EC Comics

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EC Comics was an influential American comic book publisher best known for its groundbreaking horror, crime, war, and satire titles that pushed creative and censorship boundaries in the 1940s and 1950s.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
EC Comics canonical 11
EC horror comics 2
EC Comics horror line 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
comic book publisher ⓘ
adaptation Tales from the Crypt film adaptations ⓘ
Tales from the Crypt television series ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
editor Al Feldstein ⓘ
Harvey Kurtzman ⓘ
effectOfComicsCodeAuthority severe restriction of EC Comics titles ⓘ
era Golden Age of Comic Books ⓘ
foundedBy Max Gaines ⓘ
William M. Gaines ⓘ
genre crime comics ⓘ
horror comics ⓘ
satire comics ⓘ
science fiction comics ⓘ
war comics ⓘ
industry comic books ⓘ
influenced Mad magazine ⓘ
later horror comics publishers ⓘ
underground comix movement ⓘ
influencedBy pulp magazines ⓘ
knownFor Crime SuspenStories ⓘ
Frontline Combat ⓘ
MAD ⓘ
Panic ⓘ
Shock SuspenStories ⓘ
Tales from the Crypt ⓘ
The Haunt of Fear ⓘ
The Vault of Horror ⓘ
Two-Fisted Tales ⓘ
Weird Fantasy ⓘ
Weird Science ⓘ
graphic violence and mature themes ⓘ
impact on horror comics genre ⓘ
socially conscious storytelling ⓘ
laterName Entertaining Comics ⓘ
legacy adaptations into film and television ⓘ
cult following among comic book fans ⓘ
reprints by later publishers ⓘ
notableCharacter Crypt-Keeper ⓘ
linked to: Crypt Keeper

Old Witch ⓘ
Vault-Keeper ⓘ
notablePerson Al Feldstein ⓘ
Al Williamson ⓘ
Basil Wolverton ⓘ
Bernard Krigstein ⓘ
Bill Elder ⓘ
Frank Frazetta ⓘ
George Evans ⓘ
Graham Ingels ⓘ
Harvey Kurtzman ⓘ
Jack Davis ⓘ
Jack Kamen ⓘ
Joe Orlando ⓘ
John Severin ⓘ
Johnny Craig ⓘ
Marie Severin ⓘ
Otto Binder ⓘ
Ray Bradbury ⓘ
Reed Crandall ⓘ
Wally Wood ⓘ
William M. Gaines ⓘ
notableWork Impact #1 "Master Race" ⓘ
Shock SuspenStories #5 "The Patriots" ⓘ
Tales from the Crypt #46 "The Whipping" ⓘ
originalName Educational Comics ⓘ
publicationFormat anthology comic books ⓘ
relatedTo Comics Code Authority ⓘ
status defunct comic book publisher ⓘ
style ironic punishment themes ⓘ
morality tales ⓘ
twist endings ⓘ
subjectOf Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mad magazine → publisher → EC Comics ⓘ
Tales from the Crypt → basedOn → EC Comics ⓘ
Crypt Keeper → createdBy → EC Comics ⓘ
Harvey Kurtzman → employer → EC Comics ⓘ
R. L. Stine → influencedBy → EC horror comics ⓘ
linked to: EC Comics
Al Feldstein → employer → EC Comics ⓘ
The Haunt of Fear → publisher → EC Comics ⓘ
subject linked to: The Haunt of Fear (EC Comics)
The Haunt of Fear → publisherImprint → EC Comics horror line ⓘ
subject linked to: The Haunt of Fear (EC Comics)
linked to: EC Comics
Creepshow (1982 film) → inspiredBy → EC horror comics ⓘ
subject linked to: Father's Day
linked to: EC Comics
Creepshow 2 → artStyleInfluence → EC Comics ⓘ
William M. Gaines → employer → EC Comics ⓘ
Frank Frazetta → workedFor → EC Comics ⓘ