#21

Synopsis

Laura dreamed of being a famous painter, and years back her husband-to-be came by her studio to have his portrait painted. They fell in love, married, and moved to his planation home in Louisiana. In that home hung a portrait of her husband's French Baron relation, which haunted her, as did a room in the home that wouldn't open. Now, years later, she discovered a bottle of black ink in the bathroom for her husband's new beard, and when she was able to get the mystery door opened she found seven dead women lying there, and her husband, now with a blue beard and a razor in his hand.......

Reprinted in

• Tales from the Crypt #[nn]
• Haunt of Fear #21
• Iskalde Grøss #6/1989
• Iskalde Grøss #8/1989
• Iskalde Grøss #2/1990
• Iskalde Grøss #3/1993
• Iskalde Grøss #3/1994
• Haunt of Fear #21
• EC Portfolio #2
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #7— Reprinted in black and white.
• Foul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! #[nn]
• Gysertimen #4
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #15— Reprinted in black and white.
• Haunt of Fear #4
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #36— Reprinted in black and white.
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #37— Reprinted in black and white.

Credits

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Graham Ingels, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Reed Crandall

Inks

Graham Ingels, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Reed Crandall

Colours

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editor

Al Feldstein

Co-plot

Bill Gaines

Co-plot, script

Al Feldstein

Managing editor

Bill Gaines