House of Mystery #119

From DC's long-running anthology of the eerie and uncanny, House of Mystery #119 (1962) spotlights the featured tale "The Man Who Tuned in the Unknown!" with a cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff that wastes no time setting the scene. A towering alien figure in a pink space suit looms over a city street as two snarling, otherworldly creatures — one horned and purple, one a fanged orange beast — emerge from what bystanders believed was an innocent gift from outer space. The horrified onlookers recoiling in the foreground perfectly capture that early-'60s DC blend of sci-fi dread and wide-eyed wonder.