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.