Five-Score Comic Monthly #13

In "The Creature from Inner Space," a group of tourists in Rio de Janeiro don devil masks for a parade, unaware their revelry has awakened something ancient and dangerous. When Peter Brent attempts to harm a friend, a mysterious curse strikes him—setting off a chain of events that plunge the carnival into something far darker than mere mischief. Art by Howard Purcell with inks by Charles Paris, and a striking cover by Jack Kirby, this 1959 tale blends tropical spectacle with creeping dread in a story that’s as much about the masks they wear as the shadows they unleash.