La Vecchia Strega

La Vecchia Strega — 'The Old Witch' — is a horror-host figure from early '90s Italian comics, presiding over macabre tales in the tradition of EC Horror. She shares her eerie world with crypt-keeper-style companions, guiding readers through gothic stories of dread.

Dark, mysterious, and steeped in the eerie atmosphere of early '90s Italian horror comics, La Vecchia Strega made her debut in the very first issue of I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore in 1991, brought to life through the collaboration of Ferruccio Alessandri and the legendary Jack Davis. Published by Edizioni B.S.D., she inhabits a world of gothic dread alongside shadowy figures like Il Guardiano della Cripta and Il custode del Sepolcro — company that tells you everything about the chilling tone of her corner of the comics world. With 8 catalog appearances across this atmospheric series, she's a compact but evocative presence from the Copper/Modern Age of Italian horror comics — exactly the kind of haunting discovery that makes digging through international titles so rewarding.