Scary Tales #35

Charlton's Scary Tales #35 (1982) delivers a wonderfully creepy cover courtesy of Enrique Nieto, featuring a massive, segmented purple creature — part giant isopod, part nightmare — bearing down on two terrified figures as one cries "What is it, Dr. Webb?" and the other shouts "Quick — kill it!" The sheer scale of the hulking, multi-legged beast looming over the forest setting makes it clear this anthology has plenty of unsettling imagination to offer. With Joe Gill's scripting and Nieto's linework throughout, "The Greatest Treasure" promises the kind of pulpy, creature-feature fun that made Charlton horror comics a reliable thrill in their day.