I see this thread hasn't been started yet, and I rarely participated in the old one, but I had a post I was dying to make since last night.

I've been reading through Came The Dawn, the Fantagraphics collection of Wally Wood's EC horror and crime contributions. It's all his efforts in that genre for EC, which is really cool, even if he's better known for the rocket ships and space stuff.

So one other thing Wood did was what they called "Preachies," which were social commentary stories that tackled issues such as racism, antisemitism, sexism, and so on. And I just got to that part of the book, having read three examples so far, and at this point I consider these stories absolute must reads for everyone interested in Golden Age comics. It was a rare attitude to see print in those days, and very refreshing from the unfortunate examples of race and gender issues displayed by other great Golden Age creators. So pick it up, it's much cheaper than the EC Archives reprints, features one of the Golden Age's greatest illustrators, and has rare pre-Civil Rights movement social commentary that doesn't seem to be coming from the wrong side of the issue. Hooray!