{"product_id":"ec-comics","title":"EC Comics","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9783836597944\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: TASCHEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eIn 1947, \u003cb\u003eBill Gaines\u003c\/b\u003e inherited \u003cb\u003eEC Comics\u003c\/b\u003e, a new venture founded by his legendary father \u003cb\u003eM. C. Gaines\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 \u003cb\u003ea \"who's who\" of the era\u003c\/b\u003e including \u003cb\u003eAl Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood\u003c\/b\u003e would \u003cb\u003ereinvent the very notion of the comic book\u003c\/b\u003e with titles like Tales from the Crypt, Crime SuspenStories, Weird Science, and MAD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EC delighted in publishing \u003cb\u003egory, morbid horror and crime\u003c\/b\u003e comics that had snap, ironic endings-but they also pioneered \u003cb\u003ethe first true-to-life war comics\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003efirst \"real\" science-fiction stories\u003c\/b\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter publishing the full, fascinating story behind this fabled company in XXL size in 2020, TASCHEN now presents in full the story of what is considered to be EC's prime period, the New Trend, plus the complete covers of that era-including those of Tales from the Crypt and The Haunt of Fear, Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, Panic and MAD. Many of the cover images are","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41837361397893,"sku":"PR430799","price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TT6NBXM618IW.jpg?v=1788136393","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/ec-comics","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}