The EC archivesVol. 2: Shock SuspenStories

EC Comics were superior to other comics of the 1950s because of a higher quality of writing and artwork, and they were widely imitated by other comics publishers.

The subject matter for EC Comics were horror, science fiction/fantasy, crime stories, war stories and stories with a social message that generally had a twist or "shock" ending.

This volume reprints the second six complete issues (24 stories) of the comic book "Shock SuspenStories", originally published in 1953, and features a mixture of horror, crime, war and social issue-based stories, characterized by ironic "O.

Henry" type twist endings, and including the first attempts in the comics medium to teach moral lessons about racial prejudice, anti-Semitism, gang violence, corrupt officials, etc.