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The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 2

Author Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein
Illustrated by Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando
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Dark Horse Comics | Dark Horse Books
On sale Jan 24, 2017 | 216 Pages | 9781630089580
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The fantasies just get weirder at Dark Horse! This wonderful and bizarre volume collects issues #7-12 of the groundbreaking comics anthology--remastered in glorious digital color! Featuring twenty-four breathtaking tales from iconic writers and artists including Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, George Roussos, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, and Mac Elkin, with a foreword by rock-and-roll legend Gene Simmons!
Bill Gaines was born in 1922. His impact on American comics and magazines cannot be overstated. After his father, Maxwell Gaines, passed away in 1947, Bill took over running EC Comics and its stable of horror, science-fiction, satire, and war comics. He and Al Feldstein collaborated on Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, and Weird Science. Gaines testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954. After EC Comics went out of business, Bill Gaines started Mad magazine, which remained as popular as it was controversial for decades. He passed away at the age of 70 in 1992 and was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. View titles by Bill Gaines
Al Feldstein was an American writer, editor, and artist best known for his work at EC Comics. He was also editor of the satirical magazine Mad from 1956 to 1985. After retiring from Mad, Feldstein concentrated on American paintings of Western wildlife. Feldstein died in 2014. View titles by Al Feldstein
Wally Wood View titles by Wally Wood
Jack Kamen View titles by Jack Kamen
Joe Orlando View titles by Joe Orlando

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The fantasies just get weirder at Dark Horse! This wonderful and bizarre volume collects issues #7-12 of the groundbreaking comics anthology--remastered in glorious digital color! Featuring twenty-four breathtaking tales from iconic writers and artists including Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, George Roussos, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, and Mac Elkin, with a foreword by rock-and-roll legend Gene Simmons!

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Bill Gaines was born in 1922. His impact on American comics and magazines cannot be overstated. After his father, Maxwell Gaines, passed away in 1947, Bill took over running EC Comics and its stable of horror, science-fiction, satire, and war comics. He and Al Feldstein collaborated on Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, and Weird Science. Gaines testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954. After EC Comics went out of business, Bill Gaines started Mad magazine, which remained as popular as it was controversial for decades. He passed away at the age of 70 in 1992 and was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. View titles by Bill Gaines
Al Feldstein was an American writer, editor, and artist best known for his work at EC Comics. He was also editor of the satirical magazine Mad from 1956 to 1985. After retiring from Mad, Feldstein concentrated on American paintings of Western wildlife. Feldstein died in 2014. View titles by Al Feldstein
Wally Wood View titles by Wally Wood
Jack Kamen View titles by Jack Kamen
Joe Orlando View titles by Joe Orlando

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