Marvel Tales #144

A man in a sharp suit and fedora strides urgently through a dark city street, briefcase in hand, while a glowing circular portal beside him reveals an entirely different world — a sunlit classical building and a seated figure in what appears to be another time or place entirely. The cover teases "What Was the Strange Secret of 'The Unseen World?'" and promises "Tales of Fantastic Mystery That You'll Never Forget," and Carl Burgos's cover art delivers that mood with real atmospheric tension. This 1956 Atlas-era anthology offers work by Al Williamson and Roy Krenkel inside, a pairing that made Marvel Tales a genuinely compelling read during comics' pre-superhero golden age of mystery storytelling.