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Even 60 years after their original release, in an era of explicit horror, EC Comics superstar Graham âeoeGhastlyâe Ingelsâe(tm)s grisly pages retain the power to shock. His loving depictions of the endless corruption of flesh and nature made him the go-to guy for stories involving swamps, maniacs, and dismemberment âe" and all three combined to best effect in one of the standouts of this collection of his stories: âeoeHorror We? Howâe(tm)s Bayou?âe âe" considered the single most spectacularly drawn of all of ECâe(tm)s horror stories, with a climax that would give body-horror king David Cronenberg nightmares. Ingels specialized in depicting the unimaginable. If you ever wondered what the vengeful, decaying corpse of an elephant stomping a woman to death would look like, itâe(tm)s in here (âeoeSquash...Anyone?âe). Or living rats sewn into the bodies of a tyrannical king and queen (âeoeA Grim Fairy Taleâe)... or the results of injecting a âeoepoison-penâe letter writer with literal poison and reducing him to, in the words of Al Feldsteinâe(tm)s script, a âeoefoul-smelling, oozing pool of putrescenceâe (âeoeNotes to You!âe). One of the two Ray Bradbury adaptations in the book, âeoeThere Was an Old Womanâe (about a deceased crone who simply refuses to stay dead) provides the closest thing to a note of sweetness that youâe(tm)ll find here âe" perhaps with the exception of the genuinely romantic âeoeA Little Stranger!âe and its loving marriage between a dead vampire and a dead werewolf. Sucker Bait And Other Stories features 25 classic stories from Tales From the Crypt, Shock Suspen-Stories, Vault of Horror, and Ingels and his âeoeOld Witchâe characterâe(tm)s special showcase Haunt of Fear âe" plus the usual fascinating historical, critical, and biographical material.… (more)