Haunt of Fear #15 Gaines File Pedigree (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages....

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Haunt of Fear #15 Values

Publisher: EC, 1952

About Haunt of Fear #15

Contains an interior cover ad for MAD #1. Graham Ingels cover and art. George Evans, Jack Kamen, and Jack Davis art.

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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) #6 (1977)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Chatter-Boxed!

Characters: The Old Witch (host); Jacob Filbert (death); Eileen Filbert (Jacob's wife)

Synopsis: A man subject to cataleptic fits worries that he may be buried alive during one of them so he instructs his undertaker to perform no embalming and has a telephone installed in the coffin. He gets into an car accident while having a fit and it is assumed he was killed him. When he revives in the rapidly oxygen-depleting coffin, he first tries to phone his wife, then his brother, and finally his doctor, all without success. Finally, he tries to dial the operator, but unfortunately for him, it is December 7, 1941, and all circuits are busy!

Pages: 8.000

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

Pencils: Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Inks: Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

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.

Title: All Washed Up!

Characters: The Vault-Keeper (host)

Synopsis: A man doesn't have the money to marry his girl, so he kills his wealthier rival and dumps his body down an old well. While he is doing so, he accidentally drops the diamond ring he stole from the victim down the well. He returns for the ring only to have the corpse clamp its teeth into his ankle when he attempts to climb back up out of the well and drag him back down under the surface.

Pages: 7.000

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

Pencils: George Evans (signed)

Inks: George Evans (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

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

Title: Marriage Vows!

Characters: The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis: In this grim fairy tale, evil king Blackheart gets princess Buttercup's hand in marriage. Literally.

Pages: 6.000

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: Death of Some Salesmen!

Characters: The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis: A salesman has the bad luck to break down outside the home of a deranged old couple who cover him with a shotgun as they show him their refrigerator, stove, vacuum cleaner, grandfather clock, and television set that they made sure worked by testing it out on the body of each device's respective salesman. The man asks him "What do you sell?" and he replies "It's out in the car" while the old woman covers him with the shotgun. The old man goes to get it and he tells the woman "You don't want what I sell" and offers to pay anything to be released but she just waits for her husband to return with the device, a handy-dandy meat cutter...

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.

Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	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	1	1	4	6	12	8	8	15	11	14	13	7	7	11	13	3	4	3	4	6	0	0	151
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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
Restored	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Total	0	0	0	2	1	4	8	14	8	8	16	11	14	13	9	8	12	13	3	4	3	4	6	0	0	161

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