Ghostly Haunts #45

Charlton's Ghostly Haunts #45 from 1975 delivers a genuinely unsettling cover by Su Gumen, depicting a dark-haired, Egyptian-styled woman clutching a man's head while menacing green serpents coil around them both — all beneath the looming, ghostly face of a sinister figure and a mysterious glowing gem. The series' caped supernatural host watches from the upper left, a reminder that stranger forces are always lurking just at the edge of the frame. Inside, Pete Morisi handles writing, art, inking, and lettering on "Executioner!" — a solo effort that speaks to the dedicated craftsmanship Charlton's horror anthology line consistently delivered at a quarter a copy.