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Cover: Nick Cardy

The Witching Hour #38

Jan 1974 · DC · 0.50 USD
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Contains 13 stories
Makers of the Mist!
5 pp · Horror-Suspense
'Til Death Us Do Join!
6.5 pp · Horror-Suspense
Cynthia's Tale... The Ever Constant Drum!
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
Save the Last Dance for Me!
4.5 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Save the Last Dance for Me!", Trapley, a wealthy and self-serving man, uses a mysterious machine to reach Earth a century in the future—only to discover that his vision of the future comes with more than just technological marvels. What he finds when he arrives is far more unsettling than he ever imagined, and the promise of progress hides a chilling secret waiting to be uncovered.

Eternal Hour!
7.67 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Eternal Hour!", a reclusive man named Terwit, mocked for his small stature, retreats to a clock tower where he stops the clock at midnight. Years later, a group of the same boys who once tormented him—now grown men—return to the tower, drawn by a need to confront their past. Their screams echo from within, a chilling reminder of what waits in the stillness of that endless hour.

The Perfect Surf or How to Make Waves Without Really Trying!
4.67 pp · Horror-Suspense

Stanley’s obsession with the perfect wave blinds him to everything else—even the stunning woman beside him. When a chance to catch that elusive surge comes under the cover of night, his fixation takes him into unknown waters, where the ocean’s secrets might be more than just a ride.

The Man with the Stolen Eyes
5.67 pp · Horror-Suspense
Brush with Death!
7.5 pp · Horror-Suspense
Dream Girl
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Demon in the Mirror!
7.67 pp · Horror-Suspense
Johnny Peril

In "The Demon in the Mirror!", Johnny Peril finds himself trapped in a prison world after a vengeful killer named Don Domingo uses dark magic to escape death row—stepping through a mirror to banish Peril in his place. With the guards set to execute him instead of the cunning criminal, Peril must think fast to survive the deadly game unfolding behind the glass.

The Phantom Ship
4 pp · Horror-Suspense

In the eerie stillness of the open sea, a desperate man flees his crimes aboard a luxury cruise, only to stumble onto a spectral vessel where the crew are as lost and haunting as he has become. The Phantom Ship drifts through the night, its decks filled with the silent remnants of the drowned, and Roger Duval finds himself not escaping, but joining them.

Round Trip to the Past!
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
Trail of the Lucky Coin!
3.67 pp · Horror-Suspense
Mordred (host)Mildred (host)

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Raw (Fine) $38
CGC 9.8 · 5 in census $1,520*
CGC 9.6 · 3 in census $451*
CGC 9.4 · 11 in census $261*
CGC 9.2 · 12 in census $183*
CGC 9.0 · 9 in census $150*
CGC 8.5 · 6 in census $123*
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CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $112*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $99*
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $84*
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CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $73*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $54*
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $49*
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $35*
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Cast · 3 characters

Full credits

artist, inker Murphy Anderson
letterer Irv Watanabe
cover pencils, inks Nick Cardy

Reprints

↩ Reprints Sensation Comics #109 (1952), The Phantom Stranger #4 (1953), House of Mystery #47 (1956), House of Mystery #68 (1957), House of Mystery #69 (1957), House of Secrets #8 (1958), The Witching Hour #1 (1969), The Witching Hour #2 (1969)

Reprinted in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières #1 (1978), The Witching Hour #[nn] (1982), Shadows from Beyond #[nn] (1983)

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