House of Secrets #12

From a glowing portal in the sky, beams of light snake downward like fishing lines — dangling bait of cash and jewelry over a crowd of wide-eyed city dwellers reaching up in temptation, while a desperate man, already partially pulled skyward, clutches a crystalline orb and shouts a frantic warning. Jack Kirby's cover for this September 1958 DC anthology captures that perfect blend of science-fiction dread and human weakness that made House of Secrets such a compelling read. The cover's tagline — "Why were they fishing for human beings through… 'The Hole in the Sky'?" — promises exactly the kind of eerie, twist-laden storytelling the series delivered so well.