Ghostly Tales #167

A terrified woman clutches a small figure to her chest as a torch-bearing mob of gaunt, hollow-eyed pursuers closes in behind her — a foreboding castle looming on the hill beyond them — and the tagline "What Child Is This?" makes the whole scene deliciously unsettling. Wayne Howard's cover art for this June 1984 Charlton issue wrings real dread from twisted bare trees, eerie twilight blue skies, and those shambling figures pressing ever closer. If you enjoy old-school horror anthology comics with atmosphere to spare, Ghostly Tales #167 delivers a cover that earns its keep.