{"product_id":"ec-cruel-universe-vol-1-9781637157855","title":"EC Cruel Universe Vol. 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eCompelled to OBLIVION, driven to ENTROPY, all life in our cosmos can only end in one place: COMPLETE ANNIHILATION! For the first time in 70 years, the limitless fury of EC Comics rages back to life to shred the very fabric of the universe itself--and wrench bizarre tales of time and space into our dimensional plane!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur guides across this riveting introduction to a cosmic maelstrom of strange extraterrestrial entities, malevolent scientists, and terrifying technological catastrophe? Learn to fear the void with the irradiated imaginations of writers Corinna Bechko (\u003ci\u003eInvisible Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Space Between\u003c\/i\u003e), Christopher Cantwell (\u003ci\u003eThanos\u003c\/i\u003e), Chris Condon (\u003ci\u003eThat Texas Blood\u003c\/i\u003e), Matt Kindt (\u003ci\u003eBRZRKR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMind MGMT\u003c\/i\u003e), Stephanie Phillips (\u003ci\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/i\u003e), Ben H. Winters (\u003ci\u003eThe Last Policeman\u003c\/i\u003e), and more as they collide with the wondrously destructive visions of artists Jonathan Case (\u003ci\u003eGreen River Killer\u003c\/i\u003e), Kano (Gotham Central), David Lapham (\u003ci\u003eStray Bullets\u003c\/i\u003e), Alison Sampson (\u003ci\u003eDepartment of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e), Artyom Topilin (\u003ci\u003eI Hate This Place\u003c\/i\u003e), Caitlin Yarsky (\u003ci\u003eBlack Hammer: Reborn\u003c\/i\u003e) and many more! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe unpredictable return of EC Comics continues here with the quantum comics event of the millennium! Galaxies will collapse. Space-time will be distorted. And your very will to exist, too, shall be broken. . . . Just remember: It's all in the name of SCIENCE! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollecting \u003ci\u003eCruel Universe\u003c\/i\u003e #1-5.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oni Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637157855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs","brand":"Corinna Bechko, Chris Condon, Matt Kindt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351395885237,"sku":"9781637157855","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_23662ae0-f15d-4fc9-a76d-441789760d1a.jpg?v=1746541364","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ec-cruel-universe-vol-1-9781637157855","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}