CREATOR

Name: EC  Comics (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1944 by Maxwell 'Max' Charles Gaines  (1894-1947) and later continued by his son William 'Bill' Gaines (1922-1992). Officially stopped as an independent company in 1956 but continued under the auspices of DC Comics.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under EC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: Initially, EC specialized in child-oriented and educational stories (the company started as Entertaining Comics), but switched to horror, satire, and science fiction. 

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1950. Stopped in 1955 after 27 issues (the numbering starts from #20 following Crime Patrol (16 issues) and The Crypt of Terror (3 issues). The series has been revived several times since then.

The series contains a mixture of independent, creepy horror stories. Mostly, they are hosted by The Old Witch, The Crypt-keeper, and The Vault-keeper.

EC published 3 major horror series during the same span of years. The others were Tales Haunt of Fear and The Vault of Horror. All of them stopped following new, strict rules from the highly protective Comics Code (see more HERE).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#20 - 1950
#24 - 1951
#29 - 1952

#36 - 1953
#41 - 1954
#46 - 1955

 

 

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