Strange Suspense Stories #41

This April 1959 Charlton anthology pulls readers in with a cover by Dick Giordano that's genuinely unsettling — a lone figure tumbles helplessly into a dizzying, color-streaked vortex of swirling rectangular tunnels, surrounded by words like "Unbelievable," "Fantastic," and "Shock" bleeding into the disorienting geometry. The ten-cent price tag belies how much visual punch Giordano packs into that vertiginous descent, promising the kind of eerie, mind-bending tales that made Strange Suspense Stories a reliable destination for mid-century mystery fans. Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Matt Baker (inked by Vince Colletta) deliver the story "The Gloves," and a reader contest offering 8,000 prizes makes this particular issue an especially lively package.