Classics Illustrated #12

This Papercutz entry in the Classics Illustrated line brings H.G. Wells' unsettling tale of science run amok to vivid full-color life, adapted by Steven Grant and illustrated by Eric Vincent. Jeffrey Potter's striking cover sets an immediately eerie mood — a massive stone lion's-head sculpture looms above a young woman whose unnervingly golden, cat-like eyes hint at something not quite human, all framed by lush tropical foliage. It's a beautifully composed image that captures the novel's uneasy boundary between the animal and the human right from the first glance.