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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published May-June 1951
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details

Characters The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Genre Horror
Pencils Johnny Craig
Inks Johnny Craig
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #7 (May 1994)

8 page The Witch's Cauldron! story "Room For One More!"

Characters The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis Young Rodney Whitman loses his parents in an automobile accident and goes to live with relatives. When he reaches twenty he realizes there is only one spot left in the family crypt and wishes to secure it for himself, thus he murders his three living relatives and disposes of their bodies in the swamp, lake, and cellar. The zombies return, dismember Rodney, and claim the remaining casket for themselves.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Graham Ingels
Inks Graham Ingels
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #7 (May 1994)

7 page The Crypt of Terror story "The Basket!"

Characters The Crypt-Keeper (host)
Synopsis A man born with two heads carries a basket around on his shoulder to prevent others from knowing of his condition. One of the heads is homicidal and when it begins to seize control, the good head opts for suicide.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Davis
Inks Jack Davis
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #7 (May 1994); in Vault of Horror (Ballantine Books, 1965 series) #U2107

1 page text story "The Damaged Goddess"

Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters Typeset

1 page The Old Witch's Niche letters page "Letters page"

Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters Typeset

6 page Haunt of Fear story "Horror In the School Room"

Characters The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis Andy's friend Magog devours Andy's teacher after he hits Andy with a switch.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Kamen
Inks Jack Kamen
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #7 (May 1994)

7 page The Vault of Horror! story "The Howling Banshee!"

Characters The Vault-Keeper (host)
Synopsis A man with a gangster past flees to Ireland and engages a woman who claims a Banshee wails when one of her kin is about to die. The gangsters catch up with him, but he survives several attempts on his life until his wedding night when he lunges out into thick fog in an effort to kill the gangsters but ends up accidentally shooting his new bride. He can now hear the wail of the Banshee as he realizes he is about to die, either as a victim of the gangsters or for the murder of his wife.
Genre Horror
Script Johnny Craig
Pencils Johnny Craig
Inks Johnny Craig
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #7 (May 1994)