Journey into Mystery #4

This December 1952 Atlas anthology delivers on its promise of "the world's weirdest mystery tales," and Bill Everett's cover art sets the mood with menacing flair. Dominating the scene is a leering, heavyset villain looming over a table where a glowing, severed hand pulses with eerie light, while a man in a yellow fedora grapples desperately with a terrified woman — all framed by a left-hand strip of vignettes teasing tales titled "I'm Drowning!," "Death Waits Within!," and "The Locked Door!" Inside, Tony DiPreta brings his own craftsmanship to the stories, including "The Bewitched Bike!" — making this a satisfying package of suspense and the uncanny that captures pre-Comics Code Atlas horror at its atmospheric best.