Ghostly Tales #163

Charlton's long-running horror anthology reaches issue #163 with a cover by Steve Ditko that sets a genuinely unsettling mood: silhouetted figures stand waist-deep in churning water beneath a blazing sunset, while a massive, looming creature emerges from the darkness on the right — the tagline "From Out the Depths" leaves little doubt that something monstrous has risen. Inside, Joe Gill scripts "Baku the Dream Eater," with Ditko handling the art throughout, promising the kind of imaginative, eerie storytelling this title delivered throughout 1983.