Source: adventuresinpoortaste.com

7. The Haunt of Fear

(EC Comics)

Oh, come on, this wouldn't be a Halloween comics list without an EC title. And considering that this was the most recent one I’d read, I figured it'd make a great pick. Plus, we already did Tales From the Crypt.

Haunt of Fear is a similar magazine. It's an anthology series of short horror stories with no connectivity other than their format. Most EC tales run as follows: There’s some jerk you’re supposed to hate. He does something atrocious that makes you hate him more. Then his action comes back to bite him, and he dies horribly and ironically.

Although my favorite story is different. In this tale, we see Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein in their offices at EC comics, trying to figure out which comic genre to do next. Gaines suggests horror, but Feldstein nay-says. Later, a hooded figure stalks them on the street, and they flee into the sewer. There, they come face to face with the Vault Keeper and the Crypt Keeper, who"¦make them sign contracts so they can publish a comic book about them. And isn't that the spookiest thing of all?

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