Ghostly Tales #118

Charlton's Ghostly Tales #118 from 1975 delivers the eerie atmosphere the anthology series does so well, with a Steve Ditko cover that crackles with supernatural tension — a red-haired woman clutching a mallet faces down a dark-cloaked figure while a massive, swirling green specter looms over a storefront church on a rocky shore, lightning bolts cutting through the chaos. Ditko's unmistakable linework gives every element a jagged, otherworldly energy that pulls you right into the dread. Inside, Joe Gill's writing pairs with Ditko and Tony Williamsune's art — including the story "The Exterminator" — for a lineup of "all new" tales that made Charlton's horror titles a genuine treat in the mid-'70s.