American Update: Classic and ‘New Trend’ EC’s Restocked – Impact, Piracy, Shock & Two-Fisted
*EC: Although best remembered today for its horror, crime and sci-fi titles, EC, after being attacked by censorious cretins in the 1950s, retrenched with a series of ‘New Trend’ titles, spotlighting different genres, still with the same outstanding stable of artists. Although the ‘New Trend’ series flopped, none of them lasting more than five issues, they remain examples of the pinnacle of comics art from the period. We have a selection of EC’s in this week – from the ‘classic’ line-up, we have additions to Shock SuspenStories and Two-Fisted Tales, and from the ‘New Trend’, new copies of the twist-ending anthology Impact and Piracy – the topic of which should really be obvious. Mostly in mid to low grades, and therefore very affordable. Depicted are Piracy #2 FN/VF at £85 and Shock SuspenStories #17 GD+ £35.