Ghostly Tales entered its eight year of publication in 1973, obviously a healthy selling title, one which spawned a slew of similar Charlton fare over the years. Charlton's 1973 ghost line-up included the above titles, most of which had long runs. One exception was Haunted Love, a comic that combined romance stories with mystery/horror. Although this genre reached a primarily female audience, particularly in paperbacks, it failed when applied to comics, both at Charlton and DC. Ad from Ghostly Tales # 105, July, 1973 Nick Cuti was editorial assistant for Charlton's line in this period. In an interview with Jon B. Cooke (Comic Book Artist # 12, March 2001) Cuti had this observation: "...instead of combining our two audiences, we wound up alienating both audiences. So the boys wouldn't touch it because of the romance aspect and the girls wouldn't touch it because of the horror aspect." Managing editor George Wildman gave his artists the opportunity to exper
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