"ghost manor" volume two introduced a new host, mr. bones, a re-animated skeleton butler with a devilish mask. a new tagline was introduced, as well: "visit ghost manor... if you dare!" the second series was primarily edited by george wildman, who took over the title from gentile with issue #6 (august 1972) and helmed the book until its cancellation with issue #77 (nov. 1984). "ghost manor" continued to be bimonthly, except for a publishing hiatus from january–august 1977, between issues #32 and #33.