Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 1st Series) comic books 1955 or before
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Issue #15
$4,800.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #16-27024D0-002
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
First issue in the series (continues from Gunfighter). (This issue was published in 1950; the ongoing series has another issue 15 that was published in 1952.) "The Wall" (art by Johnny Craig), "House of Horror" (art by Harvey Kurtzman), "The Mad Magician" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood), and "The Thing in the Swamp" (art by Al Feldstein). Craig cover. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #16
$2,400.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)
- Label #1624769002
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
First appearance of "The Witches Cauldron" and the Old Witch by Jack Kamen. In this issue the Old Witch begins as the hostess of Haunt of Fear. "Vampire" (art by Johnny Craig), "Horror-Ahead" (art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood), "The Killer in the Coffin" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Graham Ingels), and "The Mummy's Return" (art by Kamen). Craig cover. NOTE: This issue is the second of the series and was published in 1950; the ongoing series has another issue 16 that was published in 1952. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #17
$1,140.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Off white
- Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Significant inner well scuff(s)
- Right edge trimmed.
- Label #2032068016
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Origin of Crypt of Terror, Vault of Horror, and Haunt of Fear. Material in this issue was featured in Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent." Stories include "Nightmare" (art by Johnny Craig), "Television Terror" (art by Harvey Kurtzman), "Monster Maker" (art by Graham Ingels), and "Horror Beneath the Streets" (art by Al Feldstein). Craig cover. NOTE: This issue is the third of the series and was published in 1950; the ongoing series has another issue 17 that was published in 1953. Cover price $0.10.
