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‘Tis the Season for Terror! EC Comics’ Haunting Holiday Tradition Returns in Shiver Suspenstories 3 #1

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Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are proud to unveil the giant-sized Shiver Suspenstories 3 #1 – an all-new, all-unhinged 56-page giant featuring EC Comics’ most terrifying assembly of sickenin’ stocking stuffers yet! That’s right, Shiver Suspenstories is back . . . and we’re bringing three times the chills, three times the spills, and three times the murderous intent with us for our most vengeful celebration of X-mas anarchy and New Year’s nightmares ever attempted on December 9th! 

For the third year running, gather ʼround our flaming hearth and join tortured (literally!) creators John Arcudi, Sarah Gailey, Ryan Kelly, David Lapham, Jay Stephens, and more surprise guests as we begin a frightening festival of merciless merriment and holiday horror, all tinseled up in the mangled EC Comics manner!

Plus: For your reading displeasure, feast upon another restored and remastered EC classic straight from the Vault-Keeper’s lair! Heh heh, ho ho, this Christmas season, someone’s gotta go! Just remember, kids: Some stains don’t come out . . . especially under Luminol!

Get into the spirit with killer covers from Dustin Weaver, Steve Lieber, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes! Tell Santa to make with the comic – or else!!!– when Shiver Suspenstories 3 #1 comes calling on December 9th!

  • Cover of 'Shiver SuspenStories' comic book featuring a chaotic holiday scene with a demonic creature among frightened partygoers wearing Santa hats.
  • A comic book cover featuring two men in military attire preparing to perform an unsettling procedure on a Santa Claus figure, who is tied to a chair. The title reads 'SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES' with a subtitle indicating the issue number.
  • Cover of the comic book 'Shiver Suspense Stories' depicting a frightened man reaching toward a door with a woman visible inside, surrounded by eerie, icy surroundings.
  • Cover illustration of Shiver Suspense Stories comic, featuring two men restraining a bearded man in a chair while preparing a medical procedure.
  • Cover of 'Shiver SuspenStories' Volume 3, featuring a green background with various Halloween and winter-themed illustrations, including a haunted house, skeleton, snowman, and Christmas gift, along with titles and author names.

Preview: Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

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Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

WRITTEN BY DAVID M. BOOHER, MELISSA FLORES, GEORGE NORTHY, BEN H. WINTERS & MORE
ART BY LUKAS KETNER, SAMI KIVELÄ, LEOMACS, DAN McDAID & MORE
COVER A BY DUSTIN WEAVER
COVER B BY ADAM HUGHES
EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY SHAWN McMANUS
B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY DUSTIN WEAVER
ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY RIAN HUGHES

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, THAT’S NOT SANTA COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY… IT’S A TORRENT OF BLOOD, GUTS, AND GORE IN THE IMMORTAL TRADITION OF EC COMICS! 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 taking readers on a horrific holiday thrill ride in SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 2 #1! Ahead of the 56-page holiday special ’s release this week on December 10th, Oni Press is proud to reveal a first look inside the short story “Eight Vengeful Nights” by Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award winner Ben H. Winters (Benjamin, The Last Policeman Trilogy) and riveting artist Sami Kivelä (Abbott). This surprising tale of how a young man’s mysterious Hanukkah presents help him reap revenge on his oppressors will have you taking stock of your enemies … and searching your stash for your very own weapon of opportunity!

Also included in this year’s giant-sized tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher (Canto), Melissa Flores (Biker Mice from Mars), George Northy (Yuletide), and Ben H. Winters (Benjamin) to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), Sami Kivelä (Abbott), Leomacs (Benjamin), and Dan McDaid (Shazam!) throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added wintertime crime classic by EC master and comics legend Johnny Craig —newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 2 is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

EC Comics and Oni Press Give the Gift of Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 with 56 Pages of Fear on December 10th!

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THIS DECEMBER, EC COMICS KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS: VENGEANCE! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. have revealed a look into Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 – the next ghoulishly gangantuan, 56-page installment of EC’s newest holiday tradition! 

Before this year’s giant-sized tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights arrives in stores on December 10th, we’re aching to share a tiny appetizer of the agonies that await within … with an early advance look at the story “Mistletoe” by George Northy and Dan McDaid.

Welcome back to SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES! On December 10th, We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher, Melissa Flores, George Northy, and Ben H. Winters to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner, Sami Kivelä, Leomacs, and Dan McDaid throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

Celebrate the horrors of the holidays with a cornucopia of frosty covers by Dustin Weaver, Adam Hughes, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes, EC Comics is chilled to the bone to deliver this winter’s most frostbitten journey yet on December 10th – only in Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1!

Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

Adam Hughes Covers EC Comics’ Shiver SuspenStories 2 #1 – And It’s A(H)bsolutely A(H)mazing!

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YOU’LL NEVER LOOK AT MISTLETOE THE SAME WAY AGAIN! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. is gulping back its excitement to reveal superstar artist Adam Hughes’ gorgeously gangrenous cover  for EC Comics’ Shiver SuspenStories 2 #1 – coming to comic shops everywhere December 10th! For the second year running, Oni Press and EC Comics are proud to welcome the Eisner Award-winning comics legend to cover duties on the annual tradition – a 56-page pyre of perversities so stuffed with holiday horrors that it could only be called…SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES! 

In this year’s giant-sized tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher, Melissa Flores, George Northy, and Ben H. Winters to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner, Sami Kivelä, Leomacs, and Dan McDaid throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: Shiver SuspenStories is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

Featuring frightful, yet frosty covers by Dustin Weaver, Adam Hughes, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes, EC Comics is proud to deliver this winter’s deepest chill yet on December 10th – only in Shiver SuspenStories 2 #1!

EC Comics’ Shiver Suspenstories Returns for More Merry Mayhem – Coming (For You) This Holiday Season

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THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL…AND SO ARE WE, HEH HEH! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. has announced its second annual seasonal bounty of brutality in EC Comics’ Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 – arriving in comic shops everywhere on December 10th! 

In this year’s giant-sized, 56-page tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher, Melissa Flores, George Northy, and Ben H. Winters to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner, Sami Kivelä, Leomacs, and Dan McDaid throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: Shiver Suspenstories is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

In stores December 10th, Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 will surely make your heart even colder with blisteringly frigid covers by EC all-stars Dustin Weaver, Adam Hughes, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes!

Decompose while it snows! EC Comics’ Shiver Suspenstories #1 unleashes an unholy host of holiday horrors!

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THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, TERROR COMES CALLING WITH 56 PAGES OF SHOCKING CHILLS FROM AN ALL-STAR CAST OF EC’S FINEST FIENDS! Just in time for Christmas, Oni Press and EC Comics present Shiver Suspenstories #1—the FIRST in an ALL-NEW series of extra-sized EC specials colliding tales of horror, science fiction, and powerfully potent suspense in one joyously wrapped package that may or may not be leaking something strange under the Christmas tree . . . 

Featuring brand-new tales of merry dismemberment and yuletide destruction from writers Jason Aaron, Ben H. Winters, artists Kano, Peter Krause, and many more surprises YET TO BE REVEALED —plus a newly remastered and authentically restored holiday classic from the EC vaults! Get ready to hear those SLAY BELLS RING—AIN’T IT SICKENING?!

Featuring a cold front of covers from abominable artists Darick Robertson, Adam Hughes, Jay Stephens, and Rian Hughes, this is the only blood-soaked holiday offering that’s guaranteed to add something shocking to your stocking!

But there are still more profane presents to come . . . and even more notorious names to be added to our naughty list of creative talents, so keep checking that list as December draws near! Ring in the new FEAR with Oni Press’ next and most shocking EC Comics’ release – when Shiver Suspenstories #1 arrives with a blood-red bow in comic shops everywhere on December 11th!