Astonishing #15

This July 1952 Atlas Comics gem delivers pre-Code supernatural chills with a cover by Bill Everett that's equal parts macabre and darkly comedic — a decaying, shroud-wrapped skeleton stands in a doorway reaching toward two horrified onlookers, while a woman blithely chirps, "What's wrong, Bob? There's no one there except my blind date!" The deadpan humor makes the ghoulish scene all the more unsettling, perfectly capturing the tone of Astonishing's "Stories of the Supernatural." Inside, Hank Chapman and Manny Stallman bring you "The Hole in the Wall," one of several tales teased along the cover's spine that promise an evening of creepy, imaginative storytelling.