Journey into Unknown Worlds #43

Atlas Comics' anthology of eerie short fiction, Journey into Unknown Worlds #43 (1956), presents a cover by Sol Brodsky that sets an unsettling mood right away — a lone man in green stands bewildered amid swirling, ghostly white forms against a blood-red backdrop, while the tagline asks whether Armand Kastel truly saw "No Sign of Life!" or simply couldn't perceive what surrounded him. Inside, Bernie Krigstein brings his distinctive draftsmanship to "The Man Who Couldn't Be Reached!", a tale that promises the kind of quiet, creeping dread Atlas did so well in 1956. For fans of mid-century sci-fi and supernatural anthologies, this ten-cent package delivers atmosphere to spare.