Suspense #15

This March 1952 Atlas anthology delivers four tales of dread under one chilling cover by Joe Maneely — a moonlit graveyard scene where a menacing figure in a purple suit and hat has a terrified old man in his grip, demanding a secret at knifepoint, while a silent, dark-robed phantom watches from the shadows among the tombstones. The desperate exchange — "Death is better than the fate that awaits you in 'The Machine!'" — sets an ominous tone perfectly suited to a book promising "Stories Calculated to Keep You in Suspense." With Werner Roth handling interior art duties and three additional weird tales teased along the left margin, this is early-'50s suspense anthology comics doing exactly what it does best.