Ghost Stories #29

Dell's Ghost Stories #29 from July 1971 delivers a genuinely unsettling cover scene: a looming, shrouded phantom reaches its grasping hand toward a man who recoils in terror while a swooping bird bears down on him, all set against a fiery, dungeon-like backdrop with iron gates and heavy chains. The cover teases the story "Smasher of Idols!" with the bold promise of a statue that came to life — a premise dripping with dread. It's a fine example of Dell's atmospheric horror anthology at its most viscerally imaginative.