Haunted #46

Charlton's long-running supernatural anthology reaches issue #46 with a cover by Steve Ditko that sets an immediately unsettling mood: a wild-eyed, green-faced figure crouches hungrily over an ornate, skull-adorned chest while a ghostly apparition swirls up from a candle nearby. Baron Weirwulf presides over the proceedings from his corner portrait, promising another round of eerie tales — including the interior story "A Real Gone Guy," crafted by the reliable team of writer Joe Gill and artist Charles Nicholas with inks by Vince Alascia. For fans of late-'70s horror comics, this December 1979 issue delivers exactly the kind of creeping dread Charlton did so well.