Ghostly Tales #133

Charlton's Ghostly Tales #133 (January 1979) sets a chilling mood right from its cover, where a shadowy, shrouded figure looms in a darkened, cobweb-draped doorway while a person holding a lantern cautiously peers inward — a scene that promises, as the cover itself teases, "a shocking story of murder, money and revenge" in a tale called "Last Laugh." Steve Ditko's cover pencils and inks bring a wonderfully eerie atmosphere to this anthology horror entry, with the interplay of lamplight and shadow doing exactly the work such a story demands. Inside, Pete Morisi and Joe Gill contribute to the issue's lineup, making this a solid piece of Charlton's dependable horror tradition.