Ghostly Tales (1966 Charlton) comic books 1974-1976
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Issue #109
Published Jan 1974 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Steve Morisi, Joe Gill and Pete Morisi. A horror anthology from Charlton that often featured work by Steve Ditko and other comics luminaries. Evil ventriloquist Malik forces sculptor Schoen to create one of his life-like dummies, in a story with art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Zarko can travel into other people's bodies, and soon has everything he needs - but he wants more. A man plots to murder his identical twin and take his place. Hocus Pocus!; The Man Who Was Twins; The 3rd Victim. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.
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Issue #114
Published Mar 1975 by Charlton Comics Group.$3.60
Painted cover by Pat Boyette. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Tom Sutton, Joe Molloy, Joe Gill, and Pat Boyette. A horror anthology from Charlton that often featured work by Steve Ditko and other comics luminaries. "The signpost reads Egypt, the clock chimes night, and the moon is a mystic scarab suspended between the clouds. Around the campfire sit three men with a prosperous future in archaeology, if they survive the Night of the Mummy," in a story with art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The warrior Telusa stays hidden in his room for years because of a witch's curse...or is he just insane? A witch tries to cast a spell on a sleeping woman, but forgets the words, in a story with art by future horror legend Tom Sutton. Night of the Mummy; There's Life In the Old Girl Yet!; The Malidiction. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #115
Published May 1975 by Charlton Comics Group.$3.60
Painted cover by Don Newton. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Tom Sutton, Mike Pellowski, Randy Heaps, Joe Gill, and Pete Morisi. A horror anthology from Charlton that often featured work by Steve Ditko and other comics luminaries. Archaeologists ill-advisedly invade the tomb of the Egyptian winged serpent-god Jahenzi, in a story with art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Third-rate stage magician Raymond gets a chance to pull off one great trick. Pirates live to regret making a witch walk the plank - but not very long - in a story with art by future horror legend Tom Sutton. Painted cover by DC and Fawcett artist Don Newton. The Not So Great Escape!; Revenge of the Dead; Wings of Death!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #120
Published Mar 1976 by Charlton Comics Group.$3.60
Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Paul Kupperberg, Larry Englehart, Sanho Kim, Joe Gill, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A horror anthology from Charlton that often featured work by Steve Ditko and other comics luminaries. Leon dresses up as Satan to commit his murders, in a story with art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Herr Salzburg learns how to turn flesh into stone with just a touch, in an early story by future Marvel scribe Paul Kupperberg. A voodoo priestess curses the wrong man, but returns 200 years later to fix her error. Happiness House; That Personal Touch!; Satan's Night Out; Be My Guests. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.
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Issue #122
Published Aug 1976 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
- INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.
Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Enrique Nieto, Joe Gill, Mo Marcus, and Vince Alascia. A horror anthology from Charlton that often featured work by Steve Ditko and other comics luminaries. Captain Munson, a former hangman, pilots a ship haunted by the ghosts of the men he has killed, in a story with art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Abusive farmer Potter, who looks like a shirtless Black Adam, gets an ironic comeuppance. The Stinger!; Secret of a Superstar; The Crew That Was Hanged!; The Last Bite. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.
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Issue #123
Published 1976 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
Cover by Mike Zeck. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Tom Sutton, Joe Gill, Keith Chapman, and Demetrio Sanchez Gomez. A horror anthology from Charlton that often featured work by Steve Ditko and other comics luminaries. A cool page featuring a black cat's POV highlights a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. An English doctor tells an American travel writer a strange tale of living superstitions in Papua New Guinea, in a story with art by horror comics legend Tom Sutton. Plus a Sutton one-pager, "Spotted Death." Action-packed cover by future Marvel legend Mike Zeck. Wrath of the Masalai; Spotted Death; The Ring of Doom; Homecoming; Midnight Game at the Mortuary. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.
