EC Comics and Oni Press Serve Up Skin-Crawling Sci-Fi and Morbid Mayhem in Exclusive Cover Reveals for CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #4 and CATACOMB OF TORMENT #5, Haunting Shelves This November!

2025/08/14 16:32:09 +00:00 | Derek Anderson

By the time November rolls around in its grave, Halloween may be over, but don't despair because EC Comics and Oni Press will still be serving up hearty horrified helpings of skin-crawling sci-fi and chilling thrills with their November 5th debut of Cruel Universe 2 #4 and November 19th release of Catacomb of Torment #5, and you can dig into the delectable scares early with our exclusive cover reveals of both eerie installments!

Below, you can check out our exclusive cover reveals for Cruel Universe 2 #4 (featuring excellent covers by Lee Bermejo, Naomi Franq, Albert Monteys, and Malachi Ward, respectively) and Catacomb of Torment #5 (featuring amazing covers by Mark Buckingham, Naomi Franq, Jay Stephens, and Patricia Martín, respectively), and we also have all the deadly details on the upcoming issues to help hold you over until November:

EC CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #4 (of 12)

WRITTEN BY CECIL CASTELLUCCI, RYAN HADDOCK, & J. HOLTHAM

ART BY BRIAN LEVEL, ANDREA MUTTI, & CLAIRE ROE

COVER A BY LEE BERMEJO

COVER B BY NAOMI FRANQ

EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS

B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY NAOMI FRANQ

ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY MALACHI WARD

ON SALE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC

IOC: 9/27/2025

Feeling content and at peace with the state of the cosmos? WRONG! Don’t worry, Cruel Universe 2 is here to dispel that tragically optimistic fantasy!

We’ve trapped—er, we mean tapped—writers Cecil Castellucci (Girl on Film), Ryan Haddock (EC’s Catacomb of Torment), and J. Holtham (Hulu’s A Handmaid’s Tale) to remind you of your life’s limited span, and to assure you that hubris and gullibility are two sides of the humanity coin. In case you’re not convinced—or can’t read—artists Brian Level (Night People), Andrea Mutti (EC’s Cruel Kingdom), and Claire Roe (The Hollywood Special) are on hand to imprint horrifying visuals into your eyestalks.

CATACOMB OF TORMENT #5

WRITTEN BY J. HOLTHAM, JOANNE STARER, & RYAN HADDOCK

ART BY VALERIA BURZO, SAMI KIVELÄ, & CHRISTOPHER MITTEN

COVER A BY MARK BUCKINGHAM

COVER B BY NAOMI FRANQ

EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS

B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY NAOMI FRANQ

ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN

ON SALE NOVEMBER 19th, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC

IOC: 9/27/2025

FOC: 10/27/2025

Feeling the rusty shears of eager anticipation as they coarsely cut away your tendons of dread? You’ve come to the right place . . . because EC Comics is serving another tortuous session of frightful delights with the CATACOMB OF TORMENT!

Prepare to be mortified—literally—as manacled writers Christopher Cantwell (Out of Alcatraz), Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden), and Paul Tobin (The Witcher) are forced to turn the crank and twist the tension-wracked fingertips of artists PJ Holden (2000 AD), Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), and Dan McDaid (Epitaphs from the Abyss) into blood-spattered spectacle! Sound like fun? Our beloved host, the Tormentor, sure thinks so!