EC Cruel Kingdom (2026)

Kneel and beg for another ruinous day of existence . . . because EC Comics rules over this kingdom now!Fear not: Our methods are harsh but fair . . . and all of the torture is in the telling as sadistic scribes John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.), Sarah Gailey (Eat the Rich), and James Lowder (Hack/Slash) join devilish artists Ramón F. Bachs (Daredevil: Born Again), SOM (In Your Skin), And Craig A. Taillefer (EC’s Cruel Universe 2) to regale you with tales of dragons, sprites, and bloodthirsty cursed animals that yearn to free our flesh from the prison of our bodies. Delectable!With the full authority of the king’s magistrate, we command thee: Don’t miss these twisted tales of fatal fantasy and magical mayhem. Even if the book in your hands is pulsating with a suspicious green glow, we assure you: It’s probably not cursed!

ALWAYS REMEMBER: HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN . . . UNLESS THE KING IS ABOUT TO GET IT LOPPED OFF! Welcome, traveler . . . back to the blood-drenched ramparts of ye olde EC Comics that yearn for MORE tales of sadistic sorcery and malevolent magic! Yes, draw your sword and start swinging, because CRUEL KINGDOM lives again with an ALL-NEW volume of fatal fantasy, told in the immortal EC Comics manner by a magnificently malicious cast of all-star storytellers!In this CRUEL KINGDOM, there is no “happily ever after” . . . and sometimes the witch hunter becomes the hunter in the end, heh heh! Come, warm yourself by the pyre as vengeance-fueled writers David M. Booher (Canto), Matt Bors (The Toxic Avenger), and Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Dead Teenagers) turn the screws in tandem with axe-wielding artists Ryan Kelly (Lucifer), Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), and David Lapham (Stray Bullets) to extract answers to the burning question of every knight and squire: Must every wizard’s tower also have an executioner’s dungeon buried down below? At EC Comics, we say, “YES, OF COURSE! NOW PROCEED WITH THE BEHEADING, YOU FOOL!”