Ghostly Tales #98

Charlton's Ghostly Tales #98 from 1972 arrives with a cover by Wayne Howard that pulls you straight into supernatural dread — a caped blue figure commands the scene with an outstretched arm while a group of alarmed men and women, one woman in green chains at the center, scramble near a foreboding haunted house as a robed figure looms to the right. The banner at the bottom dares you to climb aboard the "Ghostly Galley" for "a last, long ride," setting a wonderfully ominous tone. At twenty cents, this Charlton horror anthology delivers that irresistible blend of eerie atmosphere and pulpy thrills the title was known for throughout the early '70s.