Haunted (1971 Charlton) comic books 1972
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Issue #3
Published Jan 1972 by Charlton Comics Group.$6.70
Anthology comic book with scary and suspenseful stories. Cover art by Steve Ditko. The Power and the Glory, art by Pete Morisi; Cyrus Gould becomes the victim of Voodoo. Witness for the Defense, art by Fred Himes; The ghost of Sir Basil Reynolds returns to ensure his true killers are revealed and an innocent man is set free. Stay of Execution, art by Steve Ditko; Jonathan Doerr is called to Europe to pay for the crimes of his ancestor. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Issue #5
Published Apr 1972 by Charlton Comics Group.$6.70
Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Don Perlin, and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running horror series eventually became the home of horror host Baron Weirwulf. Someone wants to kill aged, wealthy Hon Li, but he knows he's safe as long as he stays in his walled garden in San Francisco's Chinatown, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Brain surgeon Dr. Reimer fails in his scientific attempts to achieve immortality, so he switches to witchcraft, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. A ghost has some surprises for his greedy heirs, in a Ditko story that (as is often noted) has main characters who look exactly like Peter Parker, Norman Osborn and Harry Osborn. The Garden of 1,000 Delights; Let Us Work Together; This How It Is!; Spaceship to Freedom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.
