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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published September-October 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 Albert B. Feldstein
Inks Albert B. Feldstein
Reprinted in Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (November 1994)

8 page The Witch's Cauldron! story "Warts So Horrible?"

Characters The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis Two nephews attempt to grave rob their miser uncle at midnight for a diamond ring that he had buried with him. The corpse seizes them and re-buries all, with two young boys in the cemetery as witnesses who had been attempting a witchcraft spell for wart removal.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Graham Ingels
Inks Graham Ingels
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (November 1994)

7 page The Vault of Horror! story "Forbidden Fruit"

Characters The Vault-Keeper (host)
Synopsis Two passengers from a downed plane wash up on an island where the only food appears to be fruit that grows on a tree enclosed behind a stockade. The previous occupant tells them from behind the wall that eating the fruit will make their skin rot off, but they don't believe he is sane and so come back to the enclosure later that night and partake of the fruit, but then they get a look at him...
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (November 1994)

1 page text story "Genius"

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 "The Age-Old Story!"

Characters The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis A young woman marries a biologist in his 50s for his money but quickly tires of him. She gets him to fork over all his dough and then tells him she's leaving him for a younger man. He proposes a farewell toast and, unbeknown to her, spikes her drink with an aging hormone that turns her into a withered old crone.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Kamen
Inks Jack Kamen
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (November 1994)

7 page The Crypt of Terror story "Gorilla's Paw!"

Characters The Crypt-Keeper (host)
Synopsis A black humor version of "The Monkey's Paw."
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Davis
Inks Jack Davis
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Gemstone, 1994 series) #9 (November 1994)