Astonishing #33

From Atlas Comics' era of pre-Code chills, this June 1954 issue of Astonishing delivers everything its title promises. Carl Burgos's cover depicts a snarling, green-skinned creature bursting forward in a frenzy, wild-haired and wild-eyed, clutching what appears to be a torn page or document while a shadowy, monstrous figure lurks in the dim archway behind it. With stories teased as "Once a Werewolf" and "The Evil Eye," this is a fine example of Atlas at its most gleefully unsettling — ten cents well spent in 1954.