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Bill Gaines

Bill Gaines was born in 1922. His impact on American comics and magazines cannot be overstated. After his father, Maxwell Gaines, passed away in 1947, Bill took over running EC Comics and its stable of horror, science-fiction, satire, and war comics. He and Al Feldstein collaborated on Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, and Weird Science. Gaines testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954. After EC Comics went out of business, Bill Gaines started Mad magazine, which remained as popular as it was controversial for decades. He passed away at the age of 70 in 1992 and was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
The EC Archives: Panic Volume 2
The EC Archives: Crime Suspenstories Volume 3
The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 4
The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 1
The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 2
The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 2
The EC Archives: Weird Science Volume 1

Books

The EC Archives: Panic Volume 2
The EC Archives: Crime Suspenstories Volume 3
The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 4
The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 1
The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 2
The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 2
The EC Archives: Weird Science Volume 1

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