Tales of the Unexpected #84

A blue-skinned, pointy-eared alien dominates this vivid 1964 DC cover, desperately thrusting a framed portrait of a one-eyed companion toward the reader while pleading, "Please…bring my buddy back! One of you out there has him!" The headline "Missing: One Alien!" gives the whole scene a wonderfully offbeat, almost plaintive energy that sets Tales of the Unexpected apart from straightforward superhero fare. Cover pencils by Dick Dillin and inks by Sheldon Moldoff give the image a clean, expressive punch that pairs nicely with Dave Wood and George Roussos's interior story, "The Menace of the 50-Fathom Men.