Strange Suspense Stories #50

This November 1960 Charlton anthology delivers classic eerie thrills with a cover by Steve Ditko that crams in multiple scenes of dread: a desperate figure in an orange coat crying out "They're after me!" to a stunned companion, a lone man fleeing a roaring wall of flame through a wintry landscape, and a hulking bear lurking ominously in the snow. The cover teases the story "Devil in the Storm" with an urgent caption warning that it's already "too late," setting an atmosphere of creeping inevitability. Inside, Joe Gill and Rocco Mastroserio bring their own brand of suspense with "The Ghost in Ryan's Mine" — making this a satisfying slice of early-'60s mystery comics at a dime a copy.