Impact | |
Schedule: | Bimonthly |
Format: | Anthology |
Publisher: | EC Comics |
Date: | March/April 1955 – November/December 1955 |
Issues: | 5 |
Creators: | William Gaines Al Feldstein |
Impact was a short-lived comic book series published by EC Comics in 1955 as the first title in its New Direction line.
The bi-monthly comic, published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, began with an issue cover-dated March–April, 1955.[1] It ran for five issues, ending with the November–December, 1955 issue. The sub-title "Tales Designed to Carry an" ran above the title Impact. The book was dedicated to stories with shock endings, and was seen as a toned down, Comics Code era version of EC's earlier Shock SuspenStories. Front covers were by Jack Davis, and the stories were illustrated by Davis, George Evans, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall and Bernard Krigstein.
There are two versions of the cover to Impact #1. One logo is yellow and the other is white.
The first issue featured the short story "Master Race," co-plotted by Gaines & Feldstein and illustrated by Krigstein.[2] "Master Race" is one of the first comic book stories about The Holocaust, and has been described as the Citizen Kane of comic books.[3] [4]
Impact was reprinted as part of publisher Russ Cochran's Complete EC Library in 1988. Between April and August 1999, Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing) reprinted all five individual issues. This complete run was later rebound, with covers included, in a single softcover EC Annual. Dark Horse reprinted Impact as part of the EC Archives series in 2020.[5]
Date | Story | Story artist | |
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1 | March/April 1955 | Tough Cop | |
Graham Ingels | |||
The Dress | |||
Master Race | |||
2 | May/June 1955 | Mother Knows Best | |
Divorce | |||
The Suit | |||
Paid in Full | |||
3 | July/Aug 1955 | Life Sentence | |
The Debt | |||
Totally Blind | |||
The Good Fairy | |||
4 | Sept/Oct 1955 | The Lonely One | |
Fall in Winter | |||
The Bitter End | |||
Country Doctor | |||
5 | Nov/Dec 1955 | Heart Interest | |
The Travelers | |||
The General | |||
So Much More | |||