contact us the ec comics website is still being developed day by day however check back for updates frequently join in on the conversation & like us on facebook or follow us on twitter ec comics we also now have an instagram and tumblr account william m. gaines 1922 1992 entertaining comics more commonly known as ec comics was an american publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction crime fiction satire military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid 1950s notably the tales from the crypt series . in 1954 55 censorship pressures prompted it to concentrate on the humor magazine mad leading to the company s greatest success . initially ec was privately owned by maxwell gaines and specialized in educational and child oriented stories . later during its period of notoriety it was owned by his son william gaines . it was eventually absorbed into the same corporation that later purchased dc comics and warner brothers . the firm first known as educational comics was founded by max gaines former editor of the comic book company all american publications . when that company merged with dc comics in 1944 gaines retained rights to the comic book picture stories from the bible and began his new company with a plan to market comics about science history and the bible to schools and churches . a decade earlier max gaines had been one of the pioneers of the comic book form with eastern color printing s proto comic book funnies on parade and with dell publishing s famous funnies a carnival of comics considered by historians the first true american comic book . crime suspenstories frontline combat shock suspenstories tales from the crypt the haunt of fear the vault of horror weird fantasy weird science and many more . . type of book text trade scholarly where will this be sold consumer price of publication territory rights estimated print run language number of pages b & w or color b & w color hard or soft cover hard cover soft cover dimensions of book content within the text or the cover text cover how will the material be used is it an ebook or downloadable file yes no additional notes william m. gaines agent inc. info eccomics.com name email address phone number message & copy william m. gaines agent inc. ec comics . all rights reserved . designed by gg