Remembering Artist Nick Cardy

Remembering artist Nick Cardy on his birthday (October 20, 1920 - November 3, 2013) with a couple of scary brides...one from Witching Hour #18 (December-January, 1971/1972) , and another from Ghosts #14 (April, 1973). 

Remembering Artist Luis Dominguez

Celebrating the birthday of artist Luis Dominguez (October 17, 1923 - July 1, 2020)  with two of his covers to the Witching Hour (#65 from August-September, 1976 and #71 from May, 1977), where the witch Mordred overseas Death taking its victims.

Beware The Witching Hour

Beware the Witching Hour....and here, there are reasons to with these two covers by Neal Adams for The Witching Hour (#9 and #10 from June-July and August-September, 1970) where Mordred of the Three Witches watched over mayhem about to take over innocent victims....but where were blonde Cynthia and hooded Mildred?

Remembering Artist Nick Cardy

Remembering artist Nick Cardy (October 20, 1920 - November 3, 2013) with a look at a combination of two of the genres he is most known for....horror and beautiful women....all in a combination, with a collection of some of his best covers from the Witching Hour.

The Witching Hour ran 85 issues from February-March, 1969 to October, 1978 having witches Modred, Mildred and Cynthia as hosts, with Nick providing many early covers for the series, with some of the best below!

The Witching Hour #1 and #2 (February-March and April-May, 1969)

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The Witching Hour #4 and #5 (August-September and October-November, 1969)

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The Witching Hour #6 and #12 (December-January, 1969/1970 and 1970/1971)

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The Witching Hour #17 and #19 (October-November, 1971 and February-March 1972)

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The Witching Hour #24 and #26 (October and December, 1972)

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The Witching Hour #32 and #52 (July, 1973 and March, 1975)

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...and one more here for good measure! 

Skeletal Santa Claus

A slightly scary Santa Claus, a little thinner than normal...

...is the highlight of this issue (and cover by Nick Cardy) of Witching Hour #28 (February, 1973).



Horror hostess Cynthia gives readers the tale of why you should "Never Kill Santa Claus" with art by Gerry Talaoc.

It appears that mall owner Mr. Cranston tries to make off with the holiday cash, and kills their poor old lovable Santa, Micah, right before the holiday, as he sees what the man was doing. Another Santa shows up, turning the tables on Mr. Cranston, sending him to a place that will give him much worse than coal in his stocking.