House of Secrets #127

The cover of this January 1975 DC anthology says it all: a skeletal, blue-robed Grim Reaper looms over a billiard table, cue stick in hand, sending an oversized 13-ball crashing toward a terrified young man — a darkly clever image that makes "There's No Escape from the House of Secrets" feel like a genuine promise. Luis Dominguez's cover work is wonderfully eerie, blending the mundane and the macabre with real flair. Inside, Marv Wolfman and Len Wein deliver the chills, with Abe Ocampo on art duties for "The Headsman of Hell" and whatever other unsettling tales this issue has in store.