EC Archives: Terror Illustrated #[nn]

Collecting all three issues of EC's short-lived Terror Illustrated in one handsome volume, this Dark Horse archive showcases the eerie "Picto-Fiction" format EC championed — prose stories paired with dramatic illustrations rather than traditional panel-by-panel comics. The cover faithfully reproduces EC's original painted imagery: a frightened woman recoiling against a moonlit swamp while a hulking, shadowy creature lurks among the gnarled trees behind her — all rendered in the deep blues and yellows that made EC's horror line so visually striking in its day. With a foreword by Mick Garris, this 2022 collection is a genuinely rewarding way to explore a bold and unusual chapter in EC's storied history.