Haunt of Fear #18
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Pipe Down!" from Haunt of Fear #18 (1953) delivers a chilling twist on time and deception, penned by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein and brought to life with sharp, eerie art by Jack Davis, whose inks and Marie Severin’s colors heighten the story’s unsettling mood. The tale centers on a sinister carnival ride that bends time with each spin, as a man uses it to reverse his age and assume a child’s form to exploit a kind-hearted woman—only for two skeptical boys to intervene in a way that defies logic. Graham Ingels’ cover, a masterclass in gothic dread, captures the story’s eerie spirit with its haunting imagery of the Ferris wheel and the shadowed figures beneath.
In "Pipe Down!" from Haunt of Fear #18 (1953), a young woman grows weary of her elderly husband’s pipe-smoking and poetic musings, leading her to conspire with a younger man to stage a fatal fall. After the husband’s death, she adopts a monkey born on the same day—only for a new tragedy to unfold when her new lover, Howard, becomes suspicious and acts on his jealousy. The story’s final image lingers on the monkey, now settled in the old man’s chair, pipe in hand and poetry in paw.
In "Bedtime Gory!", a woman’s quiet evening takes a chilling turn when she reveals her husband’s dark secret—his murder of her wealthy father to fake an accident and marry her for her fortune. With a calm precision that belies her calm demeanor, she turns the tables in a way that leaves his fate uncertain.
In this chilling 1953 tale from *Haunt of Fear #18*, a prince’s obsession with wealth leads him down a grotesque path—swallowing lead shot to inflate his weight in gold, only to face a terrifying fate when his carriage brakes fail mid-ride. The story unfolds with a darkly ironic twist, blending grotesque body horror with a fairy tale’s cruel logic.
In "The Black Ferris!" from Haunt of Fear #18 (1953), two boys stumble upon a sinister carnival attraction: a Ferris wheel that can bend time with each spin. When a man exploits the wheel’s power to reverse his age and impersonate an orphan, the boys race to stop him before he vanishes into the future—leaving only shadows behind.
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Reprinted in Haunt of Fear #18 (1953), Haunt of Fear #4 (1985), Monsieur Sourire #[nn] (1985), Iskalde Grøss #1 uke 46 [1987] (1987), Iskalde Grøss #4/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #6/1989 (1989), The Vault of Horror #2 (1990), Haunt of Fear #2 (1991), Iskalde Grøss #5/1992 (1992), Ray Bradbury Comics #2 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #3/1993 (1993), The X-Files Comics Digest #2 (1996), Haunt of Fear #18 (1997), Nemi #31 (2005), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #7 (2014), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #30 (2021), Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories #[nn] (2023), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #36 (2024), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #37 (2024)
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