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Mort Meskin pencils and inks on board; logo is stat, with modern background recreation; 14.25" x 22"

In the 1950s superhero comics were all but given up for dead. Horror, romance, and sci-fi books ruled the racks and Harvey Publications, primarily known for their children's titles, wanted in on the action. Alarming Tales was just one of the company's forays into the suspense genre, and this wonderful cover was composed by one of the finest artists from the early days of comics, Mort Meskin. The image of an alien materializing out of a fireball is at once frightening and compelling and is a nifty representation of the science fiction style of the atomic era.