(January-February 1956)
EC,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gaines Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Bill Gaines (managing editor); Marie Severin (credited) (color editor)
Issue Notes
Last color comic published by EC.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as
Wood) - Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A space captain gives his crew orders as they are being approached by a rocket.
- Reprints
-
in Incredible Science Fiction (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #2 (1982), #2 (1982) - in Incredible Science Fiction (Gemstone, 1994 series) #11 (May 1995)
- in Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction (Vanguard Productions, 2012 series) #[nn] (January 2012)
- in The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction (Dark Horse, 2017 series) (August 2017)
- in The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction (Dark Horse, 2022 series) (2022), (2022) [Original cover overlaid with "The EC Archives", the issues reprinted in this collection and foreword credit text.]
-
Big Moment
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There were many scattered tribes left...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- After a meteor storm, widespread radiation causes all plant and animal life to grow into giants. The humans find themselves hunted by these giant animals as they struggle for survival. As it turns out, the radiation caused the humans to shrink, not the animals and plants.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
The Entertainment Box
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Von Bernewitz (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- FAR AND AWAY is an exceptional collection of stories...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Reviews of three science-fiction paperbacks and promotion of The Complete E.C. Checklist by Fred Von Bernewitz.
Kaleidoscope
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is how it looked...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- As the Venusians conquer Earth, one man decides to rig a ship and destroy not only the invaders, but Venus as well. Turns out he was just fascinating inside an old wrecked ship, and had to return to his mundane life as a Venusian slave.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
One Way Hero
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The rockets sat behind you...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Johnny Sawyer; Mart Sawyer (Johnny's brother); Mrs. Sawyer (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Johnny so much wants to be a spaceman like his brother, Mart. But on Mart's latest mission, he is struck with space fright, which ends his career. However, Johnny almost gets his wish: he works as a cargo loader: wearing a spacemen uniform.
- Reprints
- in Incredible Science Fiction (Russ Cochran, 1982 series) #2 (1982)
- in Incredible Science Fiction (Gemstone, 1994 series) #11 (May 1995)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #21 - Master Race and Other Stories (March 2018) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction (Dark Horse, 2022 series) (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Small World
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Oleck (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mason watched Sanders covertly.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- After finding no life on Mars, a space pilot boards his ship to return to Earth, not realizing he just stepped on and destroyed a tiny city.
- Reprints
Judgment Day!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tarleton
- Reprints
- from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #18 (March-April 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Last minute substitute for the code-rejected, "An Eye For an Eye", drawn by Angelo Torres. This story dealt with Humans and various mutants fighting for survival on a post apocalyptic Earth. The story would be published in various trade collections through the years.
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["We're Looking for People Who Like to Draw."]
Famous Artists Schools -
2.
Big Moment
-
3.
The Entertainment Box
-
4.
Kaleidoscope
-
5.
One Way Hero
-
6.
Small World
-
7.
Judgment Day!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Craig Delich
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Stangas
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike White
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