From Beyond the Unknown #24

A cartoonist bent over his drawing board gets the shock of his life in this 1973 DC anthology — the small green monster he's been sketching has somehow leapt off the page and grown into a massive, winged, clawed creature looming right behind him. His own speech bubble says it all: "Wow! Not even I believe a monster like this could ever exist!" Nick Cardy's cover pencils and inks sell the delicious irony perfectly, with the city skyline visible through the window as imagination turns terrifyingly real. Inside, Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson bring their talents to "The Man Who Lived Forever!" — making this issue a strong example of DC's "Stories to Stagger the Imagination" promise delivered in full.