(July-August 1951)

EC, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1951-05-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Editing
Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)
Inks
Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Look for This Seal... (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Origin of the Species! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)
Inks
Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)
Colors
? (see notes)
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For the beginning of our story...
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Two archeologist brothers are intent on discovering the origin of humans. Stanley believes the origin of man is on Earth, while Ernest believes space is the answer. Ernest goes on a expedition into space but the rocket goes through a time warp and the crew end up on the Earth's moon milions of years in the past. The moon is inhabited by ape like creatures who Ernest believes are the ancestors of man and brings two of them back to Earth. The ship fails to go back through the time warp and crashes on prehistoric Earth, where the creatures escape and will breed eventually creating humans.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171).
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

It Didn't Matter (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Jack Kamen (signed)
Inks
Jack Kamen (signed)
Colors
? (see notes)
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nina and Arnold planned the perfect murder!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
While working with a rich scientist who secretly invented a matter transporting machine, Arnold (his assistant) falls in love with his beautiful wife. The wife only married him for his money and they plan on killing him to be together. The wife decides to shoot him, then Arnold will teleport her through the machine miles away as an alibi. On the night of the murder, when he teleported her through the machine, electrical interference from a thunderstorm causes her to be horribly distorted when she materializes.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “The Origin of the Species!,” above).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Tales from the Crypt / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Speed! (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
The scientific community invests $10 billion building a Cobalt-Hydrogen engine that will allow ships to travel faster than light. After a rocket is tested, the scientists can't tell if it flew around the Earth or just moved a few yards.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Al Feldstein
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Voting results: 1. Breakdown 2. Come Into My Parlor 3. Seven Year Old Genius 4. Across the Sun!
Letters from Ed Moran, Warren Zykowski, Frank Carrol, and Nina Caldwell.

The Slave Ship (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
George Roussos (signed as Roussos)
Inks
George Roussos (signed as Roussos)
Colors
? (see notes)
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is a dark, moonless night in June of the year 1839!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
In 1839, a group of slave runners capture slaves from Africa and plan to take them to America. When they encounter a coast guard ship, they cruelly dump the slaves overboard into the ocean still chained to each other to avoid being caught with their illegal cargo. Shortly thereafter, alien creatures capture the slave runners and take them into space. When they encounter a cosmic patrol ship, they cruelly dump the men overboard into the vacuum of space still chained to each other to avoid being caught with their illegal cargo.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “The Origin of the Species!,” above).

Cover story.

The Enemies of the Colony (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Wally Wood
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
? (see notes)
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The G.C.A. (Galactic Colonization Authority) Rocket-ship...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Captain Vorkey (death); Cora Vorkey (the Captain's wife, death); General Mattson (death); Harvey Mattson (the General's son, death); Jimmy Vorkey (the Captain's son, death); Hydro-Files (alien creatures, many die); the Mokos (villains, alien creatures)
Synopsis
Members of the G.C.A. land on a planet after seven years of travel, intent on making it their new home. There they discover that the planet is inhabited by a strange race called the Mokos and they have been bred by the colonists there. Also present are the Hydro-Files, considered vicious and dangerous. But the inhabitants soon learn how wrong they can be.
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Keywords
Galactic Colonization Authority; Rullah (a planet)

Indexer Notes

Script revision from Al Feldstein to Wood per "Spawn of Mars and Other Stories Illustrated by Wally Wood" added by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “The Origin of the Species!,” above).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Look for This Seal...
  3. 2. The Origin of the Species!
  4. 3. It Didn't Matter
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Tales from the Crypt
  6. 5. Speed!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Picture Stories from the Bible
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Cosmic Correspondence
  9. 8. The Slave Ship
  10. 9. The Enemies of the Colony
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David B
  • Chris Boyko
  • Craig Delich
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Wouter Lelong
  • R. S. Martin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Jason Sacks
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Tom Vincent
  • Mike White