Fantastic Fears #5 Northford Pedigree (Farrell, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $5,520.00

Sold: Oct 23, 2025

Fantastic Fears #5 Values

Publisher: Farrell, 1954

About Fantastic Fears #5

This issue features the first professional comic work by Steve Ditko. Skull cover.

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STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: My Coffin Must Wait

Characters: Seth Bates; Martha Bates; Doc Wilcox; Mr. Townsend

Synopsis: Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying. He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town. Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies.

Pages: 6.000

Reprints: Midnight (Farrell, 1957 series) #2 (July 1957)

Notes: Iger Shop artwork previously credited to Robert Webb.

Title: Caught in the Graft

Characters: Sam Green; Maxie; Jim

Synopsis: Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison. Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement. Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision. Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison, but when his henchman Maxie arrives at the city morgue to free him, he discovers there are thousands of "ice boxes" (morgue drawers) and he doesn't know which one Sam is in.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Howard Nostrand ?

Inks: Howard Nostrand ?

Letters: Ben Oda

Reprints: Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #8 (September 1969)

Notes: Possible Nostrand art per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Previous indexer credited Rudy Palais.

Title: Stretching Things

Characters: Lawrence Dawson (first appearance, death); Dr. James Doyle; Dr. Harrell

Synopsis: Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him. He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. However, Dawson's face becomes permanently twisted and he goes to scientist Harrell, who has a formula to restore him to normal. Dawson kills Harrell before he learns the proper dosage. When the police arrive to arrest Dawson, he's just a puddle on the floor.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Bruce Hamilton

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Ben Oda

Reprints: Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #2 (May 1977), | Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #2 (April 1970), | Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #4 (July 1971), | Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #2 (April 1973), | Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #8 (July 1968)

Notes: This was Ditko's first sale to a publisher, although not his first published work. Info per Robin Snyder and Bruce Hamilton. "Muiclac" is "calcium" spelled backwards.

Title: Escape from Hell!

Characters: Richard Benton; Satan

Synopsis: Criminal Richard Benton dies and goes to Hell. He's sentenced by Satan to drag a boulder around for eternity. Benton struggles to climb a mountain to freedom, plagued by demons and hindered by the boulder, only to learn "there is no escape from Hell!"

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Jack Abel ?

Inks: Jack Abel ?

Letters: Ben Oda

Reprints: Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #2 (March 1972), | Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #2 (May 1969), | Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #5 (September 1970)

Title: Temple of the Beast

Characters: Sam Graves; Anne Graves; Sivak [as Kavis]

Synopsis: In Siam, American tourists Sam and Anne buy "the hand of Sivak," a local god. The vendor later buys it back from Sam but the hand comes alive and strangles him. Anne recovers the hand and mails it to the USA. On the ship home, a mysterious man demands the hand from Sam and throws the American overboard when he learns the hand isn't there. Back home, Anne is greeted by fellow passenger Kavis, who reveals himself to be Sivak. Anne is strangled and Sivak can now go home with his hand.

Pages: 6.000

Reprints: Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #9 (July 1969), | Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #4 (October 1967)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	2	5	4	5	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	41
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	2	5	4	7	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	44

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