The creation of MAD would have been enough to cement Harvey Kurtzman's reputation as one of the titans of comic history. This title presents a collection of his work.

George Evans was a master of the aviation war story. This collection includes all of his highly-acclaimed stories for Aces High, EC s famous air war title. As a bonus, we present a rarity: Evans never-before-reprinted 3-D story of World War I ace Frank Luke (in regular, easy-on-the-eyes 2-D). This volume also includes numerous Evans crime and shock stories, including As Ye Sow, My Brother s Keeper, and Cadillac Fever. Other war stories, many done in collaboration with Harvey Kurtzman, include Napoleon and Flaming Coffins (which Evans wrote, about the inherent perils of WW I aircraft). Like all books in the Fantagraphics EC line, Aces High features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic comic book masterpieces."

The team of Harvey Kurtzman and John Severin was one of the most fruitful collaborations in the history of comics. The work they did together brings the gritty realism and psychological truth of Stephen Crane and a verisimilitude to the page that it seems as if they are reporting from the scene. Together with inker and friend Will Elder, whose own obsession for detail perfectly complemented the impact they were all striving to achieve, they produced 34 emotionally draining and dramatically eloquent war stories in just under three years. This book collects them all. Settings include: the Roman empire; the Revolutionary War; the American-Indian Wars; the Alamo; the Civil War; World War I (in the trenches and in the air); World War II (in the Pacific and in Europe, including the D-Day invasion); and the Korean War."