Spy Thrillers #1

From Atlas Comics' Cold War catalog comes this November 1954 launch of Spy Thrillers, with a cover by Sol Brodsky that wastes no time setting the tone. A sleek aircraft hovers over a chaotic dockside scene where a lone agent in blue trades blows with enemy soldiers, explosions and a burning skyline roaring behind them — all tied to the lead story teaser "One Man Against the Commies in 'The Ticking Death!'" Inside, writer Joe Gill and artists Joe Sinnott and Carl Burgos bring "The Double Identities" to life, promising the kind of tense espionage action that defined the era's spy comics.