Journey into Mystery #3

This October 1952 Atlas anthology delivers the kind of unsettling street-level dread that made Journey into Mystery such a compelling read. Cover artist Sol Brodsky stages a wonderfully unnerving scene: a wide-eyed man in a blue suit and fedora presses himself against a brick wall in terror, while a disembodied pair of shoes and feet — with no visible body attached — crash to the ground beside him, the bold caption declaring "I Didn't See a Thing!" Inside, Bill Benulis brings the featured tale "Hands Off!" to life with that same moody, pre-Comics Code atmosphere. A fine snapshot of early-'50s mystery comics at their most entertainingly creepy.