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Issue: Haunt of Fear #22
Publication Date: November 1953
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Issues: #22 of 28 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
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: 7 (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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #6 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1991 published January 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #22 published February 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Wish You Were Here

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Jason Logan (death); Enid Logan (Jason's wife); Bart Shiner (lawyer)
First Line: Hee, hee! Greetings, my fine fettered fiends.
Synopsis: A needy couple picks up a jade statue guaranteeing that it grants three wishes so she wishes for money. The husband remembers a story he once read called 'The Monkey's Paw' and tells her not to wish for it, but she does anyway. Later, Jason is killed in an accident, and the wife gets his insurance money. She wishes him back to life before the accident, but since he died of a heart attack prior to the accident, he doesn't live again. Distraught, the wife now just wishes him back to life: with horrifying results!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Vault of Horror #[nn] published August 1965
as Wish You Were Here [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1989 published January 1989
as Skulle ønske du var her [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #22 published February 1998
as Wish You Were Here [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Adapted in the 1972 "Tales From the Crypt" film.

Cover story.
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Chess-Mate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host); Zeb Taylor (death); Mayor Cornwall; Doc; Eban Morgsky (chess player); Clem (cameo); Mr. Taylor (Zeb's father); Mrs. Taylor (Zeb's mother, mention only)
First Line: Heh, heh. Welcome to the Vault of Horror, hidiots.
Synopsis: A marvel chess player in a small town shoots himself when they hold a parade and he is expected to remove his top hat to salute the flag. The top hat hides a Siamese twin head that accounted for his superior abilities at chess.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1989 published January 1989
as Sjakk-geniet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #22 published February 1998
as Chess-Mate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script revision from solely Feldstein by Craig Delich.

Evans drew himself in waiting his turn at chess on page 2, panel 5.

Bits of the story is told in flashback.
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Hot Reception!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Bending over the simmering vat of molten lead...
Synopsis: A moonshiner is using molten lead to make bullets for his gun to fight the law if they dare to come after his stills. But the idiot accidently burns his hand in the molten liquid so he can't use his gun.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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! I see that C.K. in his last mag...
Synopsis: This grim fairy tale reveals the REAL reason Snow White got the poisoned apple was that she was a neat freak who was driving the seven dwarfs nuts.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4 [1988] published January 1988
as Snøhvit og de syv dverger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #22 published February 1998
as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Humor story.
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Model Nephew

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. Greetings, ghouls!
Synopsis: A nephew murders his uncle for his money and winds up a prisoner in one of his ship-in-a-bottles.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1991 published January 1991
as Modellnevøen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #22 published February 1998
as Model Nephew [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Loosely inspired by the H. P. Lovecraft story "The Terrible Old Man".

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