EC Comics has a fearsome reputation for delivering thrills, chills, and screams. It frightened the United States Congress so much the Senators and Representatives drove the company out of business. But you can't keep a good publisher down! What should you expect from the bloodstained Epitaphs from the Abyss? And what should your loved ones inscribe on your tombstone if you can't handle EC's horror?
Here's all the info from EC Comics and Oni Press:
EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE HC
WRITTEN BY AMY
ROY, BRIAN AZZARELLO, CHRIS CONDON, CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL, CORINNA
BECHKO, CULLEN BUNN, GREG PAK, J. HOLTHAM, JASON AARON, JOANNE STARER,
JORDAN THOMAS, JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV, MATT KINDT, MATTHEW ROSENBERG,
MICHAEL W. CONRAD, STEPHANIE PHILLIPS, TIM SEELEY, TYLER CROOK, CURT
PIRES & MORE
ART BY ALEXANDRE
TEFENSKI, ALISON SAMPSON, ANDREA MUTTI, BRIAN LEVEL, CHARLIE ADLARD,
CHRISTOPHER MITTEN, CLAIRE ROE, DAN McDAID, DAVID LAPHAM, DAVID RUBÍN,
DUSTIN WEAVER, JONATHAN CASE, JORGE FORNÉS, KANO, KLAUS JANSON, LEOMACS,
PETER KRAUSE, PHIL HESTER, VALERIA BURZO, SAMI KIVELÄ & MORE
COVER BY LEE BERMEJO
ON SALE JULY 14, 2026 | $59.99 | 416 PAGES | HC
IOC: 1/31/2026
FOC: 6/22/2026
EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE – LIMITED SLIPCASE & PORTFOLIO HC
COVER BY LEE BERMEJO
ON SALE JULY 14, 2026 | $125.00 | 416 PAGES | HC
LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES | ALLOCATIONS MAY OCCUR
IOC: 1/31/2026
FOC: 6/22/2026
THE BLOCKBUSTER RESURRECTION OF EC COMICS IS BACK – IN ITS MOST DELUXE PRESENTATION YET!
Oni Press, the
multiple Eisner- and Harvey Award–winning publisher of groundbreaking
comics and graphic novels since 1997, and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc.,
are celebrating EC Comics’ history-making, headline-grabbing return EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSSLIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE –
the first in a new line of enhanced hardcovers collecting the entirety
of the new EC library at Oni Press and debuting in two eye-popping
editions, Oversized, unapologetic, and uncontrollably outrageous, both the standard EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION and the sublime EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION – LIMITED SLIPCASE & PORTFOLIO EDITION (limited to 1,000 units) will be on sale on July 14th, 2026—just as the new and nightmarish EC Comics horror host the Grave-Digger foretold.
Collecting EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1–12 for the first time in a staggeringly deluxe, oversized (7.5" x 11.5") hardcover, both editions of EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE feature tales of depraved intention and traumatic tension in the undying EC tradition by relentless writers including Jason Aaron (Thor), Brian Azzarello (Joker), Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern: Earth One), Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), J. Holtham (The Horizon Experiment), and Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), all realized into bloody reality by “all-slaughter” artists like Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Tyler Crook (Out of Alcatraz), Kano (Gotham Central), Klaus Janson (The Dark Knight Returns), Leomacs (Benjamin), Alison Sampson (Department of Truth),
and many more. Both editions also feature more than 50 pages of
“behind-the-screams” material, including process art, character designs
for EC’s newest horror hosts, and a cover gallery for readers to gouge
their eye, as well as all-new commentary from cartoonist Jay Stephens (Dwellings) and series designer Rian Hughes.
But that’s not all! Enter: the EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION – LIMITED SLIPCASE & PORTFOLIO HC! – will
feature an ultra-deluxe, limited-edition version of the EPITAPHS FROM
THE ABYSS hardcover comes packaged with a specially designed portfolio
set featuring high-quality, 11” x 7" cardstock prints featuring
gallery-ready reproductions of all 12 covers by comics master Lee
Bermejo (Batman: Damned, Joker), and packaged in a masterfully designed, foil-stamped slipcase featuring the work of artist Dustin Weaver (Avengers, Paklis) and Eisner Award–nominated designer Rian Hughes (The Multiversity).
In
the history of comics, no one publishes a horror comics cover like EC
Comics! Iconic, scandalous, and unforgettable, EC Comics’ historic
horror covers are seared into the collective memory of generations. EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION – LIMITED SLIPCASE & PORTFOLIO HC is
the first-ever portfolio for the new EC Comics titles from Oni Press,
featuring Lee Bermejo’s meticulously macabre covers spanning all 12
issues of the first hit series to immortalize EC’s long-awaited return.
Having reaped international renown for his collaborations with writer
Brian Azzarello on Joker and Batman: Damned, and with writer/screenwriter Mattson Tomlin on the Eisner Award-nominated A Vicious Circle,
and countless unforgettable comics series, Bermejo has earned a
reputation as one of the industry’s most iconic and formidable artists
across a nearly three decade career.
“The dream as an artist has always been for a publisher to let you off your leash with total freedom,” said Lee Bermejo. “In
my particular version, though, I want the NIGHTMARE option where said
publisher also wants me to come up with the most demented, disturbing,
and terrifying imagery possible. My dream/nightmare came true with EC
and Oni. It was an honor and a privilege to try and creep you out every
month and be a small part of one of the greatest legacies in comics . . .
EC HORROR.”
In 1955, the Comics Code Authority drove a stake through the depraved heart of EC Comics—the iconic publisher behind Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear,
and more instantly influential titles that redefined American horror
for generations to come. Now, groundbreaking comics publisher Oni Press
has done the unthinkable: resurrected the immortal spirit of EC Comics
for the 21st century with a brand-new slate of wildly bestselling,
critically acclaimed, and award-nominated new series . . . beginning
with its flagship horror title EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS!
On July 14th, find out what brought the most notorious name in terror roaring back from the crypt as the EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE stalks
into comic shops and book stores everywhere in two masterfully designed
editions that no true fan – or blood-drinking fiend – will want to
miss.
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Thanks to EC Comics and Oni Press for sharing this cover preview with us.
