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William Maxwell Gaines ( March 1, 1922 – June 3, 1992 ), better known as Bill Gaines, 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 popular satirical magazine Mad for over 40 years.