Ghostly Haunts

    (Charlton, 1971-1978)
™ and ©1976 Charlton Publications, Inc.

By the mid-1970s, DC and Marvel were spending most of their energy and resources on super-hero titles, which gave perennial also-ran Charlton an opening to compete in the low-rent district of horror/mystery comics. Titles like Ghostly Haunts and its spinoffs, including The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves, featured the tried-and-true formula of the horror “host” introducing three short stories per issue, all offering chilling and generally predictable tales of zombies, vampires, trolls, witches, and demons.

The best efforts of the artists and writers to imitate the spooky and atmospheric work in DC and Marvel comics like The House of Mystery and Tower of Shadows were usually undone by Charlton’s tacky packaging and super-cheap production. Ghostly Haunts folded for good in 1978.
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  • 22
    #22
    Jan 1972
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    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Charles Nicholas, Pat Boyette, Steve Ditko
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    #23
    Mar 1972
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    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Fred Himes
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    #27
    Nov 1972
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    W: Wayne Howard  ·  A: Wayne Howard, Steve Ditko
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    #28
    Dec 1972
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    W: Nicola Cuti, William r. Cranford  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Jack Abel, Joe Staton
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  • 29
    #29
    Jan 1973
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    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Pete Morisi, Warren Sattler, Steve Ditko
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  • 30
    #30
    Mar 1973
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    A: Fred Himes, Warren Sattler, Wayne Howard
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    #33
    Jul 1973
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    W: Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Nicola Cuti, Charles Nicholas, Pat Boyette
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  • 34
    #34
    Aug 1973
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    W: Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Fred Himes, Warren Satler, Nicola Cuti, Steve Ditko
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  • 36
    #36
    Nov 1973
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    W: Steve Morisi, Joe Gill  ·  A: Pete Morisi, Joe Staton, Steve Ditko
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    #37
    Jan 1974
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    A: Pete Morisis, Fred Himes, Steve Ditko
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    #38
    May 1974
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    W: Nicola Cuti, Joe Gill  ·  A: Sanho Kim, Steve Ditko
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  • 40
    #40
    Sep 1974
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  • 41
    #41
    Nov 1974
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    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Sanho Kim, Tom Sutton, Charles Nicholas
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  • 42
    #42
    Jan 1975
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    W: Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Don Newton, Sururi Gümen
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    #45
    Jul 1975
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    #47
    Dec 1975
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  • 48
    #48
    Feb 1976
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    W: Tom Tuna, Frank Hayes  ·  A: Marti, Wayne Howard, Steve Ditko, Richard Larson
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    #54
    Sep 1977
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  • 55
    #55
    Oct 1977
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    W: Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Warren Sattler
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  • 56
    #56
    Jan 1978
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    A: Enrique Nieto, Charles Nicholas, Sanho Kim
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  • 57
    #57
    Mar 1978
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  • 58
    #58
    Apr 1978
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    Final Issue
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