I've owned a fair number of copies of Creature from the Black Lagoon through the years, from the original Universal Monsters Collection VHS release, to LaserDisc, to DVD, and subsequently the Universal Monsters Legacy Collection, and then on to Blu Ray in the Universal Monster Collection (which for the first time included the Blu Ray 3D version), the Creature Legacy Blu Ray Collection (which brought us the premiere of Revenge of the Creature on Blu Ray 3D), and most recently the Universal Classic Monsters Icons of Horror 4K release. To be clear, when it comes to movies, for the most part, I'm all about content. If a new release features new material, or an upgraded version, I'm in. Despite what the above might suggest, that's a mere fraction of the reissues of the film on home media. Throw in special and store-exclusive packaging, and there are quite a few variants out there. Most of which I happily pass on. But every once and a while, I can be suckered in to picking up an edition that doesn't add new content to the library.
Case in point is this recent Steelbook release, featuring artwork by Alex Ross of the Creature rising up to approach Kay Lawrence swimming in the lagoon. I liked the art enough to pick up this 4K Blu Ray combo edition, which could be had at a very affordable price. Comparatively, the art was recently used as an exclusive variant cover for a comic book series, where it was offered for sale at prices upwards of $100, so I'm perfectly happy to have it in the collection at a much more affordable rate on this steelbook.
