THE E.C. IN E.C. COMICS, WHEN FIRST FOUNDED BY M.C. GAINES STOOD FOR EDUCATION COMICS. HE PUBLISHED COMIC BOOKS ABOUT THE BIBLE,AND AMERICAN HISTORY. E.C. COMICS ALSO PUBLISHED TWO ISSUES OF PICTURE STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. AND TWO ISSUES OF PICTURE STORIES OF fROM SCIENCE. M.C. GAINES SHARED WITH US A VISION OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE COMICS MEDIUM. THEY COULD BE MORE THAN JUNK LITITURE TO BE CASUALLY TOSSED AWAY. COMICS COULD ENTERTAIN BUT ALSO EDUCATE. BOTH E.C. COMICS SERIES, PICTURE STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY AND PICTURE STORIES FROM SCIENCE ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF COMICS TRYING NOT JUST TO ENTERTAIN BUT ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE READERS. THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS WELL IN BOTH FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.