The EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories #1

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  Eye On Comics - Don MacPherson

  Jan 14, 2007

  Perhaps the best way to illustrate the strength of the storytelling in these classic comics and their lasting influence even 50 years later is to point to other samples of pop culture that followed in their footsteps. Look at Boom! Studios various pirate- or zombie-themed anthology comics of today or DC's horror anthologies from years gone by (Flinch and Wasteland) to TV projects from Alfred Hitchcock Presents to Spielberg's own Amazing Stories from the 1980s, EC's short stories of horror and crime have made themselves known time and time again, sometimes purposefully and sometimes subconsciously. Read Full Review