Strange Suspense Stories #37

This July 1958 Charlton anthology promises eerie thrills straight from ancient Egypt, with a cover by Steve Ditko that sets the mood perfectly: a green-skinned, hollow-eyed figure looms behind an outstretched hand bearing a bracelet etched with hieroglyphic symbols, while a sleek black cat perches atop it with an unsettlingly knowing gaze. The scroll on the right teases the featured tale, "The Dancing Cat," lending the whole image a sense of mystic ritual that Ditko renders with his characteristic blend of the mundane and the uncanny. Strange Suspense Stories reliably delivered imaginative short fiction, and this issue's Egyptian-flavored premise looks like a fine example of late-'50s anthology comics at their atmospheric best.