Ghostly Haunts was a horror

Horror comics

Horror comics are comic books, graphic novels, black-and-white comics magazines, and manga focusing on horror fiction. Horror comic books reached a peak in the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, when concern over content and the imposition of the self-censorship Comics Code Authority contributed to...

-suspense anthology

Anthology

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 comic book

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 series published by Charlton Comics

Charlton Comics

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 from 1971 to 1978. The book was "hosted" by Winnie the Witch, a "moddish" blue-skinned witch.

Ghostly Haunts was part of a wave of new horror and suspense comics published by Charlton during this period. Its sister titles, with many of the same creators, were the Charlton anthologies The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves

The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves

The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves was an American supernatural-anthology comic book published by Charlton Comics and best known as a showcase for the popular writer-artist Steve Ditko, the co-creator of Marvel Comics' Spider-Man. The eponymous Dr. M. T...

(with host Dr. M.T. Graves), Ghostly Tales

Ghostly Tales

Ghostly Tales was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1966 to 1984 . The book was "hosted" by Mr. L. Dedd , a middle-aged gentleman with purplish skin and horns who dressed like a vampire. Mr...

(with I.M. Dedd), Ghost Manor

Ghost Manor (comics)

Ghost Manor was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1968 to 1984 . Volume one was "hosted" by the Old Witch , while volume two was hosted by Mr...

(with host Mr. Bones), Haunted

Haunted (comics)

Haunted was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1971 to 1984 . The book was "hosted" by Impy, a pint-sized ghost dressed in an all-white superhero costume...

(with Impy and then Baron Weirwulf), and Scary Tales

Scary Tales (comics)

Scary Tales was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1975 to 1984. The book was "hosted" by Countess R.H. Von Bludd, an alluring female vampire in a tight-fitting dress...

(with Countess R.H. Von Bludd).

Although Charlton's low page-rates and slap-dash production values typically resulted in few notable characters or stories; Ghostly Haunts featured some memorable stories in the old EC Comics

EC Comics

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 vein, especially in its later issues (one theory for this being that the Charlton line was so obscure that it often evaded the eye of the Comics Code Authority

Comics Code Authority

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 censors).

Publication history

Ghostly Haunts debuted with issue #20, taking over the numbering of Ghost Manor

Ghost Manor (comics)

Ghost Manor was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1968 to 1984 . Volume one was "hosted" by the Old Witch , while volume two was hosted by Mr...

volume one. Ghostly Haunts was published bimonthly; it went on a publishing hiatus between issues #53 and #54, which lasted from January to August 1977. Charlton's horror titles all went on hiatus during this period; Ghostly Haunts was cancelled shortly thereafter, with its April 1978 issue, #58, being the final one published.
Altogether, Ghostly Haunts published 39 issues.

Regular contributors to Ghostly Haunts included Jack Abel

Jack Abel

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, Vince Alascia

Vince Alascia

Vincent Alascia , also known as Nicholas Alascia, was an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America during the Golden Age of comics, and for his 23-year run as inker on a single creative team, with penciler Charles Nicholas Wojtkowski and writer Joe Gill at Charlton Comics...

, Pat Boyette

Pat Boyette

Pat Boyette Pat Boyette Pat Boyette (July 27, 1923, San Antonio, Texas – January 14, 2000, was an American broadcasting personality and news producer, and later a comic book artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker...

, Nicola Cuti, Steve Ditko

Steve Ditko

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, Joe Gill

Joe Gill

Joseph Gill was an American magazine writer and highly prolific comic book scripter. Most of his work was for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the superheroes Captain Atom, Peacemaker, and Judomaster, among others. Comics historians consider Gill a top contender as the comic-book field's most...

, Fred Himes, Wayne Howard

Wayne Howard

Wayne Wright Howard was an African-American comic book artist best known for his 1970s work at Charlton Comics, where he became American comic books' first known cover-credited series creator, with the horror anthology Midnight Tales blurbing "Created by Wayne Howard" on each issue — "a...

, Sanho Kim

Sanho Kim

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, Rich Larson, Pete Morisi

Pete Morisi

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, Steve Morisi, Don Newton

Don Newton

Don Newton was an American comic book artist. During his career, he worked for a number of comic book publishers, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Charlton Comics. He is best known for his work on The Phantom, Aquaman, and Batman...

, Charles Nicholas, Don Perlin

Don Perlin

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, Warren Sattler

Warren Sattler

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, Joe Staton

Joe Staton

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, and Tom Sutton

Tom Sutton

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. Ghostly Haunts was primarily edited by George Wildman

George Wildman

George Wildman , is an American cartoonist most noted for his work in the comic books industry. He was a top editor at Charlton Comics from 1971–1985, where he also became the long-time regular artist on Popeye comic books....

, who took over the title from Sal Gentile with issue #26 (August 1972), and helmed the book for the rest of its run.