The EC Archives: Crime Suspenstories Volume 1 - Hardcover

Feldstein, Al

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 188847274X ISBN 13: 9781888472745

Publisher: William M. Gaines Agent, INC., 2008

Synopsis

Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins re-introduces us to the thrilling and mysterious first volume of Crime SuspenStories - six full issues and 24 complete stories by the likes of Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Harvey Kurtzman. Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, George Roussos and others, originally published between 1950 and 1951!

About this title

Synopsis:

"EC Comics" ("Entertaining Comics") were all published from the late 1940s until around 1956, when the Comics Code Authority whitewashed all comic books to remove all themes of horror and violence. Psychiatrist Fredric Wertham and Senator Estes Kefauver's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency attacked horror comics as causes of the rise in juvenile delinquency and crimes by minors. These comic books were accused of having no redeeming value to society and were effectively banned by the actions of these groups in creating the Comics Code. "EC Comics" were superior to other comics of the 1950s because of a higher quality of writing and artwork, and they were widely imitated by other comics publishers. The subject matter for "EC Comics" were horror, science fiction/fantasy, crime stories, war stories, and stories with a social message that generally had a twist or "shock" ending. This volume reprints the first six complete issues (24 stories) of the comic book Crime SuspenStories, originally published in 1950 and 1951, and features stories of crime characterized by ironic "O. Henry" type twist endings.

About this edition

• Publisher: William M. Gaines Agent, INC.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 188847274X
• ISBN 13: 9781888472745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212