House of Mystery #65

A tormented man stands alone on a city sidewalk, flames erupting from his hands as terrified onlookers — a police officer, a man in a suit, and a woman in the background — scramble away in panic, his anguished cry declaring himself an outcast cursed with a strange power. Jack Kirby's cover art for this August 1957 DC issue captures that trademark blend of raw human emotion and supernatural spectacle, spotlighting the featured story of "The Human Dragon" with striking immediacy. Inside, Bill Ely brings the storytelling to life, making this a fine example of the imaginative, eerie fare that made House of Mystery one of the most compelling anthology titles of its era.