Weird Fantasy #18

(March-April 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Counter-Clockwise (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plotter); Al Feldstein (co-plotter, script)

Pencils

John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as ELDER)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was a summer night in 2026.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Samuel Travis; Ronald Travis

Synopsis

Ron's father is dismayed when he learns that his son wants to secure at a job at the Rocket-Port, not just to service rockets, but to fly them. He cautions his son that pilots must retire at age 26, but while they talk, Ron's dad sights a space ship that is not of earthly origin. Together they go to the landing sight, armed with a blaster. When a weird alien being alights from the ship, they kill it and report to the authorities, and mention that the alien's ship could be used to further the Earth's own space travel program.

Reprints

• in Weird Fantasy (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #3 (January 1992)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #2/1992 (uke 10 1992)
• in Weird Fantasy (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (January 1997)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #18 - The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories (January 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script revision from Feldstein script only and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Elder art credit revised from Will to Bill per designation in the Who's Who.

Story occurs in the year 2026.

Zero Hour (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Bradbury; Al Feldstein (adaptation)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was an interesting that the fury and bustle occurred only among the younger children.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mary Morris; Mink Morris (daughter of Mary Morris); Henry Morris (Mary's husband); Joseph Conners; Anna; Peggy Ann; Helen (Mary's friend in New York); Tim (Helen's son); Drill (villain, a Martian)

Synopsis

Mrs. Morris, at first, thinks nothing of her daughter and a friend playing their game of "invasion". But when Mink starts telling of a Martian named Drill, who is the fore-runner of a Martian invasion of Earth, and Mary discovers that kids of her friends in other parts of the country are playing the same game, she wonders if this is for real.

Reprints

• in Weird Fantasy (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Planète rouge (Albin Michel, 1984 series) (1984) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #3 (January 1992)
• in Ray Bradbury Comics Special Edition (Topps; Byron Preiss, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
which is reprinted
• in The Ray Bradbury Chronicles (NBM, 1992 series) #6 (1994)
• in Weird Fantasy (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (January 1997)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #8 - Zero Hour and Other Stories (March 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics (Dark Horse, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) (January 2023)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The Ashtray (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The graying light was even older by the time it struggled...

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Weird Fantasy (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #3 (January 1992)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Cosmic Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from W. Dundle, Donald Trehlin, Jack Promo, James McCawley, Jr., Bobby Stewart, E. Shute, Phil Flynn, Colin Michael Orgill, Paul Campana, Jr., Peggy Melanson, and Arne Eastman.

Homesick! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed as AL WILLIAMSON); Roy Krenkel (on technological details)

Inks

Al Williamson (signed as AL WILLIAMSON); Roy Krenkel (on technological details)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He could see the space station now...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Colonel Lawrence Ardsley (death); General Minorly (Medical doctor); Colonel David Todd (villain); Lynn Ardsley (villain, Lawrence's wife)

Synopsis

David Todd and Lynn Ardsley plot her husband's murder, while David and Lawrence are on a misson to Mars to investigate the planet's landscape and possible life forms. The crime is committed, but with unexpected consequences for David!

Reprints

• in EC Lives! (Ron Barlow, 1972 series) (1972)
• in Weird Fantasy (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #3 [1988] (uke 17 1988)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #3 (January 1992)
• in Weird Fantasy (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (January 1997)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #3 - 50 Girls 50 and Other Stories (March 2013) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Space Rocket #X-1; Space Rocket #X-2

Indexer Notes

Krenkel art credits added by Craig Delich.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Judgment Day! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando)

Inks

Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The man roared down from the night sky.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tarlton

Reprints

• in Incredible Science Fiction (EC, 1955 series) #33 (January-February 1956)
• in Tales of the Incredible (Ballantine Books, 1965 series) #U2140 (March 1965)
• in The Amazing World of DC Comics (DC, 1974 series) #6 (May-June 1975)
• in Weird Fantasy (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 (1980)
• in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #42 (mayo 1984)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #3 [1988] (uke 17 1988)
• in Haunt of Fear (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #3 (January 1992)
• in Weird Fantasy (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (January 1997)
• in Foul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! (HarperCollins, 2005 series) (2005)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #9 - Judgment Day and Other Stories (May 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics (Dark Horse, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.