This lovely cover by Bill Everett is
sorta true...
...but it's also sorta
deceiving!
Read about
Freddie Kruger (yep, that's his name)...
So he
wasn't the last man alive...nor was he even on Earth!
Why the disconnect between the cover for Atlas' Marvel Tales #153 (1956) by Bill Everett and the story illustrated by Ed Winiarski?
Two possibilities!
1) the cover was conceived and drawn before the story was written, and the tale, done later on, was modified from the basic premise!
2) Editor Stan Lee (who probably didn't write the story) failed to convey the concept of the already-done story properly to the cover artist, and it was too late in the production process to correct it!
Trivia: It's not unusual for a one-shot character's name to became famous for another reason later on!
This character has no relation to the villain of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise!
Conversely, when Raymond Burr's character in the first Godzilla film, reporter "Steve Martin" was resurrected 29 years later in Godzilla 1985, a certain comedian by the same name had become extremely famous!
Despite that, Burr's character retained the name in the sequel...
BTW, the story's author is unknown and neither the cover nor the tale has ever been reprinted.
This is its' first appearance in 54 years!
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