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Issue: Haunt of Fear #16
Publication Date: November 1952
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Issues: #16 of 28 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #16 published December 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #16 published August 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Heehee! The second issue of Mad is out!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mad #2.
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Nobody There!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Louise (Eric's girl); Brenda Mondrum (Eric's wife); Eric Mondrum (villain, surgeon); Alan Thorky (villain, death)
First Line: Hee, hee! So you managed to scratch up another dime...
Synopsis: A man blackmails a doctor into transplanting his head onto another man's body, at first to avoid deformity and eventually to achieve immortality. By the time of the fourth operation the doctor is old enough not to be concerned about the possibility of blackmail, and wracked by guilt of the three killings over the years, leaves the separated head to die on the surgical table.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1990 published January 1990
as En helvetes helsebot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as Nobody There! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #16 published August 1996
as Nobody There! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, formerly Albert B. Feldstein.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Much of the story told in flashback.

Loosely based on "The Man in Half Moon Street" by Ralph Murphy.

Cover story.
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A Creep in the Deep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Philip; Margaret (Phil's bride, death); Ed (realtor)
First Line: Heh, heh! Welcome to to the Vault of Horror, creeps!
Synopsis: A man's wife is attacked by a vampire while she is out in a rowboat in the middle of a lake and he is spear fishing. When he later returns to the lake, he hears of strange killings where the victims have been drained of blood and realizes that his wife must have been turned into one of the undead and now resides in the lake. He sharpens his spear and returns to the lake to stake her through the heart and bring her peace.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1991 published January 1991
as Vannskrekk! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as A Creep in the Deep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #16 published August 1996
as A Creep in the Deep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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E.C Fans!

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Genres: science fiction
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Weird Fantasy #16 on left 1/2 of page.
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Dukes in Disguise

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Duke Aldo Braggadocio and Duke Gino Severini were two powerful nobles of 15th century Tuscany.
Synopsis: In the 15th century, two Italian nobles hate and are jealous of each other. Aldo is jealous of Gino's plumed exotic birds while Gino is jealous of Aldo's vineyards. To win the affections of a beautiful woman they both love, each attempts to sneak into the other's kingdom and steal a plumed bird's feather and a bottle of wine respectively. Both dukes get caught and are murdered by the others duke's guards.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as Dukes in Disguise [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 1/2 of story on each of two pages.

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Picture Stories from the Bible Complete Old Testament, Complete New Testament, Picture Stories from Science #2, Picture Stories from World History #2.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text about Ray Bradbury stories plus letters from Stan Grossman, Jeanne Anderson, Fred Smith, George Riley, Gerard Robbins, John M. Grath and The Gyro Shop Gang.
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...From Hunger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host)
First Line: Hee, hee! Yep! Here's another one!
Synopsis: The chef of an obese king finally gets fed up with him and converts him into sausages.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 [1988] published February 1988
as Sult [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as ...From Hunger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #16 published August 1996
as ...From Hunger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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The Coffin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host)
First Line: Heh, heh! Yep, it's your Crypt-Keeper again, fiends...
Synopsis: A man builds an automatic coffin to lower the cost of funerals. The coffin plays music, reads a service, and unfortunately for his sponging kid brother who lies down in it, drains the corpse's blood, injects formaldehyde, and buries itself with shovel attachments on its side.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as The Coffin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1993 published January 1993
as Kista [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #16 published August 1996
as The Coffin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: E.C.'s first authorized Ray Bradbury adaptation "Copyright, 1947, by Popular Publications Inc."

This short story was originally published as "A Wake for the Living" in the September 1947 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine.

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