Black Cat Comics #46

Promising "Strangest Tales of Fear and Superstition," this 1953 Harvey anthology delivers pre-Code chills in fine style. The cover by Lee Elias is genuinely unsettling — a wild-eyed, grinning figure looms over a laboratory setup while a screaming face appears trapped inside a glass flask, smoke curling ominously from the bubbling chemicals around it. With a teaser that asks "What Was the Discovery?", this issue sets an irresistibly creepy tone for the stories within, illustrated by Manny Stallman with inks by John Giunta.