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Issue: Haunt of Fear #17
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #17 of 28 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
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: 14 (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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 published February 1953
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #3 published January 1973
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 [1987] published January 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Haunt of Fear #1 published May 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 published November 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): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Say, where is everyone going?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mad (1952 series) #3.
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Horror We? How's Bayou?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Dr. Max Forman (death); unnamed woman (death, in flashback); Anthony Jackson (salesman, death, in flashback); Everett (villain); Sidney (villain, Everett's brother)
First Line: Hee, hee! I see you're horror-hungry again...
Synopsis: A man in the Louisiana swamp diverts traffic from the road to his mansion in order to satisfy the cravings of his demented homicidal brother for victims to dismember. One night, after the latest victim, a doctor, has been dispatched, three corpses composed of mismatched pieces rise from the quicksand pool and dismember the man and reattach his body parts in incorrect order.
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In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #1 published January 1971
as Horror We? How's Bayou? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNacht der vampiers #[nn] published January 1973
as Bloed in het moeras [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as Farligt vejskilt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 [1987] published January 1987
as Samling i sumpen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Haunt of Fear #1 published May 1991
as Horror We? How's Bayou? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 published November 1996
as Horror We? How's Bayou? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFoul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! #[nn] published January 2005
as Horror We? How's Bayou? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, formerly Albert B. Feldstein.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Part of the story is told in flashback.

Cover story.
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Gorilla My Dreams!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Philip Stoker (death, but brain transplanted into a gorilla); Gloria Stoker (Stoker's wife); Stoker's two unnamed children; Miss Trumbull (Stoker's secretary); Stumpy (a gorilla); Hank (Policeman); Dr. Heinrich Morgan (villain, brain surgeon, death)
First Line: Heh, heh! Greetings, boils and gores!
Synopsis: A brain surgeon transfers the brain of his victim into the body of a gorilla taken from a carnival. At first, he thinks of writing a message for his wife and children about what has happened to him, but after eluding the police in the dark, he realizes that, with the surgeon dead of a heart attack, the world no longer has a place for him other than the carnival cage.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4 [1988] published January 1988
as Mitt sinn, mitt skinn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Haunt of Fear #1 published May 1991
as Gorilla My Dreams! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 published November 1996
as Gorilla My Dreams! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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E.C. Fans!

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Weird Fantasy #17.
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Hiding Place

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Henderson murders an old doctor and trys to find where he hid his breakthrough invention; a powerful type of acid. After not finding the acid, Henderson uses the doctor's pitcher and bowl full of water to wash up. After he begins to burn and blister horribly, he realizes that the "water" was actually the powerful acid.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 published November 1996
as Hiding Place [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: religious
First Line: 144 big pages in full color
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Picture Stories from the Bible Complete Old Testament, Picture Stories from the Bible Complete New Testament, Picture Stories from Science #2, and Picture Stories from World History #2.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Letters from Billy Drumm, Robert J. Emerson, Carl King Jr., Richard Gutherlein, Mark Cooper, Jack Andrews, Dick Seaberg, Leonard Klafta Jr., George Snowden III, and Ernest Shute.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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A Likely Story!

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! And now it's another terror tale for tiny tikes...
Synopsis: In this grim fairy tale a cranky old queen constantly badgers the castle's seamstress, decorator and artist into painting a portrait of her to hang on a bare wall spot. The artist finally gets fed up with her and severs her head with an ax, the seamstress sews it to the canvas, and the decorator has it framed to fit upon the wall.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1990 published January 1990
as Dronningen som var seg selv lik! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Haunt of Fear #1 published May 1991
as A Likely Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 published November 1996
as A Likely Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Garden Party

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! So now, it's your Crypt-Keeper's turn to amuse you, eh?
Synopsis: A man has a barbecue in his garden-obsessed wife's back yard where the guests ruin the flowers. She snaps and advances on her husband with the carving knife to serve him upon the barbecue.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Haunt of Fear #1 published May 1991
as Garden Party! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1994 published January 1994
as Hageselskap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #17 published November 1996
as Garden Party! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Now you can fly a real jet plane!
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First Line: Broadcast thru any radio!
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: He mailed this coupon
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Pages: 1

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