Haunt of Fear #14 Gaines File Pedigree 12/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....

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Haunt of Fear #14 Values

Publisher: EC, 1952

About Haunt of Fear #14

Classic zombie cover by Graham Ingels, who also provides the Old Witch's origin story in this issue. Story art by Jack Kamen, Sid Check, and Jack Davis.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)

Pencils: Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Inks: Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Reprints: EC Portfolio (Russ Cochran, 1971 series) #4 ()

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: A Little Stranger!

Characters: The Old Witch (host)(origin); Peter; Victor; Elicia (villain, a vampire, death); Zorgo (villain, a werewolf, death)

Synopsis: A female vampire and a male werewolf fall in love and take to hunting the hill country together, seeing each other once a month when the moon affects his transformation. They hope to find someone who can marry them. He protects her coffin during the day by moving it, but one day the villagers catch up to them, and put a silver bullet into his heart and a stake through her's and bury them in the devil's graveyard. That night, the graves erupt as they arise from their graves, are married, with a mausoleum as their honeymoon suite. Almost a year later, Elicia gives birth to the Old Witch.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils: Graham Ingels

Inks: Graham Ingels

Letters: Jim Wroten

Reprints: EC Portfolio (Russ Cochran, 1971 series) #4 ()

Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, formerly Albert B. Feldstein. Letterer credit by Craig Delich. Last page is splash.

Title: Take Your Pick!

Characters: The Vault-Keeper (host)

Synopsis: A woman with a miser for a husband loses her marbles after enduring countless acts of 'ice-heartedness' and takes an ice-pick to his chest.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils: Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks: Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Title: Ship-Shape!

Characters: The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis: Four occupants of a small plane find they need to ditch in the ocean. They inflate a life raft and come upon a derelict drifting at sea. The ship is completely covered with a strange fungus and one of them makes the mistake of trying to sample it with a pocket knife. Upon tearing the membrane a digestive-like fluid spills over him, dissolving him alive. Two of them make it back to the life raft, and are spotted by a search plane, unfortunately the raft is now infected with the fungus as it was moored to the derelict.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils: Sid Check (signed)

Inks: Sid Check (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Although The Old Witch appears hosting this story, Haunt of Fear is not indicated as the feature. Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Title: This Little Piggy...

Characters: The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis: A British officer visits his uncle in India during the occupation. His uncle warns him off hunting the wild boars in the area which are sacred to the natives. He disregards him and kills a boar, then prepares it by boiling the hair off, roasting it upon a spit, and finally serving it on a plate with an apple in its mouth. A native servant present during the dinner witnesses this and is horrified. The uncle apologizes to the native head, but word gets out, and though the officer is to leave the area tomorrow, the natives get hold of him and give him the same treatment.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils: Jack Davis (signed)

Inks: Jack Davis (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

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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	4	4	0	7	6	9	9	17	13	14	13	13	8	6	9	3	1	4	3	7	4	0	0	154
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Restored	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	8	6	9	11	18	14	14	15	14	8	8	9	3	1	4	3	7	4	0	0	165

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