Men's Adventures #24

From the Atlas Comics era of 1953 comes this genuinely unsettling entry in Men's Adventures, with cover art by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos that earns its "Rugged Tales of Real Adventure!" banner. The cover plunges you straight into a stone dungeon where a wild-eyed, snarling figure in a green shirt lunges forward clutching a cleaver, skeletal faces lurking in the shadowy background behind him — a visceral introduction to "The Torture Master!" Inside, George Tuska brings his sharp linework to "The Screaming Beasts!", making this a strong showcase of Atlas horror-adventure at its ten-cent best.