Spy Cases #17

This Atlas Comics espionage thriller from 1953 puts you right in the middle of a desperate escape — a man called Doug hauls a heavy sack across a snowy embankment while a blonde woman in a red coat levels a machine gun from a stalled boat below, explosions lighting up the night sky behind them. Armed figures close in from the shore as the two exchange urgent dialogue, making Sol Brodsky's cover a tense snapshot of Cold War intrigue at its most kinetic. With tales like "The Countess Is a…Commie" inside, Spy Cases #17 delivers the pulpy, ripped-from-the-headlines thrills that made Atlas's spy titles such a sharp read in the early fifties.