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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published September-October 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details

Characters The Old Witch; The Vault-Keeper; The Crypt-Keeper
Genre Horror
Pencils Johnny Craig
Inks Johnny Craig
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #3 (May 1993)

8 page Haunt of Fear story "Nightmare!"

Synopsis A construction engineer has recurring dreams of being buried alive and so visits a psychiatrist. Dr. Froyd interprets these dreams as subconscious indications of being 'buried under work'. The engineer resolves to inspect the concrete moldings of the latest project before taking his summer vacation. He doses off briefly, but when he comes to, finds they have begun pouring the concrete and, believing this to be yet another dream, begins to laugh and make no attempt to escape.
Genre Horror
Script Johnny Craig
Pencils Johnny Craig
Inks Johnny Craig
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #3 (May 1993)

7 page Haunt of Fear story "Television Terror!"

Synopsis If you've seen Blair Witch Project, you've got the idea here. A television personality enters a haunted house with the camera rolling and comes to a bad end.
Genre Horror
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman
Inks Harvey Kurtzman
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #3 (May 1993)

1 page text story "Repeat Performance"

Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters Typeset

6 page Haunt of Fear story "Monster Maker!"

Synopsis Dr. Ravenscar intends to transplant the brain of an ape into a human body, but the assistant drops it. Enraged, Dr. Ravenscar uses the assistant's brain instead, the assistant gets his revenge by luring the doctor out of an open window over the sea cliff.
Genre Horror
Script Gardner Fox ?
Pencils Graham Ingels
Inks Graham Ingels
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #3 (May 1993)

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

Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters Typeset
Notes With illustrated title header.

7 page The Witch's Cauldron! story "Horror Beneath the Streets!"

Characters The Old Witch; Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein; The Vault-Keeper; The Crypt-Keeper
Synopsis The three GhouLunatics accost Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein as they as finishing up an issue of Modern Love and closing shop for the night. The Old Witch chases them into the sewer where the Crypt Keeper forces Bill Gaines to sign a contract, the Vault Keeper forces Al Feldstein to sign one and the Old Witch gets her comic book deal in exchange for agreeing to let Al and Bill out of the sewer.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Albert B. Feldstein
Inks Albert B. Feldstein
Colors Marie Severin
Notes Features all three Ghoulunatics, Bill Gaines, and Al Feldstein.
Reprinted In Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #3 (May 1993)