House of Mystery #269

DC's long-running horror anthology returns with issue #269, and Jim Aparo's cover sets a feverish tone — a wild-haired guitarist wields an electric guitar like a weapon amid a swirling chaos of demonic figures, clawed hands, and screaming faces, all erupting against a blazing yellow backdrop. The story inside, "Heart of Gold," is written by Stuart Hopen and Catherine Barret Andrews with art by Rubeny, promising the kind of macabre storytelling that made House of Mystery a staple of 1979 horror comics. At just 40 cents, this is the sort of issue that reminds you why DC's mystery titles kept readers coming back month after month.