House of Secrets #27

From a cracked fossil egg erupts a towering, flame-wreathed creature of terrifying power — and the cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff sells the menace beautifully, with a man and woman recoiling in horror as the blazing beast looms over them. This December 1959 issue of DC's House of Secrets features Mark Merlin in "The Secret of the Fossil Egg," promising exactly the kind of strange, imaginative sci-fi thrills the series did so well. Interior art from Howard Purcell rounds out a package that captures the era's wide-eyed wonder at creatures from beyond the ordinary world.