Haunt of Fear #10
"Grave Business!" delivers a chilling twist in EC's Haunt of Fear #10 (1951), a standout issue written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, illustrated by Jack Kamen with inks by the same. The story follows a young boy who claims to be 24 and recounts his desire to emulate his uncle, a murderer he claims to watch from afar—only for the police to discover the horrifying truth when he leads them to his uncle’s lair. The cover, penciled and inked by Al Feldstein, captures the eerie tone perfectly.
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Policeman interview a child who appears to be about six and claims he is really 24 and lives no place while going around all day watching his 'Uncle Ekar' murdering people which is what he wants to do when he grows up. The kid tells the police where they can find Uncle Ekar and he shows, but tries to run off and the police shoot him dead whereupon they realize that the child was not lying and he really did have three eyes and a forked tongue. The kid gets adopted and the police check up on him where the mother tells them that his dog died last night. The last panel depicts the kid winking at the reader with an eye in the middle of his forehead and a forked tongue.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).