Cruel Universe 2 #7 Cover Preview

 

COVER A BY MIKE HUDDLESTON

Outsiders can seem threatening. But attempting to be overly self-reliant can create problems and turn potential friends into enemies. So, how should we welcome aliens when they finally arrive on Earth? And will they find a world that prizes originality, where people live in harmony with their neighbors? 

 

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CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #7 (of 12)

WRITTEN BY ANTHONY MAURO, GREG PAK, & AMY ROY ART BY KANO, DAVID LAPHAM, & MALACHI WARD COVER A BY MIKE HUDDLESTON COVER B BY TOM FOWLER EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS BLACK & WHITE ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY MALACHI WARD Warm flesh! Cold technology! As an astronaut, you have collided both together in an unwieldy alliance to survive the harsh vacuum of space. Now, as you wait to see whether all of your precious airlocks and heat shields will keep you from getting freeze-dried by the very cosmos you yearn to explore, never fear—there's an all-new issue of CRUEL UNIVERSE to help you keep calm!  In the next installment of EC Comics' Eisner- and Ringo Award–nominated sensation: Stargazing writers Anthony Mauro (Salvation), Greg Pak (Planet Hulk), and Amy Roy (EC's Epitaphs from the Abyss) are transmitting live from the scene of an interstellar disaster, as coldly calculating artists Kano (Action Comics), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and Malachi Ward (Black Hammer Reborn) record the distant pinpricks of light from their exploding space ships as they reach Earth hundreds of years later. Who said SCIENCE can't be entertaining?! $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE FEBRUARY 4, 2026

 

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COVER B BY TOM FOWLER

 

 

EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS

 

 

BLACK & WHITE ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER

 

ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY MALACHI WARD

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Cruel Universe 2 #6 Preview

 

COVER A BY MIKE HUDDLESTON

 

Creativity is a strength, and ingenuity is a good thing. But sometimes, we can be too inventive for our own good. Do you dare to peer into what the science of tomorrow will bring? And where our penchant for experimentation will take us?

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CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #6 (of 12)

WRITTEN BY CORINNA BECHKO, MARIA INGRANDE MORA, & GREG PAK ART BY SEBASTIAN CABROL, FABIANA MASCOLO, & KELLY WILLIAMS COVER A BY MIKE HUDDLESTON COVER B BY TOM FOWLER EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY MALACHI WARD You’ve just landed on a barren, alien world . . . cold, remote, and devoid of any signs of life . . . except for the ominous, throbbing hum from the planetary core that drills a message straight into the synapses of your human nervous system: THE NEW ISSUE OF CRUEL UNIVERSE IS HERE! SURRENDER YOURSELF! OR BE ATOMIZED! In this galaxy or the next, you’d be a fool to miss EC Comics’ Eisner- and Ringo Award–nominated sensation as it hurtles forward with all-new tales of twisted science and terrifying tech! Join writers Corinna Bechko (EC’s Blood Type), Maria Ingrande Mora (Ranger Academy), and Greg Pak (Ronin Island) alongside artists Sebastian Cabrol (The Seasons Have Teeth), Fabiana Mascolo (Catwoman), and Kelly Williams (The Dead and the Damned) as they rewire the strands of EC’s immortal DNA into a new kind of inhuman monstrosity! $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE JANUARY 7, 2026     Here are more cover options:     COVER B BY TOM FOWLER   EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS   B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER

ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY MALACHI WARD

 

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