Journey into Unknown Worlds #52

Three chilling tales compete for your attention on Joe Maneely's cover for this 1956 Atlas anthology gem: a terrified man recoils from a towering, ghostly humanoid outline in "They Met at Midnight!"; a wide-eyed figure is menaced by a massive blue icy hand reaching from a crowd in "The Ice-Creature Cometh!"; and a shadowy scene hints at cosmic dread in "When the Moon Vanished!" Maneely's composition is wonderfully unnerving, juggling three distinct horror vignettes with real craft and atmosphere. If mid-1950s sci-fi chills and anthology storytelling are your thing, Journey into Unknown Worlds #52 is a fine place to wander.