Ghostly Tales
Ghostly Tales was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1966 to 1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 onward). The book was "hosted" by Mr. L. Dedd (later changed to I. M. Dedd), a middle-aged gentleman with purplish skin and horns who dressed like a vampire. Mr. Dedd spun his "ghostly tales" from the parlor of his "haunted house".
| Ghostly Tales | |
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Issue #55 of Ghostly Tales (May 1966), the first issue of the new title. Art by Rocke Mastroserio. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Charlton Comics |
| Schedule | Bimonthly |
| Format | anthology |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | May 1966-October 1984 |
| No. of issues | 115 |
| Main character(s) | Mr. L. Dedd/I.M. Dedd |
| Editor(s) | Pat Masulli, Sal Gentile, George Wildman |
Ghostly Tales 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 (with host Dr. M. T. Graves), Haunted (with hosts Impy and then Baron Weirwulf), Ghost Manor (with host Mr. Bones), and Ghostly Haunts (with host Winnie the Witch).