House of Mystery #261

A skeletal, scythe-wielding figure in a tattered dark cloak looms menacingly on Michael Wm. Kaluta's striking cover for this October 1978 issue — the reaper clutches a corn cob in one bony hand while shadowy, hooded forms lurk in the background, setting an unsettling harvest-horror mood that fits perfectly with the lead story, "The Husker!" DC's long-running anthology delivers four all-new chillers across its 44 pages, with interior work from writer Greg Potter and artist Jerry Grandenetti. If you have a taste for eerie autumn dread, this one's hard to pass up.