Rising from the tomb comes EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 4, now in a value-priced paperback edition! EC Comics set the bar in the 1950s for their disturbing tales of terror, and this edition presents twenty-four shockers by comics legends Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, and features gorgeous digitally remastered color. Includes the Al Feldstein/Joe Orlando adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story “The Lake” and a foreword by bestselling horror author Jonathan Maberry. Collects The Vault of Horror issues #30–#35.
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- 2024
 - 2024
In the years before the Comics Code, no comic mined the noir vein with more shocking impact and creative skill than EC Comics’ Crime SuspenStories.Featuring vivid tales of larceny, adultery, and homicide by comics legends Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Graham Ingels, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, and more, Crime SuspenStories remains a lurid landmark in the history of comics, and the EC Archives presents these scandalous stories in all their brazen brilliance.This value-priced volume collects Crime SuspenStories issues #1–#6, including the original stories, ads, text pieces, and letters.
 - 2024
Long before “one giant leap for Mankind,” EC Comics speculated on the wonder—and horror—posed by space travel. The EC Archives: Weird Science volume 3 features the zenith of these explorations by comics pioneers Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando and more. This value-priced softcover volume collects Weird Science issues #13–#18 with remastered digital color based on Marie Severin’s original tones. Includes the adaptations of two Ray Bradbury tales, “The Long Years” and “Mars is Heaven.” Foreword by Jerry Weist, comic art historian and author of the Hugo Award-nominated Ray Bradbury: An Illustrated Life.
 - 2024
Weird Fantasy from EC Comics presented some of the most timeless and important stories in the history of comics and science fiction. And now EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 3 returns in a value-priced paperback edition featuring the work of comics giants Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Al Williamson, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and Al Williamson, including Williamson’s first published EC work. Foreword by Creepy writer and EC historian Ron Parker. Collects Weird Fantasy issues #13–#18 with remastered digital color.
 - 2023
Weird Fantasy from EC Comics captured the wonder and terror of science fiction like no other title of its era. And now the Dark Horse Comics library of EC classics returns with EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 2, now in a value-priced paperback edition featuring the work of comics legends Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando and more. This volume collects Weird Fantasy issues #7–#12 with remastered digital color based on Marie Severin’s original tones. Foreword by rock superstar Gene Simmons of KISS!
 - 2023
From the dark heart of the legendary EC Comics line comes The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 3 in a value-priced paperback edition! Presenting twenty-four tales of terror by comics legends Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Johnny Craig, Graham Ingles, Jack Davis, and more, this gruesome grimoire features remastered colors based on Marie Severin’s original tones and includes the Al Feldstein/Jack Davis adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story “Let’s Play Poison.” Collects The Vault of Horror issues #24–#29 with a foreword by Mike Richardson.
 - 2023
Weird Fantasy Volume One touches down at Dark Horse Comics! Fully remastered in magnificent digital color, this otherwordly volume includes twenty-four extraterrestrial tales from a stellar collection of writers and artists—Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, Harry Harrison, Gardner Fox, Jack Kamen, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood! Foreword by Walt Simonson! Collects Weird Fantasy issues #13–#17 and #6.
 - 2022
The classic EC series, presented as a deluxe-size trade paperback! This high-quality trade reprints the issues #7–#12 of the pulp-comic classic Shock SuspenStories! Featuring 24 stories by the all-star artistic talents of Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and Wally Wood.
 - 2022
An engaging story of life and death, An Odd Undertaking features Bill Wood's memories of his career as an undertaker in London during the 1990s.
 - 2022
The terrifying opening of the Vault of Horror, presented as a deluxe-size trade paperback!Witness the opening of the Vault ! This terrifying tome contains issues #18–#23 of the classic horror series, and features gorgeous new digital colors—using Marie Severin’s original palette as a guide! Including unforgettable stories drawn by all-star comic artists Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Howard Larsen!Featuring a foreword by cinema shock-master John Landis!Collects Vault of Horror issues #18–#23.