Journey into Unknown Worlds #31

Atlas Comics' Journey into Unknown Worlds #31 (October 1954) leads with the featured tale "The Strange Man!" — and the cover by Carl Burgos sets the mood with unsettling precision. A frantic blonde woman questions a museum guard about her missing husband, describing him in careful detail, while a mysterious sculptor crouches in the foreground working on a figure — and a stone statue looming behind them bears a chilling resemblance to that very description. It's the kind of quietly eerie setup that made Atlas's anthology titles such a rewarding corner of 1950s comics.