Ghostly Tales Album #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Monsters Ride at Night," Bernard Baily's stark art brings to life the creeping dread of Justin Westrum, a man whose guilt over murdering his partner Mack begins to twist reality. Haunted by a curse that promises Mack will "keep an eye" on him, Westrum's paranoia spirals as he tries to bury his crime—only to find that some shadows don't fade with the light. Steve Ditko's cover, with its eerie, angular figures, perfectly captures the unsettling tone of this chilling tale from the 1981 Ghostly Tales Album.
In a plague-ridden medieval realm, a king throws a lavish masquerade while his people succumb to a deadly fever. When the mysterious Red Death slips into the ball, the celebration turns to terror—no one knows who or what it truly is.
In the dusty shadows of the frontier, outlaw Dude Fenley and his gang flee after murdering prospector Old Cady and stealing his gold by hijacking a train—only to be haunted by a ghostly figure who derails their escape. This chilling 1981 tale from Ghostly Tales Album #[nn] weaves frontier dread with spectral retribution, where justice rides a phantom locomotive.
In "The Constant Eye," Justin Westrum thinks he’s escaped justice after murdering his partner Mack, but the dead man’s final vow—“I’ll keep an eye on you”—begins to feel all too real. As paranoia takes hold, Westrum’s desperate attempts to bury the truth only deepen the dread, making him question whether he’s truly alone in the dark.
In "Partners!", two gold prospectors strike it rich in the frozen wilds of northern Canada—only for greed to turn one against the other. When betrayal leads to murder, the killer finds himself haunted by the ghost of his former partner, whose presence grows more relentless with every frozen night.
In "The Fat Man!", a desperate art painter named Leo Main turns to his canvas to confront his intimidating landlady, Mrs. Tyran—only to find his chilling sketch of her and a sinister, looming fat man stepping out of the frame. As the figure takes on a life of its own, Leo must reckon with a creation that no longer obeys his hand, blurring the line between imagination and nightmare.
In "The City of the Dead!", a desperate photographer ventures into a cursed desert ruin, driven by obsession and a deadly gamble—pushing himself past the brink with poison, only to find he’s crossed into a realm where the living no longer belong.
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↩ Reprints The Thing #2 (1952), This Magazine Is Haunted #4 (1952), The Thing #3 (1952), This Magazine Is Haunted #10 (1953), Ghostly Tales #76 (1969), Ghostly Haunts #23 (1972), Ghostly Haunts #24 (1972), Ghost Manor #6 (1972), Ghost Manor #7 (1972), Ghostly Haunts #29 (1973), Ghostly Haunts #30 (1973), Ghost Manor #14 (1973)
Reprinted in Crypt of Horror #32 (2017)
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