House of Mystery #42

A wonderfully eerie snapshot of 1955 DC anthology horror, this issue of House of Mystery features Bill Ely's cover depicting a wide-eyed man in a blue suit marveling at a small, lifelike doll that appears to greet him — while a colorful clown toy and a wide-eyed older gentleman look on from the sides, all set against a toymaker's workshop backdrop. The speech bubbles make it clear something unsettling is afoot with these uncannily animated playthings. Inside, all-new stories await, including the featured "Talking Toys of Lost Valley" and "The Stranger from Out There," promising the kind of strange, imaginative thrills that made DC's mystery anthologies so compelling in 1955.