Ghost Manor #3

Charlton's Ghost Manor #3 (1972) invites you in — if you dare — with a Steve Ditko cover that crackles with macabre energy: a white-haired figure in a purple suit strikes a defiant pose at the center of a swirling mob of translucent ghosts, a massive coiled serpent looming to one side and flames consuming a structure in the background. A dapper skull-faced figure watches from the corner while the cover teaser promises that after fifty years, "The Waiting Noose" has finally come for one Cyrus T. Shadd. Inside, Joe Gill's writing pairs with Ditko's linework for all-new stories and all-new art — a fine package of supernatural unease at a 1972 cover price of just twenty cents.