ONCE UPON A TIME…BLOOD WILL BE SPILLED!  Oni Press presents a terrifying look at the next shocking year of EC Comics with your first look inside Cruel Kingdom #2! 

Enter the lost aeon of brave knights, foreboding wizards, and gloriously skull-crushing brutality as EC Comics’ first-ever dark fantasy title unleashes its next full-throated battle cry of all-out terror with spellbinding writers Cameron Chittock, Chris Condon and Steve Niles alongside enchanting artists PJ Holden, Andrea Mutti, and David Lapham! Lo, this is no ordinary storybook – this is CRUEL KINGDOM!

Cruel Kingdom, the first dark fantasy anthology series from EC, features a variety of spellbinding tales from some of the most talented – and twisted – names in comics, including Eisner Award-winning master of horror Steve Niles and skull-splitting artist Andrea Mutti as EC gives us a front row seat for the signature sporting event of the 18th century – the witch trial – in “Hammer of Witches”:

Cast your gaze upon Cruel Kingdom and despair! Featuring covers from Adam Pollina, Jay Stephens, and Rian Hughes, readers can descend into darkness when Cruel Kingdom #2 arrives in shops on February 5th!