Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #3

Dark Horse's *Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives Volume Three* gathers more eerie Gold Age anthology stories under the watchful gaze of horror's most distinguished host, whose black-and-white portrait peers down from the cover with calm authority. The painted cover scene is genuinely unsettling — a terrified man in explorer's khakis clutches a jeweled necklace in a torchlit cavern while a glowing green supernatural figure looms menacingly above him, fanged and snarling, as a shovel and lantern lie scattered at his feet. With an introduction by filmmaker John Landis and Dark Horse's handsome archival treatment, this 2010 hardcover is a fine way to spend time with some wonderfully atmospheric tales of the macabre.