Scary Tales #45

Charlton's Scary Tales #45 (1984) features a Steve Ditko cover that sets an effectively eerie mood: a caped figure in red stalks through a moonlit graveyard, lantern in hand, while urgent caption boxes warn onlookers to "turn out the lights and hide" — promising that anything he catches outside is doomed. The story inside, "The Inn of the Crying Woman," is brought to life by writer Joe Gill and the triple-threat talents of Sanho Kim, who handles both the art and lettering. A solid slice of late-era Charlton horror for fans of atmospheric chills on a budget.