Ep.40. What is EC Comics? An Overview by Alex Grand

EC Comics was a gem of a comic book line in the early 1950s that housed some greats like Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Marie Severin and more. They were an upstart company that was willing to challenge the status quo of DC Comics as the comics industry boss, and bring intelligent, graphic adult storytelling to comics delivering some shock value, but also some of the most sophisticated American comics ever made. Boasting titles like Tales from the Crypt, which had its own hbo TV series in the 1990s,Shock SuspenStories, Weird Science and more, they werent afraid to pull social punches, and generally delivered great anthology books for people of all ages to read. In honor of EC Comics and its owner Bill Gaines lets go over a short historical overview of this comics line from beginning to end to try to answer the question, What is EC Comics?

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