Harper Design, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, will release Foul Play!  The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics on March 1st.  The book will be a 272-page, 8-1/2' x 11' trade paperback with flaps, with over 600 full-color and b/w illustrations, retailing for $29.95. 

 

The book will include a previously unpublished EC story with art by Al Williamson titled 'Wanted for Murder.'

 

The book includes individual chapters on fourteen EC artists, each accompanied by an EC story by that artist.  The stories to be reprinted are:

 

'Reflection of Death!,' from Tales from the Crypt #23 (April-May 1951).

Illustrated by Al Feldstein. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein.

 

'Corpse on the Imjin!,' from Two-Fisted Tales #25 (January-February

1952). Written and illustrated by Harvey Kurtzman.

 

'Touch and Go!,' from Crime SuspenStories #17 (June-July 1953). Story by

Ray Bradbury. Adapted and illustrated by Johnny Craig.

 

'Foul Play!,' from The Haunt of Fear #19 (May-June 1953). Illustrated by

Jack Davis. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein.

 

'Horror We? How's Bayou?,' from The Haunt of Fear #17 (January-February

1953). Illustrated by Graham Ingels. Written by Bill Gaines and Al

Feldstein.

 

'Kamen's Kalamity!,' from Tales from the Crypt #31 (August-September

1952). Illustrated by Jack Kamen. Written by Bill Gaines and Al

Feldstein.

 

'The Precious Years,' from Weird Science #19 (May-June 1953).

Illustrated by Wallace Wood. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein.

 

'Judgment Day!,' from Weird Fantasy #18 (March-April 1953). Illustrated

by Joe Orlando. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein.

 

'The Night Before Christmas,' from Panic #1 (February-March 1954).

Illustrated by Will Elder. Written by Charles Clement Moore.

 

'...For Us the Living,' from Weird Fantasy #20 (July-August 1953).

Penciled by John Severin, inked by Will Elder. Written by Bill Gaines

and Al Feldstein.

 

'Blind Alleys,' from Tales from the Crypt #46 (February-March 1955).

Illustrated by George Evans. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein.

 

'50 Girls 50,' from Weird Science #20 (July-August 1953). Illustrated by

Al Williamson and the Fleagle Gang. Written by Bill Gaines and Al

Feldstein.

 

'The High Cost of Dying!,' from The Haunt of Fear #21 (September-October

1953). Illustrated by Reed Crandall. Written by Bill Gaines and Al

Feldstein.

 

'The Flying Machine,' from Weird Science-Fantasy #23 (March 1954).

Illustrated by Bernie Krigstein. Story by Ray Bradbury, adaptation by Al

Feldstein.