Ghosts #87

DC's long-running anthology of weird and supernatural tales reaches issue #87 with a carnival-set cover by Luis Dominguez that grabs you immediately — a grotesque, clawed creature bursts from behind a curtain toward a terrified blonde woman in a red dress, while oblivious fairgoers mill about in the background beneath a cluster of balloons. The cover teases "The Phantom Freak," a haunter of both life and death, alongside two additional shockers and a installment of "The Files of Dr. Geist." For fans of DC's eerie anthology tradition, this 1980 issue delivers exactly the unsettling carnival-nightmare energy the Ghosts series does so well.