The Haunt of Fear #20 Gaines File pedigree 2/11 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. The detail on this Graham I...

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Sold: Nov 20, 2003

Haunt of Fear #20 Values

Publisher: EC, 1953

About Haunt of Fear #20

Cover by Graham Ingels, for a story inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". Story art by Ingels, Al Feldstein, Jack Davis, Reed Crandall, and Marie Severin.

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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)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Thump Fun!

Characters: The Old Witch (host); Luther Courtney (death); Gilbert Courtney (Luther's brother, death); three detectives (in flashback); three Policemen; Marvin Courtney (villain, brother of Luther)

Synopsis: A murderer thinks he is like the character in Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart", imagining he hears a heartbeat in the walls, but after police examine the area they find his older brother's corpse. When the youngest brother admits to slaying the eldest brother for the family inheritance and burying the body in the cellar, the police dig it up, and it is revealed to be missing its heart.

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

Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich, formerly Albert B. Feldstein. Letterer credit by Craig Delich. Cover story. Some of the story is told in flashback.

Title: Terror Train

Characters: The Vault-Keeper (host); Gloria; Ralph (Gloria's husband)

Synopsis: Gloria was in a cab, running away from her husband Ralph...heading toward the train station and the train that would take her away from this man whom she thought was trying to poison her. Seated on the train, she imagined him at every turn, remembering the $25,000 insurance policies Ralph had taken out on them both, and then remembered that poison bottle he had brought home. A series of events following end when she awakens in her berth on the train, then sees Ralph with an attendant in a white coat, who takes her off to a nice house with bars on it so that Ralph can never get to her again!

Pages: 7.000

Script: Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils: Albert B. Feldstein

Inks: Albert B. Feldstein

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Title: Bloody Sure

Characters: The Old Witch (host); Jeb; Hiram Cottson (Anna's 1st husband, in flashback, death); Phil Crane (Anna's 2nd husband, in flashback, death); Hank Morton (Anna's 4th husband, in flashback, death); Anna Hodes (death); Anna's son (death); Waldo Buckly (villain, Anna's last husband, a vampire)

Synopsis: A man marries a woman the townsfolk warn him away from because, after her previous five husbands sicken and die, they think she is a vampire. It turns out her child has a rare blood disorder and she has been performing transfusions upon the men as they slept at night. The man knows she isn't a vampire because he is in fact one, and he drains both her and the child's blood.

Pages: 6.000

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

Pencils: Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)

Inks: Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich, per Al Felstein. Script revisions by Craig Delich.

Title: Hyde and Go Shriek!

Characters: The Crypt-Keeper (host)

Synopsis: A chemist strings along a rich admirer of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde who is willing to pay to have such a personality altering formula recreated. The joke is on the chemist when he ingests the formula he comes up, thinking that it's a placebo, but it actually does work and he loses control of himself and murders his girlfriend.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils: Jack Davis (signed)

Inks: Jack Davis (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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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	1	2	0	7	6	6	12	14	10	9	4	10	5	4	4	0	2	2	3	2	4	1	0	0	108
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	7	6	6	13	14	10	9	5	11	7	5	4	0	2	2	3	2	4	1	0	0	115

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