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HAUNT OF FEAR No. 26 Publisher: EC [Indicia: Fables Publishing Co., Inc.] Date Published: July-August, 1954 Description: VG (4.0). Mild spine stress, nicks and edgewear, corner creases, 3/4" tear to right edge of front cover. Off-white pages. Cover: Graham Ingels. Scripts: Otto Binder. Art: Graham Ingels, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen. House ad: "Are You a Red Dupe?" by Bill Gaines, Lyle Stuart and Jack Davis. GPAnalysis: A 4.0 sold for $360 in 11/22. Domesticity, EC-style: A man sits in his favorite chair, newspaper close at hand, as his doting wife brings him his slippers and pipe. The only thing wrong with this picture of married bliss is that the headline blares "WOMAN ... SUICIDE" and the wife is a rotting corpse. As Graham Ingels' cover story ("Marriage Vow") illustrates, the "suicide" was murder, and in exchange for her devotions, wifey expects full conjugal benefits. The description is vivid: "She pulls you up the dust-laden stairs... up into the foul rancid-smelling bedroom above.... You can hear her rustling her drab infested clothes... You can hear them falling to the floor....And as much as you try, you cannot help but look. You cannot stop yourself from looking at your wife's body...." If one reads the words without looking at the pictures, it's essentially the story of a man who's no longer sexually attracted to his wife. Enjoying the Sale? Order a fully-illustrated softcover catalogue for 30 bucks. Only about 100 copies were printed and they're going fast. To reserve a copy, contact PBA's Director of Comics: ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consign to PBA Galleries. Our comic sales average a 98% sell-through rate, our prices realized are top-of-the-market, and our research-intensive catalogues are the best in the business. Seeking Silver Age Marvel, Golden Age superheroes, and pre-Code horror. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Item#: 347929 Headline: HAUNT OF FEAR #26 * 4.0 * Corpse Bride