First Look: Descend Into EC’s CATACOMB OF TORMENT #1 with a Vividly Vicious New Horror Host in July!

THIS SUMMER, PREPARE YOUR NERVE-ENDINGS TO MEET EC’S NEWEST HORROR ICON: THE TORMENTOR! 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 ready to lure you back into the abyss with a first look inside of Matt Kindt and David Lapham’s “Garden Variety” from CATACOMB OF TORMENT #1, continuing the rise of EC’s hellaciously hellfire SUMMER OF FEAR line of new titles on July 16th!

BEHOLD: A BLOODY NEW ONGOING SERIES IS BORN! Out of the ashes of EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS, we usher THE TORMENTOR—a new horror host with an unhealthy interest in human anatomy—into the shadow-strewn 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.) & Patrick Piazzalungo (Those Not Afraid), Matt Kindt (BRZRKR) & David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and Marguerite Bennett (Batwoman) & Dan McDaid (Shazam!) each take turns manning the rack and turning the red-hot irons for three all-new and blisteringly brutal tales of mayhem and malice in the undying EC tradition!

Plus, as an added bonus: A surprise classic from the EC vaults, painstakingly remastered and newly restored to its original coloring.The critics are already saying, “This is literal torture” and “Please make it stop!” Pick up this fearful 40-PAGE FIRST ISSUE—and the Tormentor might just consider letting them go!

The staggering horrors and masterful carriage of these covers from Jorge Fornés (Rorschach, Danger Street), Tom Fowler (MAD Magazine, Refrigerator Full of Heads), Patricia Martín (G.I. Joe), Jay Stephens (Dwellings), and Dustin Weaver (Avengers, Paklis) are certain to keep you up all night! Oni Press continues to conjure the legacy of the infamous EC Comics–welcome a new era of angst when CATACOMB OF TORMENT #1 renders shops limb from limb on July 16th!

EC CATACOMB OF TORMENT #1
WRITTEN BY JOHN ARCUDI, MARGUERITE BENNETT & MATT KINDT
ART BY DAVID LAPHAM, DAN McDAID & PATRICK PIAZZALUNGA
COVER A BY JORGE FORNÉS
COVER B BY TOM FOWLER
FOIL VARIANT ($8.99) BY JORGE FORNÉS
EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS
B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER
ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTIN
HORROR HOST VARIANT (1:100) BY DUSTIN WEAVER
BLANK SKETCH VARIANT AVAILABLE
ON SALE JULY 16th, 2025 | $4.99 | 40 PAGES | FC
IOC: 5/22/2025| FOC: 6/23/2025

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