Marvel Tales #135

From the Atlas era of 1955 comes this delightful slice of pre-superhero Marvel Tales, with cover art by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos setting the scene perfectly. A world-weary reporter sits at his city desk, microphone in hand, deadpanning that there's "nothing unusual to report" — while just behind him, a massive sea serpent wreaks havoc on the waterfront, capsizing boats and towering over the skyline. The cover's ironic humor draws you straight in, promising the kind of imaginative monster yarn that made these Atlas anthology titles such a pleasure — here spotlighting the featured story, "Mr. Dugan's Dragon," with interior art by Mort Drucker.