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21September-October 1953
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Haunt of Fear #21

EC · September-October 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
September-October 1953
Key date
September 10, 1953
Indicia publisher
Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
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Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Haunt of Fearcover1pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham IngelsThe Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder
2An Off-Color Heircomic story8script: Bill Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); Laura [Harber] Rais; Gilbert Rais (Laura's husband, in flashback); unnamed priest; Baron Gilles de Rais [Bluebeard] (image only); Gilbert Rais [aka the new Bluebeard] (villain, Laura's husband, also in flashback)
3Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Crypt-Keeper (host); Ulric, the undying (death); Dr. Emil Manfred (death); Saxton
4Out of Sight!text story1script: Albert B. Feldstein
5-letters page1script: Albert B. Feldstein
6Corker!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Old Witch (host); unnamed woman (death); a psychologist (villain)
7The High Cost of Dying!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenThe Vault-Keeper (host); Henri Courbet; Suzette Courbet (Henri's wife, death); Courbet children [Marie; Pierre]; unnamed Commissioner of Health (death); M'sieu Le Ducart (doctor); M'sieu Greviard (undertaker); unnamed Police Officer

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