House of Secrets #38

From DC's long-running anthology series comes House of Secrets #38 (1960), spotlighting a Mark Merlin Mystery titled "The Fantastic Flower Creatures!" The cover, penciled by Dick Dillin and inked by Sheldon Moldoff, depicts a man and a blonde woman recoiling in alarm as enormous, otherworldly plant-pods crack open to release towering, tentacled flower creatures — one looming menacingly overhead while smaller dark blooms erupt with flashes of energy around them. At ten cents, this is a vivid snapshot of the era's imaginative sci-fi horror storytelling, drawn with the kind of lively unease that made DC's mystery titles so entertaining in 1960.