Strange Adventures #55

Murphy Anderson's cover for this 1955 DC anthology perfectly sets up the wild premise inside: two police officers have apprehended a suited, handcuffed gorilla who is dramatically peeling away a human face-mask to reveal his true identity as the wanted criminal "Mr. X" — with a $10,000 reward poster pinned to the wall behind them. The sheer audacity of a gorilla in a business suit breaking free of puny handcuffs while taunting his captors captures exactly the kind of gleeful sci-fi absurdity that made Strange Adventures such a treat in 1955. Featuring a story by Edmond Hamilton with art by Sy Barry, "The Gorilla Who Challenged the World" promises exactly the kind of imaginative, larger-than-life adventure the title was built for.