The Witching Hour #85

DC's long-running horror anthology hits issue #85 with a cover by Luis Dominguez that delivers a genuinely unsettling piece of dark irony: a blue-robed, skeletal figure looms in the foreground poring over an open tome, while through a doorway a cheerful young boy heads off to his first day at a new school, blissfully unaware of what watches him — the speech bubble's bright "Have a good day!" landing with a chilling twist. A wizened figure lurks in the shadowy background, and ghostly stone forms frame the scene, giving the whole composition a graveyard atmosphere that Dominguez renders with moody, atmospheric linework. Forty-four pages of fresh horror await inside, including "Rat Bait" — making this October 1978 issue a satisfying pick for fans of DC's classic supernatural anthology era.