Ghostly Tales #164

Charlton's long-running horror anthology reaches issue #164 with a cover by Jim Aparo that sets an immediate chill — a pale, shrouded figure advances menacingly from the shadows while a terrified man and woman cling to each other in the foreground, the chilling words "Your negligence is punishable by DEATH!!" hanging in the air above them. Aparo's sharp linework gives the scene a raw, unsettling tension that feels genuinely threatening rather than campy. Inside, Steve Skeates scripts "The Big Deal" with Aparo handling the full art duties — a fine creative pairing for an evening of eerie 1983 Charlton horror.