Oni Press Revives EC Comics with Epitaphs from the Abyss Library Edition

THE BLOCKBUSTER RESURRECTION OF EC COMICS IS BACK – IN ITS MOST DELUXE PRESENTATION YET!

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 celebrating EC Comics’ history-making, headline-grabbing return EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE – the first in a new line of enhanced hardcovers collecting the entirety of the new EC library at Oni Press and debuting in two eye-popping editions, Oversized, unapologetic, and uncontrollably outrageous, both the standard EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION and the sublime EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION – LIMITED SLIPCASE & PORTFOLIO EDITION (limited to 1,000 units) will be on sale on July 14th, 2026—just as the new and nightmarish EC Comics horror host the Grave-Digger foretold.

Collecting EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1–12 for the first time in a staggeringly deluxe, oversized (7.5″ x 11.5″) hardcover, both editions of EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE feature tales of depraved intention and traumatic tension in the undying EC tradition by relentless writers including Jason Aaron (Thor), Brian Azzarello (Joker), Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern: Earth One), Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), J. Holtham (The Horizon Experiment), and Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), all realized into bloody reality by “all-slaughter” artists like Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Tyler Crook (Out of Alcatraz), Kano (Gotham Central), Klaus Janson (The Dark Knight Returns), Leomacs (Benjamin), Alison Sampson (Department of Truth), and many more. Both editions also feature more than 50 pages of “behind-the-screams” material, including process art, character designs for EC’s newest horror hosts, and a cover gallery for readers to gouge their eye, as well as all-new commentary from cartoonist Jay Stephens (Dwellings) and series designer Rian Hughes.

But that’s not all! Enter: the EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION – LIMITED SLIPCASE & PORTFOLIO HC! – will feature an ultra-deluxe, limited-edition version of the EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS hardcover comes packaged with a specially designed portfolio set featuring high-quality, 11” x 7″ cardstock prints featuring gallery-ready reproductions of all 12 covers by comics master Lee Bermejo (Batman: Damned, Joker), and packaged in a masterfully designed, foil-stamped slipcase featuring the work of artist Dustin Weaver (Avengers, Paklis) and Eisner Award–nominated designer Rian Hughes (The Multiversity).

In the history of comics, no one publishes a horror comics cover like EC Comics! Iconic, scandalous, and unforgettable, EC Comics’ historic horror covers are seared into the collective memory of generations. EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION – LIMITED SLIPCASE & PORTFOLIO HC is the first-ever portfolio for the new EC Comics titles from Oni Press, featuring Lee Bermejo’s meticulously macabre covers spanning all 12 issues of the first hit series to immortalize EC’s long-awaited return. Having reaped international renown for his collaborations with writer Brian Azzarello on Joker and Batman: Damned, and with writer/screenwriter Mattson Tomlin on the Eisner Award-nominated A Vicious Circle, and countless unforgettable comics series, Bermejo has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s most iconic and formidable artists across a nearly three decade career.

“The dream as an artist has always been for a publisher to let you off your leash with total freedom,” said Lee Bermejo. “In my particular version, though, I want the NIGHTMARE option where said publisher also wants me to come up with the most demented, disturbing, and terrifying imagery possible. My dream/nightmare came true with EC and Oni. It was an honor and a privilege to try and creep you out every month and be a small part of one of the greatest legacies in comics . . . EC HORROR.”

In 1955, the Comics Code Authority drove a stake through the depraved heart of EC Comics—the iconic publisher behind Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, and more instantly influential titles that redefined American horror for generations to come. Now, groundbreaking comics publisher Oni Press has done the unthinkable: resurrected the immortal spirit of EC Comics for the 21st century with a brand-new slate of wildly bestselling, critically acclaimed, and award-nominated new series . . . beginning with its flagship horror title EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS!

On July 14th, find out what brought the most notorious name in terror roaring back from the crypt as the EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS LIBRARY EDITION: BOOK ONE stalks into comic shops and book stores everywhere in two masterfully designed editions that no true fan – or blood-drinking fiend – will want to miss.

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