Ghost Manor #19

Charlton's Ghost Manor #19 from 1971 delivers exactly the supernatural dread its cover promises — a glowing cauldron conjures a massive demonic shadow that looms over a terrified man and woman, while a ghostly blue female figure watches coolly from the left, cape billowing. Steve Ditko's cover art lends the scene a wonderfully unsettling energy, balancing lurid yellows and reds against the specter's eerie pallor. Inside, Joe Gill and Pat Boyette bring "Who Roams Tyford Castle?" to life, and the cover's bold warning — "Do NOT read these stories ALONE! They'll blow your mind!!" — sets the mood perfectly for a 15-cent evening of Charlton chills.