The Unexpected #210

DC's long-running horror anthology reaches issue #210 with a cover that commands attention: a snarling, fanged gorilla looms enormous over a group of terrified men clutching torches and a cross beside an open coffin, while the cover copy pointedly asks whether this creature is savior or savage. Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano deliver a genuinely unsettling scene that frames the lead story, "Vampire of the Apes," with real dread — those speech bubbles warning that the vampires have escaped only deepen the mystery. Rounding out the package is a bonus Johnny Peril adventure, making this 1981 issue a satisfying double helping of DC horror.