History YMMV / ECComics

* TearJerker: "Poetic Justice", because James Elliot didn't like what he perceived as rubbish, he dedicated his life into destroying the life of a neighbor who was nothing more, than a [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold poor, kindly old garbage man.]] [[FriendToAllChildren Who made toys for kids]] [[FriendToAllChildren and loved to take care of animals.]] A man who never did anything to antagonize his fellow neighbors, including James. Yet [[MoralEventHorizon James spreads a SmearCampaign against him]] which causes the local children's [[MistakenForPedophile parents to think he was a molester,]] [[AndYourLittleDogToo his pets to be taken away]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and bad]] [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Valentine's Day]] [[StronglyWordedLetter cards sent to him.]] [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife The last of which]] made poor Grimsdyke [[DrivenToSuicide hang himself.]] [[spoiler: He gets even from beyond the grave, but it doesn't make it less sad.]]

* ZeroEpisodeWonder: ''Going Steady with Peggy'', the first comic drawn by Al Feldstein for Creator/ECComics, was canceled prior to publication because of a sudden plunge in demand for FollowTheLeader imitations of Franchise/ArchieComics.

* TearJerker: "Poetic Justice", because James Elliot didn't like what he perceived as rubbish, he dedicated his life into destroying the life of a neighbor who was nothing more, than a [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold poor, kindly old garbage man.]] [[FriendToAllChildren Who made toys for kids]] [[FriendToAllChildren and loved to take care of animals.]] A man who never did anything to antagonize his fellow neighbors, including James. Yet James spreads a SmearCampaign against him which causes the local children's [[MistakenForPedophile parents to think he was a molester,]] [[AndYourLittleDogToo his pets to be taken away]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and bad]] [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Valentine's Day]] [[StronglyWordedLetter cards sent to him.]] [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife The last of which]] made poor Grimsdyke [[DrivenToSuicide hang himself.]] [[spoiler: He gets even from beyond the grave, but it doesn't make it less sad.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: In one of EC's early "Animal Fables" comics, a top billed character on one cover is a little guy called Danny the Devil, predating a more well known comic book devil, Harvey's "Hot Stuff the Little Devil", by a decade.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the movie ''The Vault of Horror'', Tom Baker plays a painter who, thanks to voodoo, can mutilate people in the same way their paintings are mutilated (jabbing out the eyes = being blinded, putting a red dot on their forhead = getting shot, ect.) By the end, thanks to a fallen can of lacquer thinner applied to his own self-portrait, Baker has his head run over. Why is this hilarious? Because if this was 1974, and not 1972 (when the film was released), Baker could've [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot regenerated]].

* NightmareFuel: Boy, howdy. Too many examples to comfortably fit here. Yes, in the non-horror titles too. Why there isn't a page made for this, who knows?!

* TearJerker: Poetic Justice, because James Elliot didn't like what he perceived as rubbish, he dedicated his life into destroying the life of a neighbor who was nothing more, than a [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold poor, kindly old garbage man.]] [[FriendToAllChildren Who made toys for kids]] [[FriendToAllChildren and loved to take care of animals.]] A man who never did anything to antagonize his fellow neighbors, including James. Yet James spreads a SmearCampaign against him which causes the local children's [[MistakenForPedophile parents to think he was a molester,]] [[AndYourLittleDogToo his pets to be taken away]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and bad]] [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Valentine's Day]] [[StronglyWordedLetter cards sent to him.]] [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife The last of which]] made poor Grimsdyke [[DrivenToSuicide hang himself.]] [[spoiler: He gets even from beyond the grave, but it doesn't make it less sad.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: In the movie "The Vault of Horror", Tom Baker plays a painter who, thanks to voodoo, can mutilate people in the same way their paintings are mutilated (jabbing out the eyes = being blinded, putting a red dot on their forhead = getting shot, ect.) By the end, thanks to a fallen can of lacquer thinner applied to his own self-portrait, Baker has his head run over. Why is this hilarious? Because if this was 1974, and not 1972 (when the film was released), Baker could've [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot regenerated]].

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Specifically, "Judgment Day" and "Master Race"

* CompleteMonster: Bill from "The Thing from the Grave." He turns jealous and psychotic after he learns his girlfriend is dating another man, so he goes off and kills the new boyfriend. If that weren't enough, he later openly admits to his girlfriend that he killed the man, then tries to burn the terrified woman alive. Fortunately, said other guy returns from the dead, saves the girl, and drags Bill to his well deserved demise, right where Bill had buried him months ago.
** This status is made even worse in the TV adaptation, where it's shown that he was [[DomesticAbuse treating his girlfriend cruelly while they were still a couple.]]
*** James Elliot is even worse.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Boy, howdy. Too many examples to comfortably fit here. Yes, in the non-horror titles too. Why there isn't a page made for this, who knows?!

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Specifically, "Judgment Day" and "Master Race"

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: After three long years on hiatus due to financial mismanagement, the acclaimed Archives program is being revived under a new publisher starting November 2011.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Boy, howdy. Too many examples to comfortably fit here. Yes, in the non-horror titles too.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: After three long years on hiatus due to financial mismanagement, the acclaimed Archives program (considered by many to be the MostTriumphantExample in comic book reprints) is being revived under a new publisher starting November 2011.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Specifically, "Judgment Day" and "Master Race"
** Really, ''[=ShockSuspenstories=]'' was full of this. Other needed anvils include the consequences of MisplacedNationalism ("The Patriots"), racism (numerous, including "Judgment Day" as mentioned above, but "Hate!" and "In Gratitude ..." are also standouts), and the dangers of blaming convenient scapegoats ("A Kind of Justice" is a great example of this).

* NightmareFuel: Boy, howdy. Too many examples to comfortably fit here. Yes, in the non-horror titles too.

** Really, ''[=ShockSuspenstories=]'' was full of this. Other needed anvils include the consequences of MisplacedNationalism ("The Patriots"), racism (numerous, including Judgment Day, but "Hate!" and "In Gratitude ..." are also standouts), and the dangers of blaming convenient scapegoats ("A Kind of Justice" is a great example of this).

* CompleteMonster: Bill from "The Thing from the Grave." He turns jealous and psychotic after he learns his girlfriend is dating another man, so he goes off and kills the new boyfriend. If that weren't enough, he later openly admits to his girlfriend that he killed the man, then tries to burn the terrified woman alive. Fortunately, said other guy returns from the dead, saves the girl, and drags Bill to his well deserved demise, right where Bill had buried him months ago.
** This status is made even worse in the TV adaptation, where it's shown that he was [[DomesticAbuse treating his girlfriend cruelly while they were still a couple.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Specifically, "Judgment Day" and "Master Race"

* NightmareRetardant: The creators didn't always get it quite right, and reuse of certain scenes by later artists has reduced the shock factor considerably when readers see the original.