Marvel Tales #141

A chill runs through this December 1955 Atlas anthology as a massive, rust-colored giant looms just out of full view — only its enormous reaching hands visible at the edges of the cover — casting a hulking shadow across a city sidewalk where crowds of bystanders scatter in fear. Carl Burgos's cover composition is cleverly unsettling, letting the implied scale of the threat do more work than any direct reveal could. Inside, Dick Ayers brings "From Out of Nowhere!" to life alongside the teased feature, "The Iron Brain!