Weird Fantasy #3

(1980)

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

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)

Joe Orlando (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)

Indexer Notes

EC Artist of the Month

Project... Survival! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot and script)

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Luther Morton (President of Amalgamated Rocket Corporation); Dr. Jansen (scientist)

Synopsis

With a civil war raging on Earth, the President of the Amalgamated Rocket Corporation believes, that with the help of science, man can reach the Moon and use it as a base. What scares the scientists is that he also intends to use the highly powerful Electron Bomb on the rebels, a move that could end all life on Earth!

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)

Keywords

A.R.C.-1; Amalgamated Rocket Corporation; Electron Bomb

Indexer Notes

Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

A Lesson in Anatomy!! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Stevey Williams; Dr. Williams (county coroner, Stevey's father); Martha Williams (the doctor's wife); Sheriff Ames; a stranger (villain, a robot, death); two alien beings (villains)

Synopsis

Chased away from his father's lab while he dissects a body, Stevey finds a stranger in the forest. Wanting to brag, Stevey tells the man all sorts of falsehoods, which he believes. But Stevey soon learns a secret about the stranger he doesn't expect to discover.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Explosive! (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)

The Die Is Cast! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein (script and plot); Bill Gaines (plot)

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Commandew Stone; Bitron; Berghoff; Kholler

Synopsis

The I.S.E.A. of Earth has commissioned Commander Stone to write out a detailed report on the destruction of his spaceship. What he tells about is almost too hard to believe.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)

Keywords

Interstellar Space Exploration Authority; Pleiades II

Indexer Notes

Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

Most of the story is told in flashback.

A Man's Job! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Notes and Comments (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Spicer; Mark Evanier; John Benson; Doug Menville

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)

The End! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)

The Trip! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Lon Masterson (scientist); Edith Fuller (Masterson's assistant); Henrietta Masterson (Lon's wife); Colonel Curtis

Synopsis

Dr. Masterson is attempting to solve a problem for the Space Colonization Authority in regards as to how to get live animals to distant planets for colonists to use as food. He hits upon the only way possible: to quick freeze them for transport. When the doctor falls in love with his assistant (and his wife will not agree to a divorce), he decides to quick freeze Ellen and transport her to a far distant colony where both will remain forever.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)

Indexer Notes

Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Discovery (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)

Home to Stay! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)

Indexer Notes

Swipe of Ray Bradbury's "Kaleidoscope" and "The Rocket Man"; this story led to the arrangement for EC to adapt Bradbury's stories

Don't Count Your Chickens... (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)

The Exile! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)

The Expert! (Table of Contents: 17)

"E.C. Quickie" / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)

The Ad! (Table of Contents: 18)

"E.C. Quickie" / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)

Innovation (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)

Close Call! (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot and script)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. Annette Beard; Dr. Granger (flashback); Roger Forbes (engineer, flashback)

Synopsis

Dr. Beard finds herself as the only living being still alive in the world after a nuclear explosion. She pauses to remember how things once were and how she blew chance after chance to make a better life for herself. Then an opportunity materializes out of nowhere in the here and now, but can she make the most of it?

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #8 (March 2014)

Keywords

New York City

Indexer Notes

Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Much of the story is told in flashback.

Mad Journey! (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed); Frank Frazetta (signed as FF); Roy Krenkel (Venusian landscape pages 6-7)

Inks

Al Williamson (signed); Frank Frazetta (signed as FF); Roy Krenkel (Venusian landscape pages 6-7)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rodney Simon (President of Crown Oil Company, rocket builder); Jeffreys (lab scientist, death); Alan Corlin (USAF scientist, death); Axel (Crown Oil executive); Mr. Buddins (Crown Oil executive)

Synopsis

One of Rodney Simon's lab workers at his company has discovered a way of refining high octane gasoline that produces certain gases, whose molecular structure is unknown.....but, when liquified, creates a new gas that, when mixed with oxygen, provides the force necessary to propel a rocket outside Earth's gravitational field. Although the Moon is the planned landing area, Simon decides Venus to be a better choice.....with dire consequences!

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)

Keywords

Crown Oil Company

Indexer Notes

Krenkel art credits added by Craig Delich 2013-9-17.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)

Revulsion! (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)

The Quick Trip (Table of Contents: 24)

"E.C. Quickie" / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed)

Inks

Al Williamson (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Philip Donnel (space-ship pilot); Bob Hatch (language expert); Lieutenant James Murtha (engineer, death)

Synopsis

Captain Donnel is heading up a mission to the star Pollux.....a journey taking 30 light years. Once they arrive, they have one year to explore to system and make contact with any life forms they encounter. There is only one problem: once they get there, they discover that Pollux has completely disappeared!

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)

Keywords

Pollux

The Long Trip (Table of Contents: 25)

"E.C. Quickie" / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson

Inks

Al Williamson

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Philip Donnel (space ship pilot); Bob Hatch (language expert); Lieutenant James Murtha (engineer, death); Sandor Mannershmitt (inventor of the space time overdrive, mention only)

Synopsis

Captain Donnel is assigned the duty of traveling to the star Pollux, a 30 year travel distance, in order to study the star's solar system, which is supposedly very much like the Earth's solar system. However, due to the distance and time involved, Donnel and his crew will be considerably older after the mission and may not return......alive. They have a surprise awaiting them upon landing.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)

Keywords

Pollux

Indexer Notes

This story is a swipe of A. E. Van Vogt's "Far Centaurus".

Genius! (Table of Contents: 26)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)

He Who Waits! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot and script)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Percy (bachelor scientist); Alec; Petite (a flower girl, death)

Synopsis

Percy is given an unusual plant as a gift from Alec, and he notes that a tiny, 8" tall girl has emerged from it. Percy then takes a special secret solution to shrink in size so that he can take the girl for his own.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #8 (March 2014)

Indexer Notes

Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

By George!! (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed)

Inks

Al Williamson (signed); Jack Hearne (some faces)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Alan (archaeologist); Marvin (archaeologist); un-named alien boy (death); Princess Sabra; Saint George

Synopsis

Two archaeologists uncover a large, smooth object, looking very much like a building block, that is covered with etched inscriptions on five of its six sides, which are later translated by Marvin. To their surprise, the block proves to be a diary of an alien boy who stole a spaceship on his planet 14 Centuries before.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)

Indexer Notes

Hearne credit added by Craig Delich 2013-9-17.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)

Keywords

aliens; end of the world; planets

Mass Meeting! (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)

Skeleton Key! (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed)

Inks

Al Williamson (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. Donald Purcell (archaeologist); Professor Godfrey Clinton; Dr. Seymour Karnes (death); Bill Wentworth (physicist)

Synopsis

Some archaeologists are conducting a dig and discovered what they believe is the first complete fossilized skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. What puzzles them is the discovery of a human skull with those remains.......and what a surprise and shock they are in for when they discover why!

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)

Mr. Halley's Comet (Table of Contents: 32)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)

What He Saw! (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot and script)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Martin; two beautiful girls (apparitions); Jean (Martin's wife, apparition); Czuk (villain); Trark (villain)

Synopsis

Martin had been marooned on a barren lifeless planetoid for four months when a beautiful woman appears on the scene. When she disappears, another appears....and then vanishes. But when Martin's wife appears, he can't believe she is real or what in the world is going on.....is he mad or what?

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)

Indexer Notes

Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The Green Thing! (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)

In the Beginning... (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)

Ahead of the Game! (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Bill Elder

Inks

Bill Elder

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)

The Space Pirate (Table of Contents: 38)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)

The Aliens (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed); Roy Krenkel

Inks

Al Williamson (signed); Roy Krenkel

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A group of aliens, heading towards the Earth to warn them and teach them about atomic power that Earthlings had recently discovered, are shocked to see the planet explode. They land on a fragment of the Earth remaining to see what they can learn about this civilization.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)

Indexer Notes

Krenkel art credits added by Craig Delich 2013-920.

Many panels show the aliens discovering and reading through a copy of Weird Fantasy #17.....this issue, and this story in particular!

There Will Come Soft Rains... (Table of Contents: 40)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Bradbury (original author); Al Feldstein (adaptation)

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

This story basically serves as a allegory for human's ethical progress failing to keep pace with his technological progress. It describes an automatic house that continues to function long after the people that once lived there have been reduced to dust stains on the wall by nuclear holocaust.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)

Indexer Notes

An adaptation of a Ray Bradbury's Martian story.

Russ Cochran Presents the Complete EC Library (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)

Keywords

aliens; end of the world; planets

Indexer Notes

On back cover.