Astonishing #51

From Atlas Comics' Astonishing #51 (July 1956) comes a cover that captures the UFO fever gripping mid-century America perfectly. Bill Everett's cover art frames the scene from a dramatic aerial perspective — a crowd of wide-eyed, panicked onlookers scatter and stumble below a hovering flying saucer, from which a rope ladder dangles with a clawed, alien foot just stepping onto it. The teaser caption "I Flew in a Flying Saucer!" promises the kind of breathless, imaginative storytelling that made Atlas anthologies like this one such a treat for fans of the strange and uncanny.