House of Mystery #69

From DC's long-running anthology series comes this 1957 installment, featuring the special "Dream Girl!" story banner across a wonderfully eerie cover penciled and inked by Bob Brown. The scene draws you right in: a turbaned mystic holds up a sketch of a woman while a breathtaking figure in a flowing red gown materializes from swirling clouds before an astonished onlooker, who exclaims that she's the girl of his dreams — brought to life exactly as he'd drawn her. It's a beautifully unsettling premise rendered with that distinctive late-'50s DC atmosphere, and with Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, and Howard Ferguson handling the interior work, there's real talent behind every page.