Mystic #39

A September 1955 Atlas-era anthology from the "All New Mystic Tales" banner, this issue teases the lead story with a four-panel cover by Carl Burgos that poses an irresistible question: "Twenty-One Footsteps — Where Did They Come From…And Why?" Each panel tracks a man in a yellow hat and red coat as he encounters a trail of mysterious, apparently sourceless footprints — on a glowing yellow floor, along a rain-slicked city street near a parked car, and in a shadowy alley — while a second figure in an orange coat seems to flee in alarm. Burgos stages the eerie progression with punchy mid-century energy, making invisible feet feel genuinely unsettling at a dime a copy.