House of Secrets #26

House of Secrets #26 brings one of 1959's most striking DC covers to life, with pencils by Dick Dillin and inks by Sheldon Moldoff depicting a massive, vivid purple alien ape swatting a green military aircraft out of the sky as horrified onlookers watch from below. The creature's energy-crackling hands and sheer scale make the scene genuinely unsettling, perfectly capturing the era's love of giant-monster sci-fi dread. Titled "Menace of the Alien Ape!" on the cover, this ten-cent issue is a wonderful snapshot of DC's anthology mystery titles at their most imaginatively wild.