Tales of the Unexpected #2

Right from 1956, this early DC anthology serves up one of the era's most delightfully strange cover images: a gorilla standing upright at a chalkboard, apparently trying to convince two skeptical men that it is, in fact, the missing scientist Jonas Starr — with handwriting to match. Leonard Starr's cover art captures the absurd tension beautifully, balancing the gorilla's desperate plea with the men's wide-eyed disbelief. Inside, Ruben Moreira brings the anthology's "All New Stories" to life, including the intriguingly titled "The Magic Hats of M'sieu La Farge.