Ghostly Tales
#79
(April 1970)
Charlton,
1966 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Press Inc.
- Brand
-
Charlton Comics
- Editing
- Sal Gentile (editor)
Issue Notes
1969 circulation: 178,545.
Which Witch?
Mr. Dedd / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed as
JA. [J over joined A dot]) - Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed as JA. [J over joined A dot])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come forth spirits!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. L. Dedd (host)
- Reprints
-
in Ghostly Tales (Charlton, 1966 series) #146 (December 1980) [with several alterations]
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Dedd / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Job Number
- C-984
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Samantha lured her ol' buddy here to the ancient burial ground...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Forced Landing!
Mr. Dedd / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Inks
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Burzon ?
- Job Number
- A-4281
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Jeff Wills bought his light plane for quick business trips, ...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. L. Dedd (host); Jeff Willis
- Synopsis
- A pilot discovers a eccentric scientist living in the wilds.
- Reprints
- in Ghostly Tales (Charlton, 1966 series) #146 (December 1980)
-
in Beware! (Gredown, 1983 series) ([1983]) -
in The New Adventures of Terry & the Pirates (Avalon Communications, 1999 series) #2 (1999)
-
His Friends in Need
Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Bill Montes (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Montes (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Job Number
- C-271
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Franklin lives a very sheltered life here in the home of his parents...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. L. Dedd (host); Franklin Adkins
- Synopsis
- Two crooks kidnap a boy for ransom. But his imaginary playmates thwart the crooks.
- Reprints
- in Hideous Haunts (Gredown, 1982 ? series) ([1982] ?)
- in Ghostly Tales (Charlton, 1966 series) #155 (June 1982)
-
Can It Be?
text story / 0.8 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I, Professor William Danley, President of the International Scientific Association, make this statement to the Public and to the Press.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
- Script
- John Santangelo Jr.
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Date of filing - September 30, 1969
Average for previous 12 months circulation
Copies printed : 270,000
Paid circulation: 178,545
Which Witch?
Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- C-217
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here we are, shudderbugs!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. L. Dedd (host); Naomi Lund; Elizabeth Strakes
- Synopsis
- A woman goes back to the town of Stanbridge where her ancestor was punished for being a witch.
- Reprints
- in Ghostly Tales (Charlton, 1966 series) #151 (October 1981)
-
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Haunted House / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Sal Gentile ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustration)
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
- Letters to the Haunted House
- Characters
- Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Lillian V., Karen J. and H.L. Rossen. Header illustration of Mr. Dedd.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Which Witch?
Mr. Dedd -
1.
["When Samantha lured her ol' buddy here to the ancient burial ground..."]
Mr. Dedd -
2.
Forced Landing!
Mr. Dedd -
3.
His Friends in Need
Mr. Dedd -
4.
Can It Be?
-
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
Which Witch?
Mr. Dedd -
7.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Haunted House
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Nick Caputo
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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