- EC Comics (Entertaining Comics) were all published from the late 1940s until
around 1956, when the Comics Code Authority whitewashed all comic books to
remove all themes of horror and violence. Psychiatrist Fredric Wertham and
Senator Estes Kefauver's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency attacked horror
comics as causes of the rise in juvenile delinquency and crimes by minors. These
comic books were accused of having no redeeming value to society and were
effectively banned by the actions of these groups in creating the Comics Code.
EC Comics were superior to other comics of the 1950s because of a higher quality
of writing and artwork, and they were widely imitated by other comics
publishers. The subject matter for EC Comics were horror, science
fiction/fantasy, crime stories, war stories and stories with a social message
that generally had a twist or "shock" ending.- This volume reprints the first six complete issues (24 stories) of the comic
book Tales From the Crypt, originally published in 1950, and features
classic horror stories of vampires, werewolves, ghouls and monsters in the vein
of hte early Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolf Man movies. This title was EC's best
seller, and was the inspiration of several feature films and the HBO series of
the same name.
- ISBN10 1888472553
- ISBN13 9781888472554
- Publish Date 20 February 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 August 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Gemstone Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 212
- Language English