William M. Gaines

William Maxwell Gaines (March 1, 1922 – June 3, 1992), was an American publisher and co-editor of EC Comics. Following a shift in EC's direction in 1950, Gaines presided over what became an artistically influential and historically important line of mature-audience comics. He published the satirical magazine Mad for over 40 years. He was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame (1993) and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (1997). In 2012, he was inducted into the Ghastly Awards' Hall of Fame.

Born	1922-03-01, Brooklyn, NY
Died	1992-06-03, Manhattan, NY
Links	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaines

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	Title	Number	Date	Format
	Four-Way Split #43	Vol. 1 #43	1954-08	Softcover
	The Catacombs #38	Vol. 1 #38	1954-08	Softcover

Copyright Holder 10

Title	Number	Date	Format
The Martians! #2	#2	1973	Softcover
The Monkey #3	#3	1973	Softcover
Three For The Money #6	#6	1974	Softcover
Under Cover! #8	#8	1974	Softcover
The Complete Weird Science-Fantasy / Incredible Science Fiction		1982	Oversized Hardcover
The Complete Crime SuspenStories		1983	Oversized Hardcover
The October Game #9	Vol. 1 #9	1994-09	Softcover
The Tryst! #11	Vol. 1 #11	1995-03	Softcover
The Complete Tales From The Crypt			Oversized Hardcover
The Complete Vault of Horror			Oversized Hardcover

Editor 45

Title	Number	Date	Format
A Corpse As The Back-seat Driver #8	Vol. 1 #8	1948	Softcover
The Field-Marshal Of Murder #7	Vol. 1 #7	1948	Softcover
The Machine-Gun Mad Mobsters #4	Vol. 1 #4	1948	Softcover
The Slaughter Syndicate #9	Vol. 1 #9	1948	Softcover
Dance-Hall Racket #10	Vol. 1 #10	1949-02	Softcover
Little Miss Mob Marker #5	Vol. 1 #5	1949-02	Softcover
Victor Wolf & Sam Bart Kidnappers #11	Vol. 1 #11	1949-04	Softcover
Nell Baker #12	Vol. 1 #12	1949-06	Softcover
I Fight Crime #13	Vol. 1 #13	1949-08	Softcover
Three Clues To Terror #14	Vol. 1 #14	1949-10	Softcover
Murder Writes A Policy #15	Vol. 1 #15	1949-12	Softcover
The Wall: A Psychological Study #15 [1]	Vol. 1 #15 [1]	1950-01-24	Softcover
The Corpse In The Crematorium #16	Vol. 1 #16	1950-02	Softcover
Vampire! #16 [2]	Vol. 1 #16 [2]	1950-03-20	Softcover
Death Must Come #17	Vol. 1 #17	1950-04	Softcover
Portrait In Wax! #12	Vol. 1 #12	1950-04	Softcover
The Maestro's Hand! #18	Vol. 1 #18	1950-04	Softcover
Lost In The Microcosm #12 [1]	Vol. 1 #12 [1]	1950-05	Softcover
Horror Beneath The Streets! #17 [3]	Vol. 1 #17 [3]	1950-05-25	Softcover
The Flying Saucer Invasion #13 [2]	Vol. 1 #13 [2]	1950-07	Softcover
Ghost Ship! #19	Vol. 1 #19	1950-08	Softcover
A Shocking Way To Die! #21	Vol. 1 #21	1950-08-15	Softcover
Destruction Of The Earth #14 [3]	Vol. 1 #14 [3]	1950-09	Softcover
Impending Doom! #20	Vol. 1 #20	1950-10	Softcover
Report From The Grave #15	Vol. 1 #15	1950-10	Softcover
Panic! #15 [4]	Vol. 1 #15 [4]	1950-11	Softcover
Return #5	Vol. 1 #5	1951-01	Softcover
The Thing From The Grave! #22	Vol. 1 #22	1951-02	Softcover
Spawn Of Venus #6	Vol. 1 #6	1951-03	Softcover
Last Respects! #23	Vol. 1 #23	1951-04	Softcover
It Was The Monster From The Fourth Dimension #7	Vol. 1 #7	1951-05	Softcover
The Maidens Cried #10	Vol. 1 #10	1951-11	Softcover
The Conquerors Of The Moon! #11	Vol. 1 #11	1952-01	Softcover
A Gobl Is A Knog's Best Friend #12	Vol. 1 #12	1952-03	Softcover
There'll Be Some Changes Made! #14	Vol. 1 #14	1952-07	Softcover
The Martians! #15	Vol. 1 #15	1952-09	Softcover
Plucked! #17	Vol. 1 #17	1953-01	Softcover
Mars Is Heaven! #18	Vol. 1 #18	1953-03	Softcover
50 Girls 50 #20	Vol. 1 #20	1953-07	Softcover
By The Dawn's Early Light #42	Vol. 1 #42	1954-06	Softcover
Four-Way Split #43	Vol. 1 #43	1954-08	Softcover
Death Must Come #1	#1	1992-09	Softcover
The Maestro's Hand! #2	#2	1992-12	Softcover
Ghost Ship! #3	#3	1993-03	Softcover
A Shocking Way To Die! #5	Vol. 1 #5	1993-09	Softcover

Managing Editor 31

Title	Number	Date	Format
The Curse Of Harkley Heath #13	Vol. 1 #13	1950-06	Softcover
Voodoo Vengeance! #14	Vol. 1 #14	1950-08	Softcover
Escape! #16	Vol. 1 #16	1950-12	Softcover
The Beast Of The Full Moon! #17	Vol. 1 #17	1951-02	Softcover
Sink-Hole! #18	Vol. 1 #18	1951-04	Softcover
Reunion! #19	Vol. 1 #19	1951-06	Softcover
The Reluctant Vampire! #20	Vol. 1 #20	1951-08	Softcover
That's A 'Croc'! #21	Vol. 1 #21	1951-10	Softcover
The Monster In The Ice! #22	Vol. 1 #22	1951-12	Softcover
Staired... In Horror! #23	Vol. 1 #23	1952-02	Softcover
A Bloody Undertaking! #24	Vol. 1 #24	1952-04	Softcover
Seance! #25	Vol. 1 #25	1952-06	Softcover
A Little Stranger! #14	Vol. 1 #14	1952-07	Softcover
Graft In Concrete! #26	Vol. 1 #26	1952-08	Softcover
Strictly From Hunger! #27	Vol. 1 #27	1952-10	Softcover
Till Death... #28	Vol. 1 #28	1952-12	Softcover
The Mausoleum! #29	Vol. 1 #29	1953-02	Softcover
Practical Choke! #30	Vol. 1 #30	1953-04	Softcover
Double-Header! #19	Vol. 1 #19	1953-05	Softcover
Easel Kill Ya! #31	Vol. 1 #31	1953-06	Softcover
Out Of His Head! #32	Vol. 1 #32	1953-08	Softcover
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime! #33	Vol. 1 #33	1953-10	Softcover
Star Light, Star Bright! #34	Vol. 1 #34	1953-12	Softcover
Three Dimensional EC Classics #1	#1	1954	Softcover
...And All Through The House... #35	Vol. 1 #35	1954-02	Softcover
Two-Timed! #36	Vol. 1 #36	1954-04	Softcover
Take Care #37	Vol. 1 #37	1954-06	Softcover
The Catacombs #38	Vol. 1 #38	1954-08	Softcover
The Purge #39	Vol. 1 #39	1954-10	Softcover
An Harrow Escape! #40	Vol. 1 #40	1954-12	Softcover
Sink-Hole! #7	Vol. 1 #7	1994-04	Softcover

Original Publisher 1

	Title	Number	Date	Format
	January 1978 #196	Vol. 1 #196	1978-01	Softcover

Plotter 28

Title	Number	Date	Format
Lost In The Microcosm #12 [1]	Vol. 1 #12 [1]	1950-05	Softcover
The Flying Saucer Invasion #13 [2]	Vol. 1 #13 [2]	1950-07	Softcover
A Shocking Way To Die! #21	Vol. 1 #21	1950-08-15	Softcover
Destruction Of The Earth #14 [3]	Vol. 1 #14 [3]	1950-09	Softcover
Panic! #15 [4]	Vol. 1 #15 [4]	1950-11	Softcover
Return #5	Vol. 1 #5	1951-01	Softcover
A Strange Undertaking... #6	Vol. 1 #6	1951-02-09	Softcover
Spawn Of Venus #6	Vol. 1 #6	1951-03	Softcover
Bats In My Belfry! #24	Vol. 1 #24	1951-06	Softcover
Hounded To Death! #8	Vol. 1 #8	1951-06-08	Softcover
Ooze In The Cellar? #11	Vol. 1 #11	1952-01	Softcover
The Conquerors Of The Moon! #11	Vol. 1 #11	1952-01	Softcover
A Gobl Is A Knog's Best Friend #12	Vol. 1 #12	1952-03	Softcover
He Walked Among Us #13	Vol. 1 #13	1952-05	Softcover
A Little Stranger! #14	Vol. 1 #14	1952-07	Softcover
There'll Be Some Changes Made! #14	Vol. 1 #14	1952-07	Softcover
Justice #5	Vol. 1 #5	1952-07-17	Softcover
Chatter-Boxed! #15	Vol. 1 #15	1952-09	Softcover
The Monkey #12	Vol. 1 #12	1953	Softcover
Horror We? How's Bayou? #17	Vol. 1 #17	1953-01	Softcover
Plucked! #17	Vol. 1 #17	1953-01	Softcover
Double-Header! #19	Vol. 1 #19	1953-05	Softcover
Tight Grip! #38	Vol. 1 #38	1953-10	Softcover
Swamped #27	Vol. 1 #27	1954-09	Softcover
The Monkey #3	#3	1973	Softcover
A Shocking Way To Die! #5	Vol. 1 #5	1993-09	Softcover
Tight Grip! #22	Vol. 1 #22	1997-12	Softcover
Swamped #27	Vol. 1 #27	1999-05	Softcover

Published By 4

Title	Date	Format
The Complete Weird Science-Fantasy / Incredible Science Fiction	1982	Oversized Hardcover
The Complete Crime SuspenStories	1983	Oversized Hardcover
The Complete Tales From The Crypt		Oversized Hardcover
The Complete Vault of Horror		Oversized Hardcover

Writer 77

Title	Number	Date	Format
Portrait In Wax! #12	Vol. 1 #12	1950-04	Softcover
The Curse Of Harkley Heath #13	Vol. 1 #13	1950-06	Softcover
Voodoo Vengeance! #14	Vol. 1 #14	1950-08	Softcover
Crime Suspenstories #1	Vol. 1 #1	1950-10	Softcover
Report From The Grave #15	Vol. 1 #15	1950-10	Softcover
Escape! #16	Vol. 1 #16	1950-12	Softcover
The Beast Of The Full Moon! #17	Vol. 1 #17	1951-02	Softcover
The Thing From The Grave! #22	Vol. 1 #22	1951-02	Softcover
Last Respects! #23	Vol. 1 #23	1951-04	Softcover
Sink-Hole! #18	Vol. 1 #18	1951-04	Softcover
It Was The Monster From The Fourth Dimension #7	Vol. 1 #7	1951-05	Softcover
Bats In My Belfry! #24	Vol. 1 #24	1951-06	Softcover
Crime Suspenstories #5	Vol. 1 #5	1951-06	Softcover
Reunion! #19	Vol. 1 #19	1951-06	Softcover
Seeds Of Jupiter! #8	Vol. 1 #8	1951-07	Softcover
The Reluctant Vampire! #20	Vol. 1 #20	1951-08	Softcover
Political Pull! #26	Vol. 1 #26	1951-10	Softcover
That's A 'Croc'! #21	Vol. 1 #21	1951-10	Softcover
The Maidens Cried #10	Vol. 1 #10	1951-11	Softcover
The Monster In The Ice! #22	Vol. 1 #22	1951-12	Softcover
Well-Cooked Hams! #27	Vol. 1 #27	1951-12	Softcover
Bargain In Death! #28	Vol. 1 #28	1952-02	Softcover
Staired... In Horror! #23	Vol. 1 #23	1952-02	Softcover
A Bloody Undertaking! #24	Vol. 1 #24	1952-04	Softcover
Grounds... For Horror! #29	Vol. 1 #29	1952-04	Softcover
Gas-tly Prospects! #30	Vol. 1 #30	1952-06	Softcover
Seance! #25	Vol. 1 #25	1952-06	Softcover
Buried Treasure! #31	Vol. 1 #31	1952-08	Softcover
Graft In Concrete! #26	Vol. 1 #26	1952-08	Softcover
The Martians! #15	Vol. 1 #15	1952-09	Softcover
Squash...Anyone? #32	Vol. 1 #32	1952-10	Softcover
Strictly From Hunger! #27	Vol. 1 #27	1952-10	Softcover
Lower Berth! #33	Vol. 1 #33	1952-12	Softcover
Till Death... #28	Vol. 1 #28	1952-12	Softcover
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall! #34	Vol. 1 #34	1953-02	Softcover
The Mausoleum! #29	Vol. 1 #29	1953-02	Softcover
Mars Is Heaven! #18	Vol. 1 #18	1953-03	Softcover
By The Fright Of The Silvery Moon! #35	Vol. 1 #35	1953-04	Softcover
Practical Choke! #30	Vol. 1 #30	1953-04	Softcover
Easel Kill Ya! #31	Vol. 1 #31	1953-06	Softcover
Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness... #36	Vol. 1 #36	1953-06	Softcover
50 Girls 50 #20	Vol. 1 #20	1953-07	Softcover
Dead Right! #37	Vol. 1 #37	1953-08	Softcover
Out Of His Head! #32	Vol. 1 #32	1953-08	Softcover
Two's Company... #21	Vol. 1 #21	1953-09	Softcover
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime! #33	Vol. 1 #33	1953-10	Softcover
My World #22	Vol. 1 #22	1953-11	Softcover
Star Light, Star Bright! #34	Vol. 1 #34	1953-12	Softcover
Undertaking Palor #39	Vol. 1 #39	1953-12	Softcover
Three Dimensional EC Classics #1	#1	1954	Softcover
Pearly To Dead #40	Vol. 1 #40	1954-02	Softcover
Current Attraction #41	Vol. 1 #41	1954-04	Softcover
Four-Way Split #43	Vol. 1 #43	1954-08	Softcover
Upon Reflection #46	Vol. 1 #46	1955-02	Softcover
The Martians! #2	#2	1973	Softcover
Under Cover! #8	#8	1974	Softcover
The Complete Weird Science-Fantasy / Incredible Science Fiction		1982	Oversized Hardcover
Star Light, Star Bright! #1	#1	1990-08	Softcover
Till Death... #1	#1	1991-09	Softcover
Till Death... #1	#1	1991-09	Softcover
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime! #2	#2	1991-11	Softcover
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime! #2	#2	1991-11	Softcover
Graft In Concrete! #3	#3	1992-01	Softcover
Portrait In Wax! #1	#1	1992-10	Softcover
The Curse Of Harkley Heath #2	#2	1993-01	Softcover
Report From The Grave #4	Vol. 1 #4	1993-07	Softcover
The Beast Of The Full Moon! #6	Vol. 1 #6	1994-01	Softcover
Sink-Hole! #7	Vol. 1 #7	1994-04	Softcover
Reunion! #8	Vol. 1 #8	1994-07	Softcover
The Monster In The Ice! #11	Vol. 1 #11	1995-04	Softcover
A Bloody Undertaking! #13	Vol. 1 #13	1995-10	Softcover
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall! #18	Vol. 1 #18	1996-12	Softcover
By The Fright Of The Silvery Moon! #19	Vol. 1 #19	1997-03	Softcover
Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness... #20	Vol. 1 #20	1997-06	Softcover
Dead Right! #21	Vol. 1 #21	1997-09	Softcover
Undertaking Palor #23	Vol. 1 #23	1998-03	Softcover
Pearly To Dead #24	Vol. 1 #24	1998-06	Softcover