House of Secrets #35

Two imposing alien figures have Mark Merlin squarely in the crosshairs of a massive targeting scope on this August 1960 cover — their dialogue making it chillingly clear that the earthman is exactly who they've come to destroy. Cover pencils by Dick Dillin and inks by Sheldon Moldoff give the scene a wonderfully eerie atmosphere, with Merlin framed helplessly in the circular viewfinder while his alien hunters loom large in the foreground. "The Interplanetary Target" promises the kind of imaginative science-fiction mystery that made House of Secrets such a satisfying read in 1960.