The EC Archives: War Against Crime #1

This handsome 2018 Dark Horse hardcover collects issues 1–6 of EC's true-crime series, presenting stories drawn directly from police records in the publisher's characteristically bold style. The cover sets the tone perfectly — police officers converge on a bullet-riddled house, a blazing searchlight cutting through the night as shattered windows tell a story of chaos and confrontation. It's a great entry point into EC's pre-Tales from the Crypt catalog, when the publisher was channeling real-world crime drama into vivid, pulpy sequential art.