House of Secrets #21
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Creature in the Candle," a lone writer investigating ghost towns of the Old West gets a chilling telegraph from another dimension, hinting at a long-buried alien threat that was somehow stopped. Sheldon Moldoff’s moody artwork brings a creeping unease to this eerie tale, while Bill Ely’s haunting cover captures the story’s unsettling tone. A 10-cent comic from 1959, it’s a standout in DC’s early horror anthology series.
In "Captives of El Dorado," a lone writer tracing forgotten trails through the American West is stunned by a telegraph from beyond — a desperate plea from a dimension where an alien invasion was narrowly averted years ago. The message, cryptic and urgent, pulls him into a mystery that blurs time, space, and the very idea of reality.
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Reprinted in Five-Score Comic Monthly #17 (1959), Five-Score Comic Monthly #18 (1959), Mystery in Space #12 (1960), Relatos Fabulosos #9 (1960), Bat Man #8 (1960), The Mummy #[nn] (1963), Hallucinations #47 (1975), Flash #46 (1980), Blackhawk #36
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