The Haunt of Horror Vol. 1 No. 12 Fall 1977

The first volume of THE HAUNT OF HORROR represented Marvel's 1973 attempt to produce a magazine of prose horror fantasy in the tradition of successful science fiction digests. The stories were both new and reprints. None of the tales were established in the Marvel Universe. Although featuring stories by Harlan Ellison, Anne McCaffrey, Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard among others, and illustrations by such acclaimed Marvel artists as Mike Ploog and Frank Brunner, poor sales limited the run to a mere two issues. A second volume of THE HAUNT OF HORROR, a black-and-white comics anthology starring Marvel Universe characters Satana and Gabriel, along with stand-alone tales, was launched two years later. When Marvel's attempt to publish a digest-sized prose horror anthology flopped, they recycled the title, THE HAUNT OF HORROR, as an addition to their line of black-and-white monster/hooror comics. The series featured stories showcasing Marvel Universe characters (Satana the Devil's Daughter, Gabriel the Devil-Hunter), adaptations of horror short stories, original anthological stand-alone tales, reprints of old Atlas comics stories, prose stories and articles. This incarnation was only slightly more successful, lasting five issues. The title "HAUNT OF HORROR" was revived by Marvel in the mid-2000s for two mini-series featuring mature-reader adaptaions of stories by Edgar Allen Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. Edited by Roy Thomas (issues #1 & 2), Marv Wolfman (2–4), Tony Isabella (#3 & 4), David Anthony Kraft (#5), and Don McGregor (#5).

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