Gwandanaland Comics #633

This 2017 Gwandanaland Comics collection reprints Charlton's Unusual Tales and leads with a cover by Steve Ditko that showcases exactly why his work endures — a massive, fire-maned sea serpent rearing up from churning waves, its jagged jaws lunging toward a small motorboat whose terrified crew scrambles helplessly below. Ditko's fluid linework gives the creature an almost organic, otherworldly energy that perfectly suits a series promising "Extraordinary Stories Never Before Told." Volume 2 of The Complete Unusual Tales is a fine showcase of pre-superhero Charlton strangeness at its most vivid.