Cover: Nick Cardy

The Witching Hour #21

Jun 1972 · DC · 0.25 USD

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“The Mournful Bells of Santa Morte”

Midnight comes alive on this 1972 DC chiller as a blue-robed witch soars dramatically through a murky swamp, towing an entire Victorian houseboat behind her on a twisted rope — a genuinely unsettling image rendered with atmospheric flair by cover artist Nick Cardy. A second cackling witch peers down from the upper corner, overseeing the supernatural mischief with gleeful menace. Fifty-two big pages for a quarter made The Witching Hour #21 one of the better bargains in early-'70s horror anthology comics, teasing eerie tales within — including "The Mournful Bells of Santa Morte.

writer Bill Dennehy · artist, inker Jerry Grandenetti · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Nick Cardy

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Cynthia Mildred Mordred

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writer Bill Dennehy

artist, inker Jerry Grandenetti

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils, inks Nick Cardy

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Jealous Kroger the sword swallower tries to kill Miss Denise the high wire act, but Hugo the clown (who loves her from afar) saves her by catching her, causing his death.

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