House of Secrets #17

From DC's mystery anthology series comes House of Secrets #17, cover-dated February 1959 and priced at just a dime. Bill Ely's cover depicts a breathtaking nocturnal scene: two luminous women in flowing yellow gowns descend from a glowing moon — whose face is fading away — toward a kneeling man on rocky ground below, with a speech bubble breathlessly announcing, "The face in the moon — it's vanishing! And the Moon Goddess is descending to Earth!" Inside, artist Doug Wildey brings his sharp linework to the featured tale, "The Unseen Accuser!" — making this a fine example of the eerie, imaginative storytelling that made DC's late-1950s mystery titles so compelling.