(W) Carl Wessler (A) Jack Kamen & Various (CA) Jack Kamen
Now available in an affordable paperback edition, Shock SuspenStories Volume 3 continues the fabled EC tradition of presenting the finest noir comics of the era. These hard-as-nails tales of betrayal, larceny, and murder are the works of legendary creators Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Reed Crandall, Jack Kamen, and more. Includes 'Squeeze Play,' the only EC story illustrated solely by Frank Frazetta-who appears as the main character in the story! Collects Shock SuspenStories #13-18 and features a foreword by comics superstar Brian Michael Bendis.
(W) Al Feldstein, William M Gaines (A) Jack Kamen & Various (CA) Jack Davis
The EC line of comics shook up the 1950s, and the shocking audacity of their stories drew the scrutiny of Congress and the eventual creation of the Comics Code, effectively killing EC. But the stories live on, and EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 4 offers more infamous tales of fear, bloodshed, and the paranormal written by Al Feldstein and William Gaines and illustrated by Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, George Evans, Joe Orlando, and Marie Severin. This value-priced softcover collects issues #35-40, including the original stories, ads, text pieces, and letters. Foreword by eminent EC historian and publisher Russ Cochran.