| The Witching Hour | |
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The Witching Hour #1 (Feb./Mar. 1969). Art by Nick Cardy. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Bimonthly, then monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publication date | Feb./Mar. 1969 to Oct. 1978 |
| Number of issues | 85 |
| Main character(s) | The Three Witches (Morded, Mildred, and Cynthia) |
| Editor(s) | Dick Giordano, Murray Boltinoff |
The Witching Hour was a DC comic book horror anthology that ran from 1969 to 1978. Its tagline was "It's 12 o'clock... The Witching Hour!" (changed to "It's midnight..." from issue #13 onwards). The series was originally edited by Dick Giordano, but it was taken over by Murray Boltinoff with issue #14.[1]
Stories in the comic were "hosted" and introduced by three witches, based on Macbeth's Weird Sisters: Morded, Mildred, and Cynthia. (The witches defined the archetypal Maiden/Mother/Crone — in reverse order — triumverate of womanhood.)
After The Witching Hour's cancellation (a result of the "DC Implosion"), the title was merged with The Unexpected, until issue #209. The witches were later revived — along with the hosts of the companion series House of Secrets and House of Mystery — as important characters in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.