Dates
- Cover date
- September-October 1951
- On sale
- August 3, 1951
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Warts So Horrible? · 8 pages
Two nephews attempt to grave rob their miser uncle at midnight for a diamond ring that he had buried with him. The corpse seizes them and re-buries all, with two young boys in the cemetery as witnesses who had been attempting a witchcraft spell for wart removal.
- Forbidden Fruit · The Vault of Horror! · 7 pages
Two passengers from a downed plane wash up on an island where the only food appears to be fruit that grows on a tree enclosed behind a stockade. The previous occupant tells them from behind the wall that eating the fruit will make their skin rot off, but they don't believe he is sane and so come back to the enclosure later that night and partake of the fruit, but then they get a look at him...
- Genius · 1 pages
A vampire comes up with an ingenious method of acquiring blood by pretending to be a doctor and feeding on helpless patients. Unfortunately for him, it backfires when he consumes poisonous blood from a patient with an unknown disease.
- The Age-Old Story! · Haunt of Fear · 6 pages
A young woman marries a biologist in his 50s for his money but quickly tires of him. She gets him to fork over all his dough and then tells him she's leaving him for a younger man. He proposes a farewell toast and, unbeknown to her, spikes her drink with an aging hormone that turns her into a withered old crone.
- The Gorilla's Paw! · The Crypt of Terror · 7 pages
Uneasily eyeing objects in a curio shop's window, Floyd is summoned inside by the owner and induced to buy a mummified gorilla's paw for $25. He tosses it on his nightstand and goes to bed, but in the morning, the paw is covered with $25. The next day, the paw disappears, then reappears with blood all over it and one of his friends dead. Floyd soon learns that the paw will grant his wishes, with devastating results!
Reprinted in
The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (2015), Haunt of Fear (1985), Haunt of Fear (1994), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (2012), The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear (2021)