What do you think?
Rate this book
EC Epitaphs from the Abyss #2
EC COMICS PROUDLY PRESENTS . . . ANOTHER EPITAPH THAT'S GOOD UNTIL THE BALLOON POPS! In this month's terrifying festival of Three ALL-NEW tales of depraved intention and traumatic tension—culled from the fingertips of death-addled writers Jason Aaron (Thor, Southern Bastards), Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT), and writer/artist Tyler Crook (Harrow County), and forever wedded to the bloodstained brushstrokes of artists Klaus Janson (The Dark Knight Returns) and Jorge Fornes (Batman)! THREE UNRELENTING NAIL-BITERS FROM FIVE MASTERS OF THE COMICS TRADE . . . You'd have to CRAZY to miss this—or DEAD!
36 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 21, 2024
8 people are currently reading
16 people want to read
About the author
Jason Aaron
2,127 books1,689 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 19 of 19 reviews
June 13, 2025
EC horror comics are back! In this, the second issue of Epitaphs from the Abyss, written by Jason Aaron: a white supremacist learns a tough lesson; a zombie momentarily remembers what it's like to be alive; a young man realizes why it's dangerous to text and drive...
Short but sweet little horror stories, each with a biting social commentary and a moral. Oh, and plenty of blood and guts...
Short but sweet little horror stories, each with a biting social commentary and a moral. Oh, and plenty of blood and guts...
July 3, 2025
No surprise that Jason Aaron’s story was by far the best. (Love that cover, too!)
February 22, 2025
Again, this has an amazing cover with good artistic detail. I wish the artwork within each story was to this level too, but I also understand why it doesn't. The pacing of each story feels rushed at times, but I found the stories somewhat entertaining.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
September 22, 2024
2.5⭐️ again. Gray Green Memories was the only good story.
August 29, 2024
An improvement from issue 1 mostly in that there wasn't an outright bad story among the three presented here.
"Pattern Recognition" didn't do much for me, but it is still light years ahead of the abysmal "Us vs Us" from last issue. "Gray Green Memories" was the one I enjoyed most, though it didn't quite fit the mold of what I would have expected from an EC story. "Sounds & Haptics" was good and felt kind of like what I was expecting EC-wise, but it doesn't reach the same heights as "Family Values" from the first issue.
If the first issue was a 3, this felt like a 3.5. I'll definitely grab next month's issue with the hope that this upward trajectory continues.
"Pattern Recognition" didn't do much for me, but it is still light years ahead of the abysmal "Us vs Us" from last issue. "Gray Green Memories" was the one I enjoyed most, though it didn't quite fit the mold of what I would have expected from an EC story. "Sounds & Haptics" was good and felt kind of like what I was expecting EC-wise, but it doesn't reach the same heights as "Family Values" from the first issue.
If the first issue was a 3, this felt like a 3.5. I'll definitely grab next month's issue with the hope that this upward trajectory continues.
November 16, 2024
Now, for more Mostly Crap horror anthology comics! This is a hard thing to pull off. Which is why barely anybody ever does.
Here, the art’s mediocre except for one of the three stories, but the problem is the page length: it is too short per story. Modern storytelling in this medium isn’t equipped to tell a satisfying story in 6-10 pages.
That said, the six pager was the best of the bunch. I’ve never heard of Tyler Crook but his zombie story was the highlight. Matt Kindt’s and Jason Aaron’s stories both felt phoned in and way past their sell-by dates. A story about how racism is bad, another about the dangers of texting while driving? Are you for real? The more you know, I guess! Lame as hell. Do they think little kids are reading this comic? Or any American comic? People in this industry are still so out of touch with their ever shrinking audience, it went beyond hilarious to sad and now it’s hilarious again.
Here, the art’s mediocre except for one of the three stories, but the problem is the page length: it is too short per story. Modern storytelling in this medium isn’t equipped to tell a satisfying story in 6-10 pages.
That said, the six pager was the best of the bunch. I’ve never heard of Tyler Crook but his zombie story was the highlight. Matt Kindt’s and Jason Aaron’s stories both felt phoned in and way past their sell-by dates. A story about how racism is bad, another about the dangers of texting while driving? Are you for real? The more you know, I guess! Lame as hell. Do they think little kids are reading this comic? Or any American comic? People in this industry are still so out of touch with their ever shrinking audience, it went beyond hilarious to sad and now it’s hilarious again.
February 21, 2025
I loved this collection and will read it again soon.
I ended up reading the first 4 volumes, and I plan on getting the rest.
Growing up in a small rural area, I didn’t have access to or even know about the original Tales from the Crypt comic books, but I did grow up with the Tales from the Crypt TV show, and the Creepshow movies, which I both love.
The stories have that same touch of ghoulish humour and twisted justice.
The Artwork is fantastic and fit the stories perfectly.
If you liked the original comics or the Tales from the Crypt TV show, you will love this.
I ended up reading the first 4 volumes, and I plan on getting the rest.
Growing up in a small rural area, I didn’t have access to or even know about the original Tales from the Crypt comic books, but I did grow up with the Tales from the Crypt TV show, and the Creepshow movies, which I both love.
The stories have that same touch of ghoulish humour and twisted justice.
The Artwork is fantastic and fit the stories perfectly.
If you liked the original comics or the Tales from the Crypt TV show, you will love this.
August 26, 2024
A big improvement in issue 2 of this series! 2 less stories but all the stories were good, and the artwork excellent. Special props to Tyler Crook's 'GRAY GREEN MEMORIES', the best story of the series so far and a story I won't soon forget. This issue is worth reading just for that excellent story.
Highly impressed with this much improved issue and now I'm eagerly awaiting the rest of the EC comics to come out!
Highly impressed with this much improved issue and now I'm eagerly awaiting the rest of the EC comics to come out!
September 23, 2024
An improvement on the last issue, though still inconsistent. Pattern Recognition was fine, nothing great. Gray Green Memories is maybe the best story so far in the whole new EC universe. Heart wrenching and horrific, cool twist on a genre. Sounds & Haptics is commentary that was dated before it was even printed. I'll keep reading though!
November 9, 2024
Crap stories from the two authors I hoped would bring something decent - Kindt and Aaron. It happened instead to be the middle one, Gray Green Memories (by Tyler Crook), that was the only worth reading. This will obviously be a very bad series, but I'm so into horror in this format that I will probably continue reading for some time
October 22, 2024
I enjoyed this second issue much more than issue one. The cover art was cool and I really liked the little kids :)
My favorite stories were grey green memories and sounds and haptics - so that’s two out of three.
My favorite stories were grey green memories and sounds and haptics - so that’s two out of three.
September 27, 2025
Slightly better than the first issue, and the art and writing on the last story is the best of the two issues so far.
But still extremely mediocre.
How is it that I can still read the original EC comics from so long ago and they’re a million times better than both of these issues have been?
But still extremely mediocre.
How is it that I can still read the original EC comics from so long ago and they’re a million times better than both of these issues have been?
August 23, 2024
A definite improvement on issue one, none of the stories were bad, and I especially enjoyed Tyler Crook's contribution, "Gray Green Memories." Overall, 3 to 3.5 stars.
September 7, 2024
Another great issue. “Gray Green Memories” was a neat take on zombies.
January 14, 2025
Still don’t like how the stories end just as they’re getting good. Second and third stories were the best.
January 28, 2025
ikinci hikaye inanılmaz iyiydi...
September 23, 2025
Not a bad read~
Displaying 1 - 19 of 19 reviews