The Witching Hour (DC Comics)

The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour #1 (February–March 1969). Art by Nick Cardy.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Bimonthly, then monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Horror
Publication date(s)	List (vol. 1) February–March 1969 – October 1978 (vol. 2) 1999–2000
No. of issues	List (vol. 1): 85 (vol. 2): 3
Main character(s)	The Three Witches (Morded, Mildred, and Cynthia)
Creative team
Written by	List (vol. 1) Alex Toth Dennis O'Neil Gerry Conway Steve Skeates Marv Wolfman George Kashdan Carl Wessler (vol. 2) Jeph Loeb
Penciller(s)	List (vol. 1) Alex Toth Jack Sparling Bernie Wrightson José Delbo Neal Adams Gil Kane Dick Giordano Gray Morrow Jim Aparo John Calnan E.R. Cruz Nestor Redondo Win Mortimer Tony DeZuniga Alfredo Alcala Sal Amendola Alex Niño Rubeny Frank Redondo Jess Jodloman Fred Carrillo Ken Landgraf (vol. 2) Chris Bachalo
Inker(s)	List (vol. 1) Vince Colletta Jack Abel (vol. 2) Art Thibert
Editor(s)	List (vol. 1) Dick Giordano Murray Boltinoff (vol. 2) Karen Berger

The Witching Hour was an American comic book horror anthology published by DC Comics from 1969 to 1978.

The series was published for 85 issues from February–March 1969 to October 1978. Its tagline was "It's 12 o'clock... The Witching Hour!" and was changed to "It's midnight..." from issue #14 onwards. The series was originally edited by Dick Giordano, who was replaced by Murray Boltinoff with issue #14.Nick Cardy was the cover artist for The Witching Hour for issues #1–6, 11–12, 15–16, 18–52, and 60. 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—triumvirate of womanhood. A prototype version of the extraterrestrial Psions appeared in issue #13 (February–March 1971).

After The Witching Hour's cancellation as 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.

Vertigo published an unrelated The Witching Hour limited series by writer Jeph Loeb and artists Chris Bachalo and Art Thibert in 1999–2000.

The Witching Hour title was revived for a one-shot anthology by Vertigo in 2013.