Strange Tales #12

From Atlas Comics' golden age of suspense, this November 1952 issue of Strange Tales arrives with a cover by Carl Burgos and Christopher Rule that pulls no punches: a determined man raises a silver spike over a snarling, awakening creature in a coffin while a horrified woman in red cries out a desperate warning behind him. The speech bubbles add a wry, pulpy tension — confidence meeting catastrophe in real time. With interior art by Tony DiPreta and three additional tales teased on the sidebar, this is a wonderfully atmospheric package of early-'50s chills.