Ghostbusters EC Comics Homages

IDW homaged EC with their Mars Attacks comics and continue the trend with the cover of Ghostbusters Get Real issue 2. Inspired by The Vault of Horror issue 25.

The Real Ghostbusters animated series also gave a nod to EC with a Weird Science style comic book cover featuring in the episode Mr Sandman, Dream me a Dream. 

Tales From The Crypt and EC Comics

After it's murder at the hands of hysterical parents whipped into a frenzy by Fredric Wertham in his attempt to market and cash grab with his book Seduction of the Innocent, Tales From The Crypt and EC comics have risen from the grave multiple times in the decades since.

In the 1970s it was brought to the big screen by Amicus films in Tales From The Crypt and The Vault Of Horror. Then in the late 80s it became a popular TV series on HBO lasting 7 seasons, with an 8th released in the form of audio dramas by seeing ear theatre. The series also spun off into an animated show with John Kassir reprising his role as the voice of the Crypt Keeper which he also lent to the live action series and audio dramas.

The animated series led to the release of an action figure line, though curiously the action figure of the Crypt Keeper was based on the live action design where as the rest of the figures were in the animated style.

The comics themselves have been reprinted multiple times in the 70s and 90s as well as in various hardback collections. Most recently by Dark Horse Comics.

A brand new Tales From the Crypt comic series begun in 2007 published by Papercutz. This lasted until 2010 then went on hiatus until 2016 when two more issues were released under the Super Genius imprint of Papercutz. Though the series seems to have returned to the grave once again for the time being.