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                                                                  Exhibit (i)(2)

        [Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Illinois)]



                                 April 27, 2001


Van Kampen Comstock Fund
1 Parkview Plaza
P.O. Box 5555
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181-5555


                  Re:  Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 to the
                       Registration Statement on Form N-1A for
                       the Van Kampen Comstock Fund
                       (the "Registration Statement")
                       (File Nos. 2-27778 and 811-1570)
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     We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Legal
Counsel" in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not
hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

                                               Very truly yours,


                                               /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate,
                                                   Meagher & Flom (Illinois)