Ghostly Haunts #25

Charlton's Ghostly Haunts #25 delivers a genuinely unsettling vision courtesy of cover artist Steve Ditko — a figure in a purple suit is swept up in a swirling golden vortex, surrounded by decaying, ghoulish faces and dominated by an enormous, dripping spectral eye that stares out from the green-drenched composition. The tagline "Even after death, Ursula cried… 'I'll never leave you!'" sets a tone of supernatural obsession that perfectly suits Charlton's horror anthology style. Inside, writer and artist Pete Morisi brings his own sensibility to the all-new stories, making this 1972 issue a satisfying entry in one of Charlton's most atmospheric titles.