By the time of this cover, dated November 1969, artist Jim Aparo was transitioning away from Charlton and over to DC Comics where he would put his mark first on Aquaman with writer Steve Skeates, and then on Batman in The Brave & the Bold with writer Bob Haney.
So it’s particularly nice to see a great example of the maturing of his drawing style on this story page cover. Aparo was well-suited for horror and mystery tales.
New colour by me.
As published.
Original art scan from Heritage Auctions.
Trade dress removed, missing bits drawn in and art made production ready.
New colour version.
Re-created trade dress added.
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