Gwandanaland Comics #512

This 2017 Gwandanaland Comics treasury collects reprinted material from the original Black Magic Magazine, showcasing the celebrated horror anthology with cover art penciled and inked by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. The reproduced cover — itself a reprint of Black Magic No. 19 — depicts two alarmed men reacting in horror as a monstrous, tentacled plant creature writhes menacingly in the foreground, with dramatic speech balloons warning of a deadly "man-eater" that thinks and kills. It's a wonderfully atmospheric piece of mid-century horror comics craft, and this treasury format makes it an accessible way to experience Kirby and Simon's spine-tingling work together.