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Ghosts (September 1978), #68

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Phantom of the Class of '76

Storyline: Death attends a college graduation seeking its diploma.

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Ghosts and the Supernatural

Storyline: Animal sacrifices in Arabia, India, and Australia are discussed.

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The Phantom of the Class of '76

Storyline: After going missing for three days, college student Marnie Rollins attended her graduation ceremony but was mysteriously "blank-whited-out" from the class photo. Boyfriend and fellow student Jeff Taylor and Brian Willard, attorney for the missing student's family, investigate her disappearance. The trail leads to the temple of Guru Rahma Nari, founder of an "Oriental cult [which has] been infiltrating colleges".

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The Haunted Hoard

Storyline: Time-obsessed Scudder believes that all the time he saved by making instant coffee and frozen TV dinners, speed reading, driving above the speed-limit, and taking the Concorde from New York to Paris can be stored in his bank's safety deposit box - and be ready for him to use to forestall death when it comes. That moment comes for him in a most ironic way.

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You Will Die Yesterday

Storyline: Captain Floyd Ralston's heroin-smuggling ship is attacked and doomed by the ghost of Admiral Ralston, a war hero of 1812, and his cannon-firing ghost frigate for bringing great dishonor to the Ralston name.

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The Spectral Stones

Storyline: In 1971, Allan and Jane visit Stonehenge. Jane is unnerved by an old man's story of ancient druids and human sacrifice, but skeptical Allan becomes too curious.

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Funeral for a Phantom

Storyline: In 1945, a renowned magician dies of heart failure while on stage. His two assistants steal "the strongbox containing the secrets of his most famous tricks", which should have rightly belonged to the magician's family. With their stolen secrets, they form their own magic act, an act of very short duration.

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The Ghost Who Wouldn't Die

Storyline: In the northern Rockies of 1971, a murder victim's ghost "invigorates" a broken-down old sheriff and leads the lawman to his killer.

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Onward and Upward

In-House Column featuring DC Publishorial

Storyline: Jenette Kahn discusses the latest cover price increase (to 50-cents) and the corresponding additional eight pages of new story material. "A 47% gain in story, for a 43% raise in price." Also the removal of all advertising in the "Dollar Comics" line.

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Volume 77 [78] Issue 24 - Week of June 12, 1978

In-House Column featuring Daily Planet

Storyline: Previews of The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 Series) #143, Shade, the Changing Man (DC, 1977 Series) #9 [which doesn't appear to have been published], and Black Lightning (DC, 1977 Series) #11 [which was the final issue of that series] - all of which were to have an on-sale date of June 19th, 1978. The Daily Planet page shares space with "Ask the Answer Man" and "Direct Currents".

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