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 1948. Stopped in 1950 after 11 issues, but continues as The Vault of Horror.

The series contains multiple independent crime stories.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1948
#2 - 1948
#5 - 1949

#7 - 1949
#8 - 1949
#10 - 1949

 

 

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