Friday, May 21, 2021

Ghosts and Ghouls #1

Gredown's Ghosts and Ghouls #1 was published early 1978:


This cover previously appeared on Dossier Negro #88:


The cover is signed Ballestar, a Spanish artist whose work appeared on many Australian comics published by Gredown and Murray

The contents hail from Charlton comics:

The Treasure Seekers, originally published in The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #45, May 1974 
Ghost Town, originally published in Ghostly Tales #86, June 1971 
Someone Else is Here!, originally published in Ghostly Tales #86, June 197
The Curse of the Hanging Man, originally published in Ghost Manor #3, February 1972
Who Roams Tyford Castle?, originally published in Ghost Manor #19, July 1971 
When Johnny Comes Marching Home!, originally published in Ghost Manor #16, December 1973 
Gypsy's Revenge!, originally published in Ghostly Tales #85, April 1971 
A Bad Bargain, originally published in The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #44, January 1974
The Engagement Party, originally published in Ghostly Tales #82, October 1970 

Many of these stories were subsequently recycled by Gredown. For example, The Curse of the Hanging Man and Who Roams Tyford Castle? in Temple of the Dead; When Johnny Comes Marching Home! in Satan's Corpse; Gypsy's Revenge! in The Spirits of Misfortune; and The Engagement Party in Spooks of Terror. Some also appeared in Murray comics, such as The Treasure Seekers in Ghostly Tales #6, and A Bad Bargain in Scary Tales #4.

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