Oni Press wowed horror fans with the return of EC Comics last year, but they’re just getting started, and we have a look at their “Summer of Fear” trailer, teasing upcoming releases, including BLOOD TYPE #1, CATACOMB OF TORMENT #1, and CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #1. Plus, we also have a look at cover art the second issue of CATACOMB OF TORMENT:
From the Press Release: “MAYHEM, MADNESS, AND MURDER AWAITS! Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are proud to unveil your next intoxicating (emphasis on “toxic”) look inside THE SUMMER OF FEAR – the electrifying new slate of series from Oni Press and EC Comics beginning on June 11th in BLOOD TYPE #1 – and continuing all summer long in CATACOMB OF TORMENT #1 and CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #1!
But even grislier still… Look ahead as the all-new EC’s first brazenly bloody ONGOING SERIES twists the knife even deeper in August as CATACOMB OF TORMENT #2 slays into comic shops everywhere! Welcome back to the Tormentor’s lair . . . where each crank of the rack tightens your shackled limbs and brings even more taut tales of mayhem and murder spilling forth like so much viscera! This month: full-blooded writers Matt Bors (Toxic Avenger), Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden), and Jeremy Lambert (Doom Patrol) join steel-nerved artists Kano (Action Comics), Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), and Fabiana Mascolo (Catwoman) to navigate the catacombs by torchlight. . . . We hope they can find their way back out, hehehe!
This is EC Comics, not The Ritz […] and THE SUMMER OF FEAR won’t allow you to escape, no matter how hard you try! In addition to feeling the heat, EC Comics and Oni Press will drain your deepest desires with BLOOD TYPE #1 (of 4) – on sale June 11th from Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko (Sister Imperator) and Eisner Award winner Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls). And then you’ll also feel the existential dread of a universe that wants you annihilated when CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #1 (of 12) unleashes science-fiction from beyond the void, courtesy of creators Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), J. Holtham (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss), Kano (Immortal Iron Fist), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), David Rubín (Sherlock Frankenstein), and Greg Pak (Planet Hulk) on August 8th!”
EC CATACOMB OF TORMENT #1
- WRITTEN BY JOHN ARCUDI, MARGUERITE BENNETT & MATT KINDT
- ART BY DAVID LAPHAM, DAN McDAID & PATRICK PIAZZALUNGA
- COVER A BY JORGE FORNÉS
- COVER B BY TOM FOWLER
- FOIL VARIANT ($8.99) BY JORGE FORNÉS
- EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS
- B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER
- ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN
- HORROR HOST VARIANT (1:100) BY DUSTIN WEAVER
- BLANK SKETCH VARIANT AVAILABLE
- ON SALE JULY 16th, 2025 | $4.99 | 40 PAGES | FC
- IOC: 5/22/2025
- FOC: 6/23/2025
EC CATACOMB OF TORMENT #2
- WRITTEN BY MATT BORS, EVAN DORKIN & JEREMY LAMBERT
- ART BY KANO, LUKAS KETNER & FABIANA MASCOLO
- COVER A BY ARIEL OLIVETTI
- COVER B BY LUKAS KETNER
- EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS
- B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY LUKAS KETNER
- ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN
- ON SALE AUGUST 20th, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC
- IOC: 6/28/2025
- FOC: 7/28/2025
EC CATACOMB OF TORMENT #3
- WRITTEN BY J. HOLTHAM, JOANNE STARER, AND RYAN HADDOCK
- ART BY VALERIA BURZO, SAMI KIVELÄ & ANDREA MUTTI
- COVER A BY MARK BUCKINGHAM
- COVER B BY BJÖRN BARENDS
- EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS
- B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY BJÖRN BARENDS
- ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN
- ON SALE SEPTEMBER 17th, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC
- IOC: 7/26/2025
- FOC: 8/25/2025
CATACOMB OF TORMENT #2 | COVER A BY ARIEL OLIVETTI
CATACOMB OF TORMENT #2 | COVER B BY LUKAS KETNER
CATACOMB OF TORMENT #2 | EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS
CATACOMB OF TORMENT #2 | B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY LUKAS KETNER
CATACOMB OF TORMENT #2 | ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN
