The Most Controversial Comic Book Company In History Is Back

But EC’s biggest money maker by far was Tales From the Crypt and its two companion publications, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear. The comics were led by a trio of frightful MCs: the Crypt-Keeper, the Vault-Keeper, and the Old Witch, respectively. These gruesome hosts would present readers with the most violent and gore-stained fables of the time.

In a real-life case of the famous Sesame Street mantra, “One of these things is not like the other,” EC Comics’ other claim to fame—possibly even rivaling its horror titles—was a satirical comic book called Mad. Mad and its mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, would make an even bigger impact on pop culture than even Tales From the Crypt. Unfortunately, a company like EC Comics, with its boundary-pushing content, is bound to get noticed by the wrong people at some point…