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Oni Press ' EC Comics air adds Torment and Cruel Universe II to their 2025 Summer Of fearfulness publishing plans
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Launching last summertime asone of the many publishing achiever of 2024 , Oni Press ' resurrected EC Comics dividing line has speedily developed a sizable religious cult following so much so that the third biggest Oregon comics publisher declare at February ’s ComicsPRO conference that new EC titles likeEpitaphs from the AbyssandCruel Universewere thebest - selling line of single issue serial publication in the society ’s almost 30 - year history .
Now we have all the detail of how they ’re building the second human activity for " the most infamous name in terror " with theSummer of Fear – an all - new channel - up of three " slayer " new title beginning in June with thepreviously announcedBlood eccentric # 1byCorinna BechkoandAndrea Sorrentinowith embrace byMiguel Mercado :
Out Of The Pages Of Epitaphs From The Abyss … a Monstrous New EC Comics Milestone Begins!From Hugo Award - nominated writer Corinna Bechko ( EC ’s Cruel Universe , Green Lantern : Earth One ) and Eisner Award - winning artist Andrea Sorrentino ( Gideon Falls , Bone Orchard ) , THE FANGS ARE add up OUT as EC ’s own blood - spatter , bon vivant vampire rises from her first appearing in EC Comics ' bestselling , smash hit anthology … and into the history - punctuate , first - ever standalone horror series from the most notorious name in terror!WHEN YOU’RE A VAMPIRE , EVERYBODY SUCKS … preferably OR afterwards ! Meet Ada , an immortal vampire whose misdeeds have landed her on the doorsill of an idyllic tropic resort … An island paradise teeming with wealthy tourists and superstitious locals - an rich food provision for the athirst vamp looking to get away from it all!But as Ada stalks the boundaries of her unexampled hunting footing , she ’ll soon become embroiled in a deadly biz of computed tomography and mouse by moonlight . . . as an older , wiser , and all dissimilar sort of predatory animal reveals its own sensual hungriness for greed and great power . Who will survive when a brand - novel form of BLOOD character declare war on a cunning bloodsucker with nothing left to lose … and what will be go out of them ? !
Then , in July , Oni pick up where their first EC horror series , Epitaphs from the Abyss , pass on off after its planned ( and already gallop ) 12 - issue conclusion withCatacomb of Torment # 1 – a raw on-going horror anthology , this one led bythe second new EC horror legion , The Tormentorwith story byMatt Kindt , David Lapham , Marguerite Bennett , John Arcudi , and more and covers byJorge Fornés :
Behold : A Bloody New Ongoing Series!Out of the ashes of EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS , we usher THE TORMENTOR – a newfangled horror innkeeper with an insatiable pursuit in human build – into the shadow - strew halls of EC Comics history for our next monthly horror anthology ! Hold onto your head ( if it ’s still attached) … because no one escapes THE CATACOMB OF TORMENT!For Her Royal Travesty of Pain ’s first request : Master storytellers John Arcudi ( B.P.R.D. ) , Marguerite Bennett ( Batwoman ) , Matt Kindt ( BRZRKR ) , David Lapham ( Stray Bullets ) , Dan McDaid ( Shazam ! ) , and more each take turns man the stand and turning the red - hot irons for three all - raw and blisteringly brutal tales of mayhem and spite in the deathless EC tradition!Plus , as an lend bonus : A surprisal classic from the EC vaults , painstakingly remastered and new restored to its original coloring . The critic are already saying , " This is literal torture " and " Please make it cease ! " Pick up this fearful 40 - PAGE FIRST ISSUE – and the Tormentor might just consider letting them go !
And , last , concluding theSummer of Fearrollout , Oni ’s EC science - fiction deed of conveyance returns withCruel Universe 2#1 – – now a 12 - issue maxi - serial publication featuring cover up byLee Bermejo , andGreg Smallwoodwriting and drawing a story for the first matter :
At The Star - Lined Edge Of Infinity , EC Comics ' Sci - fi Smash - slay Returns To thread More Worlds Into The Maw Of Its Gravitational Vortex With An All - novel And Unrelenting 12 - Issue Maxi - series!Whether futurity or retiring , Earth or a distant world , no human being can outrun the infinite singularity within us all : fearfulness ! Join this condemn expedition into the frigid , unforgiving galaxies beyond our own as nihilistic navigator J. Holtham ( EC ’s Epitaphs from the Abyss ) , Kano ( Immortal Iron Fist ) , Anne Nocenti ( Daredevil ) , David Rubín ( Sherlock Frankenstein ) , and Greg Smallwood ( The Human Target ) smash the laws of skill . . . and splice the immortal EC Comics genome into a Modern breed of parasitic extraterrestrial tales with an dateless appetency for pain!Plus , as an added bonus : A nerve - rending , science - fabrication classic from the EC vaults , painstakingly remastered and newly restored to its original coloring!BEYOND SPACE , BEYOND OBLIVION … There is something huge , unsympathetic , and covetous that yearns to go through us all in this savage UNIVERSE ! Let ’s make it do work for it , shall we ?
Can Oni top last summer ’s EC eating frenzy with these three new titles ? We ’ll get a good indication on Free Comic Book Day when the company’sBlood Type # 0 FCDB Specialdrops in depot across local comic workshop in North America . In the lag , seem ahead at the first six pages ofBlood Type#1 , on sale the 11th of June …
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