It is one of five EC collections published by Ballantine Books between 1964 and 1966 (the others are Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, Tales of the Incredible and Tomorrow Midnight), and one of two made up of comic adaptations of Bradbury's work (the other is Tomorrow Midnight).

The presentation of the material is problematic at best, since the color comic book pages are represented in black and white and broken into horizontal strips to fit the mass-market paperback format.

They were the first attempt to resurrect the EC comics, only a decade after public outcry had driven them off the racks.

The adaptation was not credited in the original publications but was probably by Al Feldstein, the editor of the books.

The cover painting by Frank Frazetta, himself an EC alumnus, is original to this collection.