House of Mystery #144

DC's House of Mystery #144 from July 1964 features the Manhunter from Mars soaring helplessly over a city skyline, caught in a brilliant pink force beam that's pulling him upward toward a mysterious hole in the sky — his own caption bubble confessing the beam is unlike anything he's ever faced. Joe Certa's cover art captures the hero's powerful green form straining against an invisible grip, framing the story promise of "The Weird World of Gilgana" with a genuine sense of otherworldly dread. If you enjoy Silver Age sci-fi superheroics with a dash of cosmic strangeness, this issue — with interior work from writer Jack Miller and artist Mort Meskin — delivers exactly that mood.