Ghost Stories #9

Dell's Ghost Stories serves up a genuinely unsettling cover here: a towering skeletal specter draped in white robes looms over a desperate man being dive-bombed by a shrieking bird, with heavy chains snaking across the foreground and an eerie amber glow behind iron bars. The cover promises a tale of "Attacked by a Statue That Came to Life!" — a premise that perfectly captures the creepy, pulp-flavored chills Dell was delivering to readers in 1965. Carl Memling's writing and Vince Colletta's inking bring "The Bone Pointers" to life in what looks to be a thoroughly atmospheric entry in this supernatural anthology series.