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Haunt of Fear#23
Cover: Ghastly

Haunt of Fear #23

Jan 1954 · EC · 0.10 USD
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"Creep Course" in Haunt of Fear #23 (1954) delivers a chilling descent into paranoia and psychological dread, all drawn with the sharp, unsettling precision of Jack Davis, who wrote, penciled, inked, and co-created the story’s oppressive atmosphere. The cover by Ghastly sets the tone with a haunting, grotesque image that perfectly mirrors the story’s creeping dread. This 10-cent comic from 1954 is a masterclass in suspense, where every shadow feels alive and the line between hunter and hunted blurs in the swamp’s suffocating silence.

Contains 4 stories
Creep Course
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Old Witch (host)Stella Sharp (college co-ed, death)Mitzi (college co-ed, Stella's roommate)three unnamed kidnapped co-eds (all die)Professor Finley (villain)
No Silver Atoll!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Vault-Keeper (host)Captain Miller (airplane pilot)airplane passengers [Clark (villain, death)RuthMr. KubleskiMr. DawsonMr. Howard (death)Miss Kirby (death)]
Hansel and Gretel!
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Old Witch (host)
Country Clubbing!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Crypt-Keeper (host)

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $110
CGC 9.0 · 4 in census $1,721
CGC 8.5 · 6 in census $1,164
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 7 in census $829
CGC 7.0 · 8 in census $715
CGC 6.5 · 5 in census $574
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CGC 6.0 · 14 in census $481
CGC 5.5 · 12 in census $413
CGC 5.0 · 16 in census $338
CGC 4.5 · 10 in census $276
CGC 4.0 · 14 in census $254
CGC 3.5 · 15 in census $234
CGC 3.0 · 19 in census $209
CGC 2.5 · 9 in census $188
CGC 2.0 · 6 in census $141
CGC 1.5 · 6 in census $109
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $83
CGC 0.5 · 2 in census $63
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Jack Davis
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Ghastly

Reprints

Reprinted in The Haunt of Fear #1 (1954), E.C. Classic Reprint #10 (1974), Haunt of Fear #5 (1985), Gysertimen #1 (1987), Gysertimen #3 (1987), Iskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 [1987] (1987), Iskalde Grøss #2 [1988] (1988), Iskalde Grøss #4/1991 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #1/1994 (1994), Haunt of Fear #23 (1998), Nemi #14 (2004), Nemi #15 (2004), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #29 (2021), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #30 (2021), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #36 (2024), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #37 (2024)

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