First Look: EC’s BLOOD TYPE #1 Bites Deep at Oni Press in June!
From Master Storytellers Corinna Bechko & Andrea Sorrentino, EC’s First Serialized Horror Spectacle Draws Fresh Blood with Covers by Kyle Hotz, Patricia Martin, Miguel Mercado, Albert Monteys, & More!
OUT OF THE PAGES OF EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS . . . A MONSTROUS NEW EC COMICS MILESTONE RISES FROM THE GRAVE THIS JUNE! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997 – and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are proud to present the first look inside the next history-making chapter of EC Comics’ blockbuster resurrection with BLOOD TYPE #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of EC’S FIRST-EVER SERIALIZED HORROR SPECTACLE from Hugo Award-nominated writer Corinna Bechko (Cruel Universe, Green Lantern: Earth One) and Eisner Award-winning artist Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls, Old Man Logan)! Rising from the pages of her first appearance in last fall’s EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #3, EC’s own blood-splattered, bon vivant vampire will be making history as the first character to claw her way out of an iconic EC Comics short story . . . and into the first-ever standalone, serialized horror series from the most notorious name in terror!
“As is to be expected, Andrea Sorrentino is delivering a master class in comic book horror with his jaw-dropping work on BLOOD TYPE #1 – a truly historic debut issue that holds the unique distinction of being the first issue to ever continue a story out of the pages of a tried-and-true EC anthology short,” said Hunter Gorinson, President & Publisher of Oni Press. “Paired with the brutally horrific and piercing hilarious script of Corinna Bechko – who has proven her ability to understand what makes an EC story tick on a near-cellular level as one of the central writers behind Epitaphs from the Abyss and Cruel Universe – BLOOD TYPE will at last answer the (literally) immortal question: We may be scared of vampires … but what kind of monster could possibly make a vampire break out in a cold sweat?”
WHEN YOU’RE A VAMPIRE, EVERYBODY SUCKS . . . SOONER OR LATER! Meet Ada, an immortal vampire whose misdeeds have landed her on the doorstep of an idyllic Caribbean resort . . . An island paradise teeming with wealthy tourists and superstitious locals—an ample food supply for the thirsty vamp looking to get away from it all! But as Ada stalks the boundaries of her new hunting ground, she’ll soon become embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse by moonlight . . . as an older, wiser, and entirely different kind of predator reveals its own carnal hunger for greed and power. Who will survive when a brand-new kind of BLOOD TYPE declares war on a cunning bloodsucker with nothing left to lose . . . and what will be left of them?!
EC BLOOD TYPE #1 (of 4)
WRITTEN BY CORINNA BECHKO
ART BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
COVER A BY MIGUEL MERCADO
COVER B BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
FOIL VARIANT ($8.99) BY MIGUEL MERCADO
EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS
B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTIN
HORROR HOST VARIANT (1:100) BY KYLE HOTZ
BLANK SKETCH VARIANT AVAILABLE
ON SALE JUNE 11, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC
IOC: 4/26/2025 | FOC 5/19/2025
Featuring a blood-curdling coven of covers from terrifying talents Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls, Old Man Logan), Miguel Mercado (The Neighbors), Albert Monteys (Slaughterhouse-Five), Patricia Martin (G.I. Joe), and Kyle Hotz (The Hood), brace yourself because EC’s SUMMER OF FEAR starts here when BLOOD TYPE #1 takes the first bite on June 11th, 2025!
Plus: Experience the throat-ripping short story that set BLOOD TYPE #1 in motion when Oni’s must-read Free Comic Book Day release – EC PRESENTS BLOOD TYPE #0 – recollects Ada’s first appearance from EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS, alongside other acclaimed stories from CRUEL UNIVERSE and CRUEL KINGDOM! Featuring contributions from Eisner Award nominee Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko (Invisible Republic), Eisner Award winner Jonathan Case (Green River Killer), breakout writer Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), acclaimed artist Kano (Gotham Central), and New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), relive the most terrifying moments of EC’s first year back from the grave – and prepare for the SUMMER OF FEAR yet to come – in BLOOD TYPE #0, only available on Free Comic Book Day 2025!
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