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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  • 20
    #20
    Sep 1971
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti, Tom Peterson  ·  A: Pete Morisi, Sam Glanzman, Jean Elier
    Series continued from Ghost Manor (1st Series) #19
    No copies available
  • 21
    #21
    Nov 1971
    Cover: $0.20
    A: Bill Montes, Fred Himes
    1 copy for $2.60
  • 22
    #22
    Jan 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Charles Nicholas, Pat Boyette, Steve Ditko
    1 copy for $5.70
  • 23
    #23
    Mar 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Fred Himes
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 24
    #24
    Apr 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    A: Pat Boyette, Pete Morisi, Steve Ditko
    No copies available
  • 25
    #25
    Jun 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Pete Morisi, Fred Himes, Steve Ditko
    No copies available
  • 26
    #26
    Aug 1972
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    A: Pete Morisi, Charles Nicholas, Pat Boyette, Sanho Kim
    No copies available
  • 27
    #27
    Nov 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Wayne Howard  ·  A: Wayne Howard, Steve Ditko
    1 copy for $6.24
  • 28
    #28
    Dec 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Nicola Cuti, William r. Cranford  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Jack Abel, Joe Staton
    1 copy for $55.00
  • 29
    #29
    Jan 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Pete Morisi, Warren Sattler, Steve Ditko
    2 copies from $20.16
  • 30
    #30
    Mar 1973
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    A: Fred Himes, Warren Sattler, Wayne Howard
    1 copy for $14.00
  • 31
    #31
    Apr 1973
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    W: Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Don Perlin, Steve Ditko
    No copies available
  • 32
    #32
    May 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    No copies available
  • 33
    #33
    Jul 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Nicola Cuti, Charles Nicholas, Pat Boyette
    1 copy for $7.95
  • 34
    #34
    Aug 1973
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    W: Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Fred Himes, Warren Satler, Nicola Cuti, Steve Ditko
    2 copies from $21.00
  • 35
    #35
    Oct 1973
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    W: Joe Gill, Wayne Howard  ·  A: Joe Staton, Wayne Howard
    No copies available
  • 36
    #36
    Nov 1973
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    W: Steve Morisi, Joe Gill  ·  A: Pete Morisi, Joe Staton, Steve Ditko
    1 copy for $6.00
  • 37
    #37
    Jan 1974
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    A: Pete Morisis, Fred Himes, Steve Ditko
    1 copy for $7.50
  • 38
    #38
    May 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Nicola Cuti, Joe Gill  ·  A: Sanho Kim, Steve Ditko
    No copies available
  • 39
    #39
    Jul 1974
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    W: Joe Gill, Jack Daniels, Jane Giddens  ·  A: Mike Vosburg, Rudy Palais, Steve Ditko
    1 copy for $3.33
  • 40
    #40
    Sep 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    1 copy for $11.00
  • 40-2
    #40 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $0.35
    1977; Ditko art; Modern Comics reprint
    No copies available
  • 41
    #41
    Nov 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Sanho Kim, Tom Sutton, Charles Nicholas
    1 copy for $71.98
  • 41-2
    #41 - 2nd printing
    Sutton cover
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Sanho Kim, Tom Sutton, Charles Nicholas
    1978, Modern Comics reprint; Ditko art
    No copies available
  • 42
    #42
    Jan 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Don Newton, Sururi Gümen
    1 copy for $6.50
  • 43
    #43
    Mar 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    No copies available
  • 44
    #44
    May 1975
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    W: Gary Petras, Joe Gill, Tom Peterson  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Fred Himes, Sanho Kim
    No copies available
  • 45
    #45
    Jul 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    2 copies from $3.00
  • 46
    #46
    Oct 1975
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    A: Steve Ditko
    No copies available
  • 47
    #47
    Dec 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    2 copies from $6.00
  • 48
    #48
    Feb 1976
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Tom Tuna, Frank Hayes  ·  A: Marti, Wayne Howard, Steve Ditko, Richard Larson
    4 copies from $2.88
  • 49
    #49
    Apr 1976
    Cover: $0.25
    No copies available
  • 50
    #50
    Jun 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Richard Larson
    No copies available
  • 51
    #51
    Aug 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    No copies available
  • 52
    #52
    Oct 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Nicola Cuti, Paul Kupperberg  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    No copies available
  • 53
    #53
    Dec 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    A: Demetrio
    No copies available
  • 54
    #54
    Sep 1977
    Cover: $0.35
    2 copies from $225.00
  • 55
    #55
    Oct 1977
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Nicola Cuti  ·  A: Warren Sattler
    3 copies from $2.95
  • 56
    #56
    Jan 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    A: Enrique Nieto, Charles Nicholas, Sanho Kim
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 57
    #57
    Mar 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 58
    #58
    Apr 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    Final Issue
    1 copy for $9.98