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17January-February 1953
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Haunt of Fear #17

EC · January-February 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
January-February 1953
Key date
1953-01-00
Indicia publisher
Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
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Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham IngelsThe Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman
2Horror We? How's Bayou?comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe 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)
3Gorilla My Dreams!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe 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)
4E.C. Fans!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein
5Hiding Placetext story1script: Albert B. Feldstein
6-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
7-letters page0.67script: Albert B. Feldstein
8-statement of ownership0.33script: Frank D. Lee
9A Likely Story!comic story6script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host)
10Garden Partycomic story7script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host)

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn]1970On eBay ›
The Haunt of Fear #11991On eBay ›
Haunt of Fear #171996On eBay ›
EC Portfolio #11971On eBay ›

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Series context

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