EC CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #9 (OF 12) CVR A MIGUEL MERCADO 04/01/2026

Release Date: 04/01/2026FOC Date: 03/09/2026Writer: Jeff Jensen, Greg Pak, Allen WuArtist: Daniel Gete, David LaphamCover Artist: Miguel MercadoDear reader: Surrender your hopes and dreams to UTTER ANNIHILATION as the notorious EC Comics wrenches away the controls for a one-way collision with the nearest solar body!  Feel the burn as we turn the temperature up to ONE MILLION DEGREES with all-new talks of science-fiction subversion from corrosive cosmonauts Jeff Jensen (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss), Greg Pak (Planet Hulk), and Allen Wu (My Internet Friends), alongside fellow agents of artistic atomization Daniel Gete (Skin Police), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and many more! Soon you will all discover just where the road to humanity’s hubris leads . . . and—spoiler alert—it all ends in FIRE!