Countdown to Christmas 2025 Day 22: Shiver SuspenStories Volume II #1

EC Comics and Oni Press released Shiver SuspenStories Volume II #1 last week just in time for Christmas. Cover A by Dustin Weaver features the Grave-Digger, the Tormentor and the Grim Inquisitor playing hockey with a severed head. There is also a cover B (not shown here) by Adam Hughes. There are five horror holiday-themed stories including "Eight Vengeful Nights" (Hanukkah), "Mistletoe" (Pagan), "Ginger-Snapped" (Christmas), "Red Season" (Christmas) and "The Execution" (the latter was originally published in Crime SuspenStories #12 (August-September 1952).

Here is the official summary:

"Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s newest annual tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!"

Cover A of Shiver SuspenStories Volume II #1 from EC Comics and Oni Press

Women Wednesday: Blood Tupe #1

Blood Type #1 dropped today from EC Comics. Here's the official summery: "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?!"

Cover of Blood Type #1 from EC Comics

Note: This issue is narrated by Grave-Digger.

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 22: Epitaphs from the Abyss #1-4

Epitaphs from the Abyss is the first new horror title from EC Comics in nearly seventy years. Oni Press partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to present this new anthology horror series. The first issue is extra-sized with four stories of terror hosted by the gruesome Grave-Digger. The following issues each has three stories.

Cover of Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 from EC Comics

Cover of Epitaphs from the Abyss #2 from EC Comics

Cover of Epitaphs from the Abyss #3 from EC Comics

Cover of Epitaphs from the Abyss #4 from EC Comics