Gwandanaland Comics #268

This Gwandanaland Comics treasury collection reprints material from the golden age of horror with Fantastic Fears — a Farrell Publication billing itself as "Tales of Stalking Terror." The cover art sets the mood perfectly: a leering, colorfully turbaned figure leans toward a horrified young woman, while between them floats a skull-faced specter delivering the chilling taunt, "Come now, dearest! This is not really a surprise — you were expecting me... weren't you?" It's a wonderfully unsettling snapshot of pre-code horror aesthetics, and at $29.99 this 2019 treasury format is a great way to dive deep into that eerie, anything-goes era of comics storytelling.