Tales of Terror! #[nn]

This handsome 2002 compendium from Gemstone Publishing and Fantagraphics Books collects the complete history of EC Comics — spanning Tales from the Crypt, MAD, Weird Science, and more — making it an essential single-volume reference for fans of that celebrated era. The cover sets the tone perfectly, depicting a pair of decomposing, rotting hands bursting dramatically from the earth while a car looms in the background against a murky urban night sky, capturing the lurid, pulpy energy EC was known for. With a complete EC cover and art gallery plus interviews with Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, Adele Kurtzman, Sheldon Moldoff, and others, this is a richly rewarding dive into one of comics history's most distinctive publishing legacies.