([1980])
Russ Cochran,
1980 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- [none]
- Pages
- 212
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Russ Cochran, Publisher
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Russ Cochran
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)
-
Wallace Wood
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
EC Artist of the issue
A Gobl Is a Knog's Best Friend
comic story / 8 pages
- 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
- Captain Harold Dexter; Hawkins; Donaldson; Donaldson's dog; The Gobl (alien leader); The Knogs(alien beings, masters of the Gobl)
- Synopsis
- The crew of the Polaris-B were in space, headed toward the second planet of the star Polaris, and experiencing zero gravity. But that wasn't the thing bothering Captain Dexter......it was the dog that Hawkins brought along with him that would not shut up. But the Captain and his crew would never comprehend what lay before them on an alien planet......as pets!
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)
-
- Keywords
- Polaris-B (space ship); Syntho-Grav
Indexer Notes
Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
The Last Man!
comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- Larry; Hank; Larry's sister
- Synopsis
- Larry intends to set the new world's altitude record for an atmospheric balloon. When he reaches an altitude of 15 miles, he spots an atomic explosion on Earth, which proceedes to destroy everything on the planet. After some time, he lands back on the devastated planet, and finds a lone survivor: his sister!
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Brain!
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)
-
The Android!
comic story / 6 pages
- 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
- Ron Martin; Ron Martin (android); Ellen Corwin (android, secretary to Mr. Martin); Lita (Martin's wife); Cal Tennis (Ron's friend)
- Synopsis
- Married man Ronald Martin gets a new secretary that he had requested and immediately falls in love with her, not knowing anything about her. When a friend suggests building an android of Ron to be with Martin's wife so that Ron could run away and marry Ellen. Ron is all for it... until the unexpected rears its head.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)
-
- Keywords
- Telerena
Indexer Notes
Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
Chewed Out!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Gaines (cameo); Al Feldstein (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #12 (March-April 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
The story is based on Katharine MacLean's short story "Pictures Don't Lie".
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)
-
A Weighty Decision
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A three man rocket to the moon discovers a stowaway, whose extra weight jeopardizes the carefully calculated mission.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
This story has been controversally cited by Lawrence Watt-Evans and A.J. Budrys, among others, as an inspiration for Tom Godwin's THE COLD EQUATIONS which appeared in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction 1954/08
Saving for the Future
comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- Dr. Lloyd Brewster; Grace Brewster (Lloyd's wife, mention only); Ellen (Brewster's assistant and lover); Joe (a banker)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Brewster has created serum 129-A, which can put any creature, animal or human, into a state of indefinite suspended animation. When the good doctor's wife refuses to give her husband a divorce, Lloyd and his lover decide to use the serum on themselves, and remain in suspended animation until his wife has died. When they awaken five hundred years later, things look great... until something they hadn't counted on occurs, putting the entire world in danger!
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Moonstruck
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)
-
He Walked Among Us
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- In the year 2963 Jerome Kraft lands on a planet to catalog various life forms with four years of provisions. The rocket that dropped him off expects to return in four years but will later be destroyed and all records of Jerome's mission lost. Jerome encounters a primitive society and, using advanced technology, heals the sick and feeds the hungry. The people proclaim him their Savior sent by God, but he tells them that he is simply a man from a far distant star who possesses greater scientific advancement. The high priest orders Jerome brought before him and denounces the idea of other worlds as heresy. He tells Jerome that he must cease working his miracles for the poor and benefit only the wealthy. Jerome refuses. Thousands of years pass before another rocket lands on the planet and they find an advanced civilization. Many people wear curious designs around their neck and the space explorers ask what they represent. They are told it is a religious symbol representing a stretch rack, upon which their Savior was put to death.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)
-
Say Your Prayers
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
There'll Be Some Changes Made!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
Inside Story!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
Warning!
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
Strategy!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
They Shall Inherit
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)
-
The Martians!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)
-
Captivity
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (signed)
- Inks
- Al Williamson (signed)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hank (mineralogist); Lou (mineralogist)
- Synopsis
- Two mineralogists discover what they believe to be uranium in Monument Valley and decide to camp out near their find. But a electrical short in a generator causes an explosion and the duo find themselves hurled into a steaming tropical jungle during prehistoric times. When some aliens land in a spaceship, the pair discover they are in the midst of a large galactic zoo and their ancestors are being fed to the prehistoric beasts!
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)
-
- Keywords
- Monument Valley
Cunning!
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)
-
Miscalculation!
comic story / 6 pages
- 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
- Melvin Sputterly; Miss Winkleman (Melvin's neighbor); Mr. Hamish (building superintendent)
- Synopsis
- Melvin was a miserable, lonely man, who craved nothing more than someone to love. Then, one day, a package from the year 2952 arrived.....a package he didn't order....a package containing a De Lux Personal Harem Kit, containing five of the most beautiful harem girls ever dehydrated.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Bum Steer!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #15 (September-October 1952)
-
Joe Orlando
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
Indexer Notes
EC Artist of the Issue
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
Down to Earth
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
Space-Borne!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (signed)
- Inks
- Al Williamson (signed)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lon; Enid (Lon's wife); un-named alien being (Enid and Lon's son, death)
- Synopsis
- Some newlyweds blast off in a spaceship on their honeymoon, but Enid's heart is adversely affected during the journey and they land on a planet, realizing that she couldn't survive yet another take-off. Lon goes back to Earth for a pre-fab home and other supplies, and when he lands, he encounters a strange alien being and kills it.....then finds out the horrible truth about the creature!
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
The Green Man
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Carver De Waterfront
[no title indexed]
Cosmic Correspondence / letters page / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
Given the Heir!
comic story / 6 pages
- 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
- Seymour Watkins; Helen Watkins (Seymour's wife); Zenob Watkins (the Watkin's great-great grandson from the future)
- Synopsis
- Seymour refuses to marry Helen until he is rich, and one day he discovers a way to accomplish that goal, when he is visited by his relative from the year 2046. Together they conspire for Zenob to go back in time and murder a certain relative so that Seymour can become very wealthy.....but it backfires.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
- Keywords
- time travel; year 2046
Indexer Notes
Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
The People's Choice!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #16 (November-December 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
parody of "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" TV show
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)
-
Plucked!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)
-
The Island Monster
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (signed)
- Inks
- Al Williamson (signed); Larry Woromay
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mike Rose (Broadway promoter); un-named Captain of a chartered ship; Larry (member of expedition); island monster (death)
- Synopsis
- A Broadway promoter hears tales of an island monster, so he charters a ship and takes his expedition to that island, discoveres the creature, captures it and returns it to New York to be put on display at Madison Square Garden. Unknown to any of them, they too late discover the creature actually to be a peace-loving alien which came to Earth bringing a message of friendship from his home planet.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)
-
- Keywords
- Madison Square Garden
Indexer Notes
Williamson was behind on his deadlines and received extensive inking help from Woromay. Credit added by Craig Delich 2013-9-17.
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Cargo of the Hesperus!
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Carver De Waterfront
Off Day!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot and script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen
- Inks
- Jack Kamen
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Professor Stanley Dingle; Robbie (baseball player); Pee-Wee (baseball player); unnamed janitor
- Synopsis
- Professor Dingle deviates from his prepared presentation to discuss the breakdown on the law of averages.
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)
-
- Keywords
- Ebbets Field
Indexer Notes
Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
The Long Years!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original author); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #17 (January-February 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
An adaptation of a Ray Bradbury's Martian story.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #13 (May-June 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
On back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Wallace Wood
-
3.
A Gobl Is a Knog's Best Friend
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4.
The Last Man!
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5.
Brain!
-
6.
The Android!
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7.
Chewed Out!
-
8.
Notes
-
9.
[no title indexed]
-
10.
A Weighty Decision
-
11.
Saving for the Future
-
12.
Moonstruck
-
13.
He Walked Among Us
-
14.
Say Your Prayers
-
15.
[no title indexed]
-
16.
There'll Be Some Changes Made!
-
17.
Inside Story!
-
18.
Warning!
-
19.
Strategy!
-
20.
They Shall Inherit
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21.
[no title indexed]
-
22.
The Martians!
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23.
Captivity
-
24.
Cunning!
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25.
Miscalculation!
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26.
Bum Steer!
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27.
Joe Orlando
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28.
[no title indexed]
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29.
Down to Earth
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30.
Space-Borne!
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31.
The Green Man
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32.
[no title indexed]
Cosmic Correspondence -
33.
Given the Heir!
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34.
The People's Choice!
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35.
[no title indexed]
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36.
Plucked!
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37.
The Island Monster
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38.
Cargo of the Hesperus!
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39.
Off Day!
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40.
The Long Years!
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41.
[no title indexed]
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