In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics, a new venture founded by
his legendary father M. C. Gaines, who was responsible for
midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his
tenure at All-American Comics, bringing the likes of Wonder Woman
and Green Lantern to the world. Over the next eight years, Bill
Gaines and a "who's who" of the era including Al Feldstein, Harvey
Kurtzman, and Wally Wood would reinvent the very notion of the
comic book with titles like Tales from the Crypt, Crime
SuspenStories, Weird Science, and MAD. EC delighted in publishing
gory, morbid horror and crime comics that had snap, ironic
endings-but they also pioneered the first true-to-life war comics,
the first "real" science-fiction stories, and a series of tales
about such then-taboo subjects as racism, bigotry, vigilantism,
drug addiction, police corruption, and anti-Semitism. Too good to
last, they were eventually caught up by various 1950s guardians of
morality, who were convinced that EC's often over-the-top content
was causing juvenile delinquency. A year or so after a full inquiry
investigating horror and crime comics, the incredible EC Comics
were no more. TASCHEN presents the full, fascinating story of this
fabled company, written and expertly curated by EC-authority Grant
Geissman. Even the most die-hard EC Fan-Addicts will find something
new within these pages, with the Gaines family archives providing
more than 100 rarities that have never seen print. Many of the
cover images are reproduced from Gaines File Copies, which are
widely regarded as the best surviving copies of the EC Comics.
Gathering more than 1,000 illustrations that include the rarest and
most notorious covers, interior pages and panels, photos, vintage
original artwork, and some of the most celebrated stories ever to
be printed in four colors for a dime, this is the ultimate EC
Comics compendium and a must-have for any comics enthusiast or pop
culture historian.
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