docweaselcomix.com
classic indy & underground comix

menu

docweaselcomix.com
docweasel.com mainsite
comics
blog
sitemap
contact

Recent Additions

  • added Swamp Fever
    29 May 2023
  • UPDATE 6 R. Crumb comics
    29 May 2023
  • uneeda added
    29 May 2023
  • short order comix added
    29 May 2023
  • pro junior added
    27 May 2023

haunt of fear

  1. docweaselcomix |
  2. ec comics |
  3. haunt of fear |

HAUNT OF FEAR


HAUNT OF FEAR

EC Comics (May-June 1950 – November-December 1954)
The Haunt of Fear was an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics in 1950.[1] Along with Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror, it formed a trifecta of popular EC horror anthologies. The Haunt of Fear was sold at newsstands beginning with its May/June 1950 issue. It ceased publication with its November/December 1954 issue, compiling a total of 28 issues.

Having had great success with the Crypt of Terror (Tales from the Crypt) and Vault of Horror, EC’s William M. Gaines decided to convert their Western title Gunfighter into a new horror title, Haunt of Fear. When the Haunt of Fear began publishing in the middle of 1950, it used the old Gunfighter series’ numbering for its first three issues (#15, #16, and #17 respectively) before switching over to its own numbering with issue #4.

Haunt of Fear featured classic tales of horror, full of faithless spouses who met gruesome ends, ax murderers, vampires, and other things that go “squish” in the night. These were narrated by Old Witch, Vault-Keeper, and Crypt-Keeper, hosts of EC’s other horror titles. The stories tended to be gory morality plays, but that didn’t stop them from incurring the wrath of Dr. Wertham, who featured episodes from this series prominently in his anti-comics work, Seduction of the Innocent.

In 1950, publisher Gaines and his editor, Al Feldstein, discovered they shared similar tastes in horror. They first began experimenting with horror tales as features in their existing titles, such as Crime Patrol, which was briefly retitled Crypt of Terror and finally Tales from the Crypt, by which point the horror genre had become predominant. (In the early 1950s, comic book publishers, seeking to save money on second-class postage permits, frequently changed the titles of their comics, rather than start new ones at “#1”). An EC Western comic book series called Gunfighter (which itself had originated with #5, having adopted the numbering from Fat & Slat) was similarly rechristened Haunt of Fear with issue #15. The Haunt numbering was reset after #17 (3), as explained in the letter column of issue #4: “After publishing issues 15, 16 and 17, the United States Post Office requested that the fourth issue actually be numbered No. 4 rather than No. 18… Well, ‘ya can’t fight City Hall!'” (The EC war comic Two-Fisted Tales took over the old Haunt numbering, starting with issue #18, and itself never ended up resetting). For this reason, even within the same original 1950s series, there are actually two separate issues each of Haunt of Fear #15, 16, 17.

HAUNT OF FEAR


#01 wall

#02 vampire

#03 nightmare

#04 mummy

#05 corpse

#06 strange

#07 coffin

#08 shrunken

#09 wars

#10 bum steer

#11 ooze

#12 poetic

#13 wolf bait

#14 devil doll

#15 chatterbox

#16 nobody

#17 bayou

#18 pipe down

#19 header

#20 thump fun

#21 cost dying

#22 wish you

#23 clubbing

#24 drink to me

#25 arrival

#26 marriage

#27 swamped

#28 memoriam

site

docweasel.com
docweaselcomix
blog
contact
sitemap
ec comics
crime suspenstories
frontline combat
haunt of fear
impact
incredible sci-fi
mad
panic
piracy
shock suspenstories
tales from the crypt
terror illustrated
two fisted tales
valor
vault of horror
weird fantasy
weird science
weird sci & fantasy
print mint/apex
despair
el perfecto
funny aminals
hytone
insect fear
jiz comics
snatch
kitchen sink
bijou funnies
bizarre sex
death rattle
homegrown funnies
mr natural
omaha the cat dancer
smile
snarf
snoid
xyz comics
last gasp
cherry poptart
cherry's jubilee
dirty laundry
dr atomic
psychotic adventures
slow death
weirdo
zap comics
indies & others
big funnies
boris karloff
death & candy
gang bang
gothic blimp works
hot stuf
jay naylor
new paltz
one fisted tales
red meat
rip-off press
big ass comics
doll
freak brothers
motor city comics
rip off comix
skull comics
golden gate publishing
artistic
bigass1 Eggs Ackley
bigass2 Big Women
despair
dirty laundry 01
dirty laundry 02
el perfecto
funny aminals
homegrown funnies
hytone
jiz
motor city 01
motor city 02
mr natural
snatch
snoid
turned on cuties
xyz comics
  • docweasel.com
  • docweaselcomix
  • blog
  • contact
  • sitemap
2023 docweaselcomix.com. contact us with comments, complaints or suggestions email docweasel.com | join the discussion or bitch and rant at will at DWF forum

comics

comics
dc comics
metal men
plop
ec comics
crime suspenstories
frontline combat
haunt of fear
impact
incredible sci-fi
mad
panic
piracy
shock suspenstories
tales from the crypt
terror illustrated
two fisted tales
valor
vault of horror
weird fantasy
weird science
weird sci & fantasy
golden gate publishing
artistic
peoples comics
turned on cuties
indies & others
big funnies
boris karloff
death & candy
gang bang
genesis
gothic blimp works
hot stuf
jay naylor
new paltz
one fisted tales
red meat
short order comix
kitchen sink
bijou funnies
bizarre sex
death rattle
dutch treat
fifties funnies
homegrown funnies
mr natural
omaha the cat dancer
pro junior
smile
snarf
snoid
trinas girls
xyz comics
last gasp
cherry poptart
cherry's jubilee
dirty laundry
dr atomic
psychotic adventures
scarlet pilgrim
slow death
weirdo
zap comics
print mint/apex
despair
el perfecto
funny aminals
girl fight
hytone
insect fear
jiz comics
snatch
uneeda
rip-off press
big ass comics
doll
freak brothers
horny stories & comix
motor city comics
rip off comix
skull comics

ec comics

ec comics
crime suspenstories
frontline combat
haunt of fear
impact
incredible sci-fi
mad
panic
piracy
shock suspenstories
tales from the crypt
terror illustrated
two fisted tales
valor
vault of horror
weird fantasy
weird science
weird sci & fantasy

haunt of fear

haunt of fear
hof #1-9
hof 01 Wall
hof 02 Vampire
hof 03 Nightmare
hof 04 Mummy
hof 05 Fresh Corpse
hof 06 Strange
hof 07 Coffin
hof 08 Shrunken
hof 09 Warts
hof #10-19
hof 10 Bum Steer
hof 11 Cellar Ooze
hof 12 Poetic Justice
hof 13 Wolf Bait
hof 14 Devil Doll
hof 15 Chatterbox
hof 16 Nobody
hof 17 Bayou
hof 18 Pipe Down
hof 19 Header
hof #20-28
hof 20 Thump Fun
hof 21 Cost of Dying
hof 22 Wish You
hof 23 Clubbing
hof 24 Drink to Me
hof 25 New Arrival
hof 26 Marriage
hof 27 Swamped
hof 28 Memoriam