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Oni Press has a pair of EC Comics spine-tinglers on tap for spooky season, as the horror imprint’s return rolls on.
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Just revealed by Oni Press and EC Comics, we’ve got your first looks at booth Epitaphs from the Abyss #4 and Cruel Universe #3. Those previews come in the form of a creep-tacular cover slate for both books, which will have multiple variants out there for fans to snap up.
All of what’s been shared looks beautifully fitting with the classic mags that the new comics are based on, loading up on disturbing imagery and straight out terror aplenty. Yeah, EC doesn’t really mess around in that arena. You know what you’re getting into as soon as you see the covers.
Things will kick off this October on the 2nd, when Cruel Universe #3 arrives. In that issue, an all-star team of talent will spin some tales that just might keep you up at night.
Cruel Universe #3
First, on October 2nd, the world’s most existentially devastating comic magazine plumbs new depths in CRUEL UNIVERSE #3 as the otherworldly talents of Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun) and Davíd Rubín (Sherlock Frankenstein), J. Holtham (Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale) and Kano(Gotham Central), and Zac Thompson (Cemetery Kids Don’t Die) and Dan McDaid (If You Find This…) begin a manned expedition to the extremes of human existence and imagine the terrifying possibilities of what to expect when the best of intentions meet the cold, hard reality of our worst instincts. The world and everything you hold dear within it may be doomed to the cold touch of entropy . . . BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN KEEP THIS COMIC AS A SOUVENIR!
Oni Press press release
Later in the month is when EC strikes again, with October 16th’s Epitaphs from the Abyss #4. Much like with Cruel Universe, Epitaphs from the Abyss promises a selection of stories to thrill and chill, and from the looks of the covers, they just might spook you to the bone.
That Lee Bermejo cover in particular is giving us nightmares already.
Epitaphs from the Abyss #4
Then, on October 16th, every tombstone tells a tale in EPITAPHS OF THE ABYSS #4 – the next unrelenting issue of EC’s flagship horror title! Fueled by the vengeful spirit of the legendary EC Comics, we proudly present all-new tales of the macabre and merciless from some of the top talents with a penchant for dragging you down to the bottom stair of despair!
This month: Live hard, die fast creators J. Holtham (The Horizon Experiment) and Raúl Allén (Dune, Secret Weapons), Amy Roy (The Lonely Store) and Claire Roe (Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special), and Jay Stephens (Dwellings) and David Lapham (Stray Bullets) welcome you back into the cold grasp of the ABYSS—there’s no need to RSVP, and timeshares are available!
Oni Press press release
