist, rises from dead)

Synopsis

An artist in desperate financial straights shoves a man's face into a vat of etching acid in order to acquire his paints. Before he dies, he curses the artist to keep painting up to the point he drops dead... and beyond.

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #4 (November-December 1950)