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By far my favorite DC "weird" series of the seventies, Witching Hour
only lasted 85 issues. But what issues they were! Hosted by the Three
Witches Cynthia (the looker), Mathilde (the fat one) and Mildred
(the hag), this series feautured some of the best writing and spookiest
art of all weird titles. Furthermore, it had the best hosts! Visualized
intially by legendary artist Alex Toth, these ladies (obviously
based upon the various EC hosts) introduced many a scary tale that
kept me awake at night! The first issues featured the big guns of DC,
at least artwise. Later on a lot of talented artists, both new to the
field and old seasoned veterans, came on board.
After the 85th issues, inventory stories were used in The Unexpected
starting with issue #189.
Run: #1 (Feb-Mar 1969)-no.85 (Oct.1978). #s16-21 are 52 page Giants;
#38 is a 100 page Giant and #s 84, 85 are 44 pagers.
Creator credits: Neal Adams art #s 1, 8; covers #s 7-11, 13, 14; Alfredo
Alcala art #s 24, 27, 33, 41, 43; Murphy Anderson art #s 9, 38; Jim Aparo
art #25; Bernard Bailey art #40; John Calnan art #s 17, 31, 47, 64; Nick
Cardy covers #s 4, 5, 26, 31-33, 41, 46, 47; Ernie Chua (Chan) art #s
40, 62; E.R. Cruz art #s 26, 29, 35, 40, 41, 46, 47, 56, 57, 59, 62, 64-66,
68, 73, 83; José Delbo art #66; Dick Dillin art #26; Luis Dominguez
art #35, covers #s 56, 57, 59, 64, 73, 83; Bill Draut art #83; Lee Elias
art #s 35, 46; Jerry Grandenetti art #s 17, 26, 29, 33; Don Heck art #17;
Michael W. Kaluta art #7; Gil Kane art #12;
Gray Morrow art #s 10, 13, 15, 16; Alex Nino art #s 31, 40, 45, 47; Frank
Redondo art #s 20, 23, 24, 29, 32, 34, 65, 73; cover #53; Ralph Reese
art #23; Ric Rival art #s 30, 41; Rubeny art #s 47, 56, 59, 62, 68; Artie
Saaf art #s 31, 32;Jack Sparling art #s 1, 30; Alex Toth art #s 1, 3-12,
reprints #38; George Tuska art #s 11, 12; Ricardo Villamonte art #65;
Al Williamson art #14; Wally Wood art #15; Berni Wrightson art #s 3, 5.
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