The Haunt of Fear (E.C.)

(E.C., 1950-1954)
™ and © William M. Gaines, Agent

Having had great success with the Crypt of Terror (Tales from the Crypt) and The Vault of Horror, EC’s William M. Gaines decided to convert their Western title Gunfighter into a new horror title, The 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.

The 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 The Old Witch, The Vault-Keeper, and the 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.

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