Horror for Newbies

The EC Artists' Library Series

32 primary works • 37 total works
From 1950 until 1955 (when they fell victim to the newly-created Comics Code), EC Comics revolutionized American comics with their provocative, literate, and visually stunning horror, crime, war, SF, and humor anthologies (including Tales from the Crypt and MAD). Frequently reprinted in archival, fan-oriented packages, this work has never been coll…

Book 1

Corpse on the Imjin! and Other Stories
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4.24 · 222 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 2012 · 7 editions
The creation of MAD would have been enough to ceme…

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    Book 2

    Came the Dawn and Other Stories
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    4.16     · 182 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2012 · 4 editions
    Wallace Wood applied his preternaturally lush brus…

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    Book 3

    50 Girls 50 and Other Stories
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    4.22     · 116 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    Barely old enough to drink when he joined the EC C…

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    Book 4

    'Tain't the Meat...It's the Humanity! and Other Stories
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    4.19     · 206 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
    Tales From the Crypt was the quintessential Americ…

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    Book 5

    Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories
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    4.24     · 99 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2012 · 4 editions
    Surrounded by the ornate, retro, proto-splatter ho…

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    Book 6

    Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories
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    4.19     · 80 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    Al Feldstein is best known as the main writer/edit…

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    Book 7

    Sucker Bait and Other Stories
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    4.31     · 101 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
    Even 60 years after their original release, in an …

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    Book 8

    Zero Hour and Other Stories
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    3.97     · 60 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    With his wholesome approach, Jack Kamen stood out …

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    Book 9

    Judgment Day and Other Stories
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    4.26     · 70 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
    Joe Orlando was a mainstay at EC, especially on sc…

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    Book 10

    Bomb Run and Other Stories
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    4.18     · 66 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
    Harvey Kurtzman's taut, humanistic scripts and Joh…

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    Book 11

    Aces High
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    3.89     · 38 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1988 · 4 editions
    George Evans’ comics art get the classic treatment…

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    Book 12

    Spawn of Mars and Other Stories
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    4.17     · 104 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions
    Wallace Wood fans love his sleek, preternaturally …

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    Book 13

    Grave Business and Other Stories
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    4.07     · 74 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    Even in an era of explicit horror films, “Ghastly”…

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    Book 14

    Forty Whacks and Other Stories
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    4.11     · 47 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    Jack Kamen's precise, clean style was perfect subv…

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    Book 15

    The High Cost Of Dying and Other Stories
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    4.24     · 55 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions
    A collection of Reed Crandall EC horror stories, s…

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    Book 16

    The Living Mummy and Other Stories
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    4.24     · 75 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions
    When Jack Davis took up his pen for EC Comics, he …

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    Book 17

    Voodoo Vengeance and Other Stories
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    3.98     · 55 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    This volume collects classic horror comics about w…

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    Book 18

    The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories
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    3.65     · 40 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    This collection includes all 15 of Elder’s humorou…

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    Book 19

    The Thing From The Grave and Other Stories
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    3.67     · 51 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
    Joe Orlando and Al Feldstein adapt Bradbury, preac…

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    Book 20

    Daddy Lost His Head and Other Stories
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    4.00     · 43 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 2 editions
    In this collection of twisty EC tales, there are s…

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    Book 21

    Master Race and Other Stories
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    4.21     · 70 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
    This comics anthology includes Krigstein’s most fa…

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    Book 22

    Death Stand and Other Stories
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    4.12     · 32 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
    Death Stand And Other Stories collects more than t…

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    Book 23

    Doctor Of Horror and Other Stories
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    3.86     · 50 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    A collection of comics torn from the pages of Tale…

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    Book 24

    The Martian Monster and Other Stories
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    3.76     · 41 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    Stories in this volume include "The Martian Monste…

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    Book 25

    The Woman Who Loved Life and Other Stories
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    3.68     · 22 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 2 editions
    Mood, mayhem, murder—and zombies, too!

    Johnny Craig…

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    Book 26

    Atom Bomb and Other Stories
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    3.90     · 39 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    When artist Wallace Wood teamed up with writer/edi…

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    Book 27

    Man and Superman and Other Stories
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    4.19     · 37 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 3 editions
    This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 978…

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    Book 28

    Terror Train and Other Stories
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    3.85     · 34 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 2 editions
    This volume collects stories Feldstein wrote and d…

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    Book 29

    Accidents and Old Lace and Other Stories
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    4.12     · 26 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 1 edition
    These stories, which "Ghastly" Graham Ingels drew …

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    Book 30

    A Slight Case of Murder and Other Stories
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    4.15     · 26 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 2 editions
    This volume collects all of George Evans' EC horro…

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    Book 31

    Three For The Money And Other Stories
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    4.21     · 24 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2021 · 3 editions
    This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 978…

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    Book 32

    Code Of Honor And Other Stories
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    3.56     · 16 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 1 edition
    When John Severin became editor of Two-Fisted Tale…

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    Book 1-4

    The EC Artists Library Slipcase Volume 1
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    4.58     · 12 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    A boxed set of our first four books in our acclaim…

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    Book 5-8

    The EC Artists Library Slipcase Volume 2
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    4.90     · 10 Ratings · published 2015 · 1 edition
    Featuring: Johnny Craig s complete crime and horro…

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    Book 9-12

    The EC Artists Library Slipcase Volume 3
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 edition
    A boxed set of four great books in our acclaimed E…

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    Book 13-16

    The EC Artists Library Slipcase Volume 4
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 edition
    A boxed set of four great books in our acclaimed F…

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    Book 17-20

    The EC Artists Library Slipcase Volume 5
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 edition
    A box set of the best comics of the 1950s from the…

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