Ghostly Tales #145

Charlton's long-running horror anthology reaches issue #145 with a cover by Pat Boyette that's hard to look away from — a swirling, leering Smoke Demon billows up in shades of blue and white, bearing down on a lone figure clutching a knife amid darkened trees. The supernatural menace feels genuinely unsettling, with the demon's coiling, serpentine form dominating the night scene in that atmospheric style Charlton horror fans came to love. Inside, Joe Gill and Steve Ditko team up on "Great Caesar's Ghost," making this 1980 issue a solid pick for admirers of both eerie cover art and dependable horror storytelling talent.