Haunt of Fear #10

In "The Vamp!" from Haunt of Fear #10 (1951), a man’s European vacation takes a chilling turn when he crosses paths with a mysterious woman who claims to be a vampire—and falls for him. When he rejects her, she warns he’ll pay for his scorn, but the real horror comes when he returns to find his wife changed, and the danger is no longer just from the past.

In "My Uncle Ekar!" from Haunt of Fear #10 (1951), a young boy claims he’s actually 24 and spends his days watching his uncle commit murders—something he says he wants to do when he grows up. When police track down the man the boy describes, the child is found dead, but not before revealing a horrifying truth: he had three eyes and a forked tongue. The story ends with a chilling wink from the boy, his third eye glinting in the final panel.

In "Bum Steer!", a jilted matador, scorned by his lover for a younger rival, turns desperate—training a half-blind bull to charge the scent of her perfumed handkerchief, a symbol of her favor. As the bull’s rage is unleashed and the young matador falls, the night brings a chilling reckoning that leaves the schemer facing a fate far worse than he imagined.