Weird Science
#18
(March-April 1953)
EC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor); Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in EC Archives: Weird Science (Dark Horse, 2022 series) #3 (January 2024)
-
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as
Wood) - Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Spaceships fly away from Earth as it's being destroyed by an atomic bomb.
- Reprints
-
in Weird Science (Superior, 1950 series) #18 ([circa April 1953]) - in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 ([1980]), #4 ([1980])
- in Weird Science (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (December 1996)
- in Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction (Vanguard Productions, 2012 series) #[nn] (January 2012)
- in Nuke 'Em! Classic Cold War Comics Celebrating the End of the World (Hermes Press, 2020 series) ([January] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- atomic bomb; end of the world; mushroom cloud; UFOs
Mars Is Heaven!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The ship came down from space.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Sneaky Martians disguise themselves as the dead loved ones of astronauts in order to slay them in their sleep.
- Reprints
- in Weird Science (Superior, 1950 series) #17 ([circa April 1953])
- in Tomorrow Midnight (Ballantine Books, 1966 series) #U2142 (June 1966)
- in EC Portfolio (Russ Cochran, 1971 series) #3 (1973)
- in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 ([1980])
-
in Monsieur Sourire (Albin Michel, 1985 series) (1985) [N&B [B&W]] - in Vault of Horror (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
- in Weird Science (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (December 1996)
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in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #4 (settembre 2008) - 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
Based on the Ray Bradbury story that was first published in the 1948 issue of Planet Stories.
Snap Ending!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (signed as
AL WILLIAMSON); Roy Krenkel - Inks
- Al Williamson (signed as AL WILLIAMSON); Roy Krenkel
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Don Mitchel, commander of the Earths mineral evaluation scout-rocket...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Don Mitchel (Commander of the United Earth's Mineral Evaluation Scout-Rocket Number 269, death); Lieutenant Sidney Gerson (Navigation Officer, death); Harold Kolby (ship's mineralogist, death); Janet Mitchel (Mitchel's wife); Billy Mitchel (Mitchel's son, flashback); Fznk (alien child)
- Synopsis
- Rocketship #269 is approaching a gigantic planet with a density 50 times that of the Earth, and decide to circle it to take a closer look. They spot and decide to land on a satellite moon of the planet.......with dire results!
- Reprints
- in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 ([1980])
- in Vault of Horror (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
- in Weird Science (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (December 1996)
- in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #4 (settembre 2008)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #3 - 50 Girls 50 and Other Stories (March 2013) [black and white reprint]
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Indexer Notes
Krenkel art credits added by Craig Delich 2013-9-20.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Fever
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A writer has a feverish vision of a strange world with fluttering shapes.
- Reprints
- in Weird Science (Superior, 1950 series) #17 ([circa April 1953])
- in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 ([1980])
- in Vault of Horror (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
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Indexer Notes
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
[no title indexed]
Cosmic Correspondence / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
No letters but an editorial urging readers to keep buying ECs and a note about Ray Bradbury adaptations.
The Parallel!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot and script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen (signed as
JACK KAMEN) - Inks
- Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Calvin Henkel shook his head sadly!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Calvin Henkel (death); Florence Henkel (Calvin's wife, death); Mrs. Fishkin (Calvin's neighbor)
- Synopsis
- Feeling that he had already lived the exact moment before, Calvin tells his wife that he believes that there exists a parallel world which duplicates exactly everything happening at the current time. He plots to go to this parallel world and murder his counterpart so that he alone can control his own destiny.
- Reprints
- in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 ([1980])
- in Vault of Horror (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
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in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #7/1991 (uke 42 1991) - in Weird Science (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (December 1996)
- in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #4 (settembre 2008)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #8 - Zero Hour and Other Stories (March 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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Indexer Notes
Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Disassembled!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- 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 small panel truck skidded to a stop...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An electrical engineer finds a strange metal object in a empty flying saucer and takes it back to his station to disassemble it and find out what makes it tick. When it screams in pain, he realizes it's alive. Another alien from the saucer (a living robot) shows up and disassembles the engineer to find out what makes humans tick.
- Reprints
- in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #4 ([1980])
- in Vault of Horror (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #1 (September 1991)
- in Weird Science (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (December 1996)
- in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #4 (settembre 2008)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #9 - Judgment Day and Other Stories (May 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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Indexer Notes
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Mars Is Heaven!
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2.
Snap Ending!
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3.
Fever
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4.
[no title indexed]
Cosmic Correspondence -
5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
The Parallel!
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7.
Disassembled!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mazzella
- Jason Sacks
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Tom Vincent
- Mike White
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