Saturday, June 13, 2020

Great Classics Of Literature Out Th' Ass Dept. - The Haunt Of Fear

EC Comics were the parent's nightmare and the kid's dream. Here's ten annoyingly inconsistent scans of what might or might not be the first ten issues of The Haunt Of Fear. Some are reprints, with those ugly reprint-only art changes and editorial. Some are the grubby, gorgeous originals. The stories and art remain indelible mind tattoos from the Cold War fever dream, none as shocking and evil as the New Normal. Comfort reading from times when the emissaries of Satan hadn't taken over the White House, and zombies weren't walking the streets.
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14 comments:

  1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 13, 2020 at 3:23 PM

    First request wins 4.8401 FoamPoints! Oboy!

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  2. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 13, 2020 at 3:24 PM

    Me! I want it!

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  3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 13, 2020 at 3:25 PM

    You win!




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  4. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 13, 2020 at 3:26 PM

    Gee! Thanks! Where's the link?

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  5. AnonymousJune 13, 2020 at 3:37 PM

    I'll have a taste of those indelible mind tattoos!
    But you beat me to those FoamPoints, which strikes me as a kind of insider trading. Then again lotteries and suchlike forbid their employees to take part in their own undertakings.
    Not sure how this works legally, however, since you're not technically an employee but a Foam Island Overlord.

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  6. Jack Kerouac's CatJune 13, 2020 at 5:56 PM

    There's a Martha Stewart's box joke somewhere in there.

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  7. nine1873June 13, 2020 at 7:35 PM

    is there a link?

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 13, 2020 at 11:57 PM

      June 13, 2020 at 3:25 PM

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    2. RobJune 14, 2020 at 12:22 AM

      There is..the missing kind

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    3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 14, 2020 at 5:36 AM

      Rob, when these undying masterworks got reissued they were numbered differently, as part of a "new" series. It's a mess. Which is why I made the caveat "might or might not". I don't honestly know what there is here, only that I found them in folders numbered 1 thru 10.

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  8. One Buck GuyJune 14, 2020 at 12:21 AM

    Come on baby, don't fear the reaper!

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  9. Crab DevilJune 14, 2020 at 12:40 AM

    I've never run into that series in the wild, but recognizing
    stealth links does seem to get EC-er with practice.

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  10. nine1873June 14, 2020 at 5:53 AM

    I'm slow. I've got it. Thanks

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  11. Elwood PleebusJune 15, 2020 at 11:24 PM

    thank you! annoyingly inconsistent is preferred over nothing at all, right?

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