Teenage Witch
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development of horror comics?
Both Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein have
stated that one of their favorite old radio shows, which they listened to as
youngsters, was the weekly show The Witch’s Tale. When the older actress
who did the voice of the Witch died, this 13-year-old girl got the job. In this
photo she is reading her script, broadcasting over WOR, pretending to be an Old
Witch, and scaring the pants off teenagers Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein!
So when Gaines launched his EC horror comics in 1950, his Old Witch, Crypt
Keeper and Vault Keeper were patterned in part after the voice of this young
girl.
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