Vampirella #23

Warren Publishing's long-running horror magazine reaches its 23rd issue with a cover by Sanjulián that is genuinely hard to look away from — a regal, Egyptian-styled Cobra Queen seated on an ornate throne, draped in pink silk and golden jewelry, while an enormous cobra rears up menacingly behind her, fangs bared. The tagline promises that "deep in the heart of the jungle awaits the deadly Cobra Queen," setting an atmosphere of exotic, serpentine danger that Sanjulián renders with rich, painterly atmosphere. Inside, Steve Englehart and José González serve up "The Blood Queen of Bayou Parish," making this a strong 1973 package of illustrated tales designed — as the masthead puts it — to bewitch and bedevil you.