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FIRST LOOK: EC Comics Reigns in CRUEL KINGDOM #1 with Al Ewing, Chris Condon, Greg Pak, Kano, Leomacs and Charlie Adlard

After CRUEL UNIVERSE … Oni Press’s Smash-Hit Resurrection of the Most Notorious Name in Terror Expands with New Four-Issue Foray into Magic, Myth and Murder!


WHERE ONCE A CRUEL UNIVERSE BECKONED . . . NOW A CRUEL KINGDOM SHALL REIGN! Oni Press is proud to unveil a spellbinding new chapter in the distinguished lineage of EC history! Enter: CRUEL KINGDOM #1 —EC’s first-ever dark-fantasy anthology conjuring tales of MAGIC, MYTH, and MURDER from forbidden realms long before our own on January 8th!

Behold the bloody and barbarous age of wizards, knights, and dragons as reimagined in the immutable EC manner as master scribes Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk), Chris Condon (Green Arrow, That Texas Blood), and Greg Pak (Darth Vader, Planet Hulk) couple their forces with iron-wrought artists Kano (Cruel Universe), Leomacs (Rogues, Ghostlore), and Charlie Adlard (Epitaphs from the Abyss) to forge a terrifying new vision of death, life, and adventure “once upon a time…”

“From our very earliest conversations, a central part of our far-reaching plan for the resurrection of EC Comics has been to expand into genres that were only rarely glimpsed – or never fully attempted – in the company’s original library of all-time classic titles. Number-one on that hit list was always ‘dark fantasy’ – and now, for the first time, we’re elated to present all-new tales of the age of knights and dragons that positively pulsate with the same joyously deranged EC energy that has fueled EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS and CRUEL UNIVERSE into becoming two of biggest hit series anywhere in comics today,” said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson. “And it’s far from the last of the surprises that you can expect from EC Comics in the year ahead…”

From the twisted minds that spawned EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS and CRUEL UNIVERSE, steel thyself for 40 pages of fatal fantasy and skullduggerous sorcery in one cursed tome of comic book enchantment! Featuring covers from Adam Pollina (X-Force), Liam Sharp (Starhenge), Jay Stephens (Dwellings), and Rian Hughes (The Multiversity) – plus an all-new, forbidden 1:100 variant by Tom Fowler, soon to be revealed – CRUEL KINGDOM #1 begins its reign in comic shops everywhere on January 8th!


CRUEL KINGDOM #1 (of 4)

WRITTEN BY AL EWING, CHRIS CONDON & GREG PAK

ART BY KANO, LEOMACS & CHARLIE ADLARD

COVER A BY ADAM POLLINA

COVER B BY LIAM SHARP

COVER C (GOLD FOIL) BY ADAM POLLINA

COVER D (SILVER FOIL) BY LIAM SHARP

HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS

B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY ADAM POLLINA

ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY RIAN HUGHES

LIBRARY VARIANT (1:100) BY TOM FOWLER WITH NICK FILARDI

BLANK SKETCH COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

ON SALE JANUARY 8th | $4.99 | 40 PGS. | FC

IOD: 12/01/2024

FOC: 12/02/2024




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