Ghostly Tales #79

Charlton's Ghostly Tales from the Haunted House #79 delivers a memorably atmospheric cover by Jim Aparo: a red-caped woman soars over a storm-swept graveyard, arms outstretched, crying out for spirits to help her seek revenge, while a sinister hooded figure with pointed ears watches from the foreground with a knowing smirk. The teaser copy — "Which Witch?" — promises a story of warlocks and deception inside, where writer Joe Gill and artist Steve Ditko bring their own brand of eerie imagination to the proceedings. For fifteen cents in 1970, this was a fine place to lose yourself in supernatural mystery.