Astonishing #23

From Atlas Comics' pre-Code horror anthology comes this March 1953 issue of Astonishing, with a cover by Sol Brodsky (pencils) and Carl Burgos (inks) that delivers an absolutely skin-crawling scene: a terrified taxi driver grips his wheel in wide-eyed horror as a grinning skull — holding a bouquet of roses — demands, "To the cemetery, please!" The featured story, "The Woman in Black!," anchors a full slate of terror tales including "Hole in the Wall!," "Pursuit!," and "His Father's Secret!" (illustrated by Dick Ayers and inked by Ernie Bache). For a dime, 1953 readers got a genuinely unsettling package that showcases exactly why Atlas horror comics kept audiences coming back month after month.