House of Mystery #64

From DC's dependable anthology of the uncanny, this July 1957 issue features a cover by Ruben Moreira that sets an immediately unsettling scene: a woman lies sealed inside a transparent cylinder while alarmed onlookers struggle to pry it open, all of them overshadowed by an eerie, masked alien figure looming from above. The cover text promises the featured story is "The Human Time Capsule," and that speech balloon — "No matter what we try, we can't open up this cylinder from outer space!" — perfectly captures the dread and helplessness that made House of Mystery such a satisfying ten-cent read in 1957. Nick Cardy brings his talents to the interior with "The Golden Doom," making this a solid entry in one of DC's most enjoyable science-fiction and mystery anthologies of the era.