Strange Suspense Stories #35

Steve Ditko's cover for this 1957 Charlton anthology says everything you need to know about its mood: a terrified man stands trapped inside a giant glowing light bulb, arms spread wide, while enormous moths circle hungrily around the glass. The fiery red background and that eerie yellow luminescence give the image a genuinely unsettling charge, perfectly matching the book's promise of "a collection of fantasy that will chill you." Inside, Joe Gill and Ditko deliver the stories — and if the cover's imagination is any measure, Strange Suspense Stories #35 earns that tagline without breaking a sweat.