Suspense #18

A gaunt, grinning host beckons a horrified young woman and her wide-eyed male companion through a doorway — with an open, candlelit coffin marked "R.I.P." waiting to greet them. Joe Maneely's cover art for this 1952 Atlas chiller perfectly captures that queasy mix of forced hospitality and dread, promising exactly the kind of macabre twist the era did so well. Fifty-two suspense-packed pages anchored by "The Cozy Coffin!" make this a fine snapshot of early-'50s horror comics at their most delightfully unsettling.