Despite the fact that there were rules in place for decades to keep them out, ghosts, monsters and sorcery are as much a part of comic books as radioactive spiders and rockets from the planet Krypton. From Anton Arcane to Zatanna, the supernatural side of things has provided comics with a host of characters based in spooky elements.

With Halloween night close at hand, our friends at ComicsAlliance took a look at seven spooky characters who are downright weird, even by comic book standards. (via ComicsAlliance)