Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are thrilled to unveil a sneak peek at the next groundbreaking chapter in EC Comics’ stunning revival with BLOOD TYPE #1.

The press release follows:

Media Release -- OUT OF THE PAGES OF EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS . . . A MONSTROUS NEW EC COMICS MILESTONE RISES FROM THE GRAVE THIS JUNE! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997 – and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are proud to present the first look inside the next history-making chapter of EC Comics' blockbuster resurrection with BLOOD TYPE #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of EC'S FIRST-EVER SERIALIZED HORROR SPECTACLE from Hugo Award-nominated writer Corinna Bechko (Cruel Universe, Green Lantern: Earth One) and Eisner Award-winning artist Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls, Old Man Logan)! Rising from the pages of her first appearance in last fall's EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #3, EC's own blood-splattered, bon vivant vampire will be making history as the first character to claw her way out of an iconic EC Comics short story . . . and into the first-ever standalone, serialized horror series from the most notorious name in terror!



"As is to be expected, Andrea Sorrentino is delivering a master class in comic book horror with his jaw-dropping work on BLOOD TYPE #1 – a truly historic debut issue that holds the unique distinction of being the first issue to ever continue a story out of the pages of a tried-and-true EC anthology short," said Hunter Gorinson, President & Publisher of Oni Press. "Paired with the brutally horrific and piercing hilarious script of Corinna Bechko – who has proven her ability to understand what makes an EC story tick on a near-cellular level as one of the central writers behind Epitaphs from the Abyss and Cruel Universe – BLOOD TYPE will at last answer the (literally) immortal question: We may be scared of vampires … but what kind of monster could possibly make a vampire break out in a cold sweat?"

WHEN YOU'RE A VAMPIRE, EVERYBODY SUCKS . . . SOONER OR LATER! Meet Ada, an immortal vampire whose misdeeds have landed her on the doorstep of an idyllic Caribbean resort . . . An island paradise teeming with wealthy tourists and superstitious locals—an ample food supply for the thirsty vamp looking to get away from it all! But as Ada stalks the boundaries of her new hunting ground, she'll soon become embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse by moonlight . . . as an older, wiser, and entirely different kind of predator reveals its own carnal hunger for greed and power. Who will survive when a brand-new kind of BLOOD TYPE declares war on a cunning bloodsucker with nothing left to lose . . . and what will be left of them?!

Featuring a blood-curdling coven of covers from terrifying talents Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls, Old Man Logan), Miguel Mercado (The Neighbors), Albert Monteys (Slaughterhouse-Five), Patricia Martin (G.I. Joe), and Kyle Hotz (The Hood), brace yourself because EC's SUMMER OF FEAR starts here when BLOOD TYPE #1 takes the first bite on June 11th, 2025!

Plus: Experience the throat-ripping short story that set BLOOD TYPE #1 in motion when Oni's must-read Free Comic Book Day release – EC PRESENTS BLOOD TYPE #0 – recollects Ada's first appearance from EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS, alongside other acclaimed stories from CRUEL UNIVERSE and CRUEL KINGDOM! Featuring contributions from Eisner Award nominee Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko (Invisible Republic), Eisner Award winner Jonathan Case (Green River Killer), breakout writer Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), acclaimed artist Kano (Gotham Central), and New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), relive the most terrifying moments of EC's first year back from the grave – and prepare for the SUMMER OF FEAR yet to come – in BLOOD TYPE #0, only available on Free Comic Book Day 2025!













EC BLOOD TYPE #1 (of 4)
WRITTEN BY CORINNA BECHKO
ART BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
COVER A BY MIGUEL MERCADO
COVER B BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
FOIL VARIANT ($8.99) BY MIGUEL MERCADO
EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS
B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTIN
HORROR HOST VARIANT (1:100) BY KYLE HOTZ
BLANK SKETCH VARIANT AVAILABLE

ON SALE JUNE 11, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC
IOC: 4/26/2025
FOC 5/19/2025

About Oni Press

Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, K. O'Neill's Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Ezra Claytan Daniels' Upgrade Soul, Brenna Thummler's Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward's diversified global media company, Polarity.

About EC Comics

As the birthplace of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, MAD MAGAZINE, WEIRD SCIENCE, and more of the most influential and celebrated comic series ever published, EC Comics has cemented itself as one of the central nerves of American pop culture with a legacy that spans more than seven decades. From 1944 to 1956, EC – established as "Educational Comics" by founder M.C. Gaines and later rebranded "Entertaining Comics" under the leadership of Publisher & Editor William M. Gaines – led a creative renaissance for the comics industry that, for the first time, elevated the once-derided comics medium into the echelons of English literature and high art. Heralded as "one of the great explosions of vox-pop literature" by Time Magazine and "fiercely honest, politically adversarial, [and] visually masterful" by The Comics Journal, EC's line of comics books - which collectively sold more than 10 million copies annually at their peak – entertained and informed in equal measure, using brilliantly crafted tales of horror, science fiction, satire, and battlefield conflict to critique and subvert America's dark impulses toward violence, racism, inequity, environmental destruction, and war.

Forcibly shuttered by the Comics Code Authority – a pro-censorship group specifically tasked with eradicating EC's illuminating influence from the American comic book industry – in 1956, EC's unique brand of subversive storytelling lived on through the continued success of MAD Magazine, which would fuel American counterculture through the death of Publisher William M. Gaines in 1992. EC's titles and stories have been adapted in a number of media – including the long-running HBO's long-running TALES FROM THE CRYPT franchise of television series and feature films – and continue to be celebrated by multiple generations of comic creators, filmmakers, comedians, and musicians as a seminal influence.

Today, EC Comics' canon of classic stories can continuously be found in print through new editions at Dark Horse Comics, TASCHEN, Fantagraphics, and IDW Publishing. In 2024, EC announced a new partnership with multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher Oni Press to produce the first all-new EC Comics titles in nearly 70 years.