First Look: Oni Press and EC Comics Amplify Your Anxieties in EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #4 and CRUEL UNIVERSE #3

Nothing Can Stop All-New Tales of Tension & Torment for EC’s Smash-Hit Revenge Tour with Creators Amy Roy, Cullen Bunn, J. Holtham, David Lapham, Claire Roe, Kano, Ben H. Winters & More!

CRUEL UNIVERSE #3

COVER A BY GREG SMALLWOOD

PORTLAND OR (July 18th, 2024) – YOU’VE READ THE HEADLINES! NOW PAY THE PRICE! This October, there will be HELL to pay as the return of EC Comics at Oni Press continues its unrelenting assault on comic shops everywhere – just in time for Halloween – with the latest installments of the two hit series demanded by discerning comic fans everywhere in EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #4 and CRUEL UNIVERSE #3!

First, on October 2nd, the world’s most existentially devastating comic magazine plumbs new depths in CRUEL UNIVERSE #3 as the otherworldly talents of Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun) and Davíd Rubín(Sherlock Frankenstein), J. Holtham (Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale) and Kano (Gotham Central), andZac Thompson (Cemetery Kids Don’t Die) and Dan McDaid (If You Find This…) begin a manned expedition to the extremes of human existence and imagine the terrifying possibilities of what to expect when the best of intentions meet the cold, hard reality of our worst instincts. The world and everything you hold dear within it may be doomed to the cold touch of entropy . . . BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN KEEP THIS COMIC AS A SOUVENIR!

Featuring covers by Eisner Award winner Greg Smallwood (The Human Target) and Eisner Award winner Dave Johnson (Superman: Red Son), give yourself over to science fiction that stings in CRUEL UNIVERSE #3 – on sale October 2nd!

Then, on October 16th, every tombstone tells a tale in EPITAPHS OF THE ABYSS #4 – the next unrelenting issue of EC’s flagship horror title! Fueled by the vengeful spirit of the legendary EC Comics, we proudly present all-new tales of the macabre and merciless from some of the top talents with a penchant for dragging you down to the bottom stair of despair!

This month: Live hard, die fast creators J. Holtham (The Horizon Experiment) and Raúl Allén (Dune, Secret Weapons), Amy Roy (The Lonely Store) and Claire Roe (Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special), and Jay Stephens (Dwellings) and David Lapham(Stray Bullets) welcome you back into the cold grasp of the ABYSS—there’s no need to RSVP, and timeshares are available!

You know the drill, comic guys and gals . . . so let’s VROOM, VROOM when EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #4 – featuring covers by Eisner Award nominee Lee Bermejo (A Vicious Circle, Joker), and Eisner Award nominee James Stokoe (Godzilla: The Half-Century War) – comes calling for vengeance on October 16th!

SEE YOU SOON!