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And there's a historic story behind that cover to match: the cover story by Wood, Bill Gaines, and Al Feldstein is a forceful condemnation of hate groups in America As Steven Spielberg noted in the 2017 Shock SuspenStories collection containing this issue, "For the first time, Gaines attacked subjects like racial and religious prejudice" in[...]

The horrific cover of Crime SuspenStories #22 by Johnny Craig is one of the most iconic covers in American comic book history

The red shirt, featuring the publisher of EC Comics and creator of Mad Magazine late in his career, states simply "Bill Gaines Was Right." While sharp-eyed fanboys might notice a strong similarity to a "Magneto Was Right" shirt that appeared in Grant Morrison's New X-Men (#135), the red and black top might conjure more revolutionary[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool ran a piece covering controversy over a certain commissioned sketch by Bill Sienkiewicz. The piece was years late and the