EC Comics Sampler (Halloween Theme)

One of my all-time favorite comics of all-time is the EC Comics of the early 1950s. EC Comics was founded by The Gaines. Poppa was the grandfather of the first comic book, taking reprints of newspaper comics and selling them on cheap pulp paper for a dime a pop. His son William Gaines would go on to craft some of the most innovative, controversial, and brilliant comics of all-time. EC was noted for its shock and twist endings. They were the company trademark. Sadly, a demented children’s therapist, Fredric Wertham and a Senate Sub-committee would cause EC to shut down publication of their titles. Gaines would suffer for a time financially, but he eventually got the upper hand, creating the biggest thumb noser of all- MAD Magazine.

This sampler was a free comic book day offering that I happened to get my hands on in a dollar box by shear chance. While I have every intention to get my hands on (reprint) copies of the complete EC line, I just had to pounce on this! Featuring a crime story, a sci-fi epic, a horror tale, and a scene from the Korean War, this sampler shows why EC was the leader in not just the shocking twist ending, but a bastion of fantastic artists, writers, and some of the best art and stories to ever seen print. It’s also a great edition to whet my appetite for even more EC fright fests during what remains of this Halloween season.
Brilliant, superb, spectacular stuff- All Worth Consuming!
Rating 10 out of 10 stars.
Fright Factor: 8 out of 10.