House of Mystery #215

DC's long-running anthology of the uncanny delivers another unsettling chapter with this 1973 entry, featuring a cover by Luis Dominguez that is quietly, effectively creepy. A disheveled man clutches a chisel while two eerily serene female statues — one on each side — seem to reach toward him from the shadows of a cobwebbed room, their stone forms caught somewhere between art and something far more sinister. Inside, writer George Kashdan and artist Gerry Talaoc bring their own dark sensibility to "The Man Who Wanted Power Over Women," promising the kind of twist-laden horror tale that made House of Mystery a beloved fixture of early '70s comics.