Journey into Unknown Worlds #16

From Atlas Comics' horror anthology comes this March 1953 chiller, with cover art by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos that wastes no time setting the tone. A terrified man in a purple suit recoils in horror atop a speeding railway car as a skeletal, ghoulish figure lunges toward him from an open crate — the cover copy darkly noting that everything would have been fine if Otto hadn't been "Scared to Death!" Inside, Cal Massey contributes to a triple-threat lineup that also promises "The Devil's Deed!" and "Deadline!" alongside the featured tale "The Hermit in the Hills.