Gwandanaland Comics #2118

This 2018 Gwandanaland Comics collection spotlights the SF and mystery work of Steve Ditko, whose cover art sets the mood perfectly: a startled man in a suit and hat recoils on a dark city street, clutching a paper bag and document while holly-like vines surge menacingly toward him from a glowing doorway, a gas lamp casting an eerie glow nearby. The cover caption — "He had tampered with the unknown and now the fury was aroused!" teasing "The Menace of the Maple Leaves!" — gives you a vivid sense of the unsettling, imaginative tone Ditko brought to Charlton's Strange Suspense Stories. Fans of mid-century science fiction and mystery comics will find this a satisfying deep dive into Ditko's distinctive linework and flair for creeping dread.