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William M. Gaines
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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…
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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.
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2025
When We Went MAD!
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Movie Self
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2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie (archive footage)
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2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Bordello of Blood
Movie Comic Book
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1989
Comic Book Confidential
Movie Self
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1989
Tales from the Crypt
TV show Comic Book
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1973
The Vault of Horror
Movie Story
