The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #24 - The Martian Monster and Other Stories

(February 2019)

The Martian Monster and Other Stories (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (illustration)

Inks

Jack Kamen (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page with an image of two robots.

The Martian Monster and Other Stories (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page and indicia.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents with images from interior stories on the edges of the pages.

Kosmic Kamen (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Thommy Burns (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited) (illustration)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited) (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Something light, humorous, pretty women, a little sex, a little double entendre..."

Indexer Notes

Essay on the stories included in this volume along with a photo of and art by Kamen.

Experiment... in Death (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

The Men of Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein ?

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Holly (death); Phelps (death); Professor Marvin Strand (death); inhabitants of the silent city (all die)

Synopsis

Am expedition, sans the native bearers who were too scared to continue on, becomes the first men to reach what they believe is the fabled Kador Valley. There they discover a strange, silent city, and one of its many inhabitants who does not speak, but is telepathic. The group is captured, but soon learn that their presence has unprecedented consequences.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series) #13 (May-June 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Kador Valley

The Micro-Race! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Story inspired by "Fessenden's Worlds" by Edmond Hamilton.

The Trap of Time! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Don Hartley (physicist, death); Professor Angus MacIntosh (Hartley's former college professor); Adele Hartley (Don's wife, death)

Synopsis

Professor MacIntosh attempts to dissuade his former pupil from building a time machine for the purpose of returning to the night of the accident that took his wife's life and change events in order to spare her life. The machine sends him back to 1946, but the attempt to save her fails.....then the professor suggests an alternative plan with unexpected consequences.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series) #14 (July-August 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

1946; reincarnation

The Eternal Man (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #14 (September-October 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

I Died Tomorrow! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Fred Davis (University President); unnamed bookie; Ernest Pavlonis (villain, physicist)

Synopsis

Physicist Pavlonis seeks employment at a university, but is told by the President Davis of the university that the staff has no openings. Later on, the scientist calls the university head and tells him that he has invented a time machine and wants to prove it to the skeptic man. Experiencing time travel, Davis decides to use this invention to make a fortune on horse racing. But the scientist has his own ideas after Davis threatens to smash the machine if the physicist will not sell it to him.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series) #15 (September-October 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

I Created a ... Gargantua! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Second Childhood (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. John Clayton (scientist); Betty Drake Clayton (Clayton's lab assistant, later wife)

Synopsis

Dr. Clayton has discovered how to halt the aging process through injections of hormones manufactured from the spleen. When his assistant tells the scientist of her love for him, he balks because he is twice her age. Then he gets the idea of treating himself with the hormone and all seems well until... he becomes a child in his wife's arms.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series) #16 (November-December 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

The Man Who Was Killed in Time! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Jack + Bart Kamen); Bart Kamen (signed as Jack + Bart Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Jack + Bart Kamen); Bart Kamen (signed as Jack + Bart Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Prediction of Disaster! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Henley Horton; unnamed Coogen (Dean of State University); unnamed Secretary of State University; John D. Pentport III; Ken (newspaper reporter)

Synopsis

Professor Horton discovers that the Beta Orion is going nova and about to explode... and does. Then he makes a startling discovery: one can determine when a star is about to explode by noting an excess of infra-red rays. He successfully proves that theory, then accidentally discovers that the Earth's sun is about to go nova and seeks to warn the world.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series) #17 (January-February 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Beta Orion; Daily Bugle; Gamma Pegasus; State University

Divide and Conquer (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

... And Then There Were Two! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Dimiti Volham (mention only); unnamed soldiers; robots

Synopsis

American soldiers land on an atoll, ordered to remove any native inhabitants so that the U.S. government could conduct a hydrogen bomb test there. The natives have told the government that iron gods live on the atoll and soon the soldiers discover two of these "gods" (actually robots), which tell the men of their creator, and then are taken back to America.

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Hydrogen Bomb; New York; robots; Times Square

Something Missing! (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #7 (May-June 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Come Into My Parlor (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #7 (May-June 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Beyond Repair (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #8 (July-August 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

It Did'nt Matter (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #8 (July-August 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Note this is the spelling of the title in the story.

The Martian Monster (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #9 (September-October 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

The Duplicates (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as JACK KAMEN)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #9 (September-October 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Reducing... Costs! (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Jack Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Jack Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #10 (November-December 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

A Timely Shock! (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Jack Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Jack Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #10 (November-December 1951) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Swipe of Fritz Leiber's "Nice Girl With Five Husbands"

Sacrifice.... (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein ?

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

?

Genre

romance

Reprints

• from Modern Love (EC, 1949 series) #7 (June-July 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Introduction states, "'Sacrifice' is assumed to be written by Feldstein."

I Had Two Husbands! (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

?

Genre

romance

Reprints

• from Modern Love (EC, 1949 series) #8 (August-September 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Jack Kamen (Table of Contents: 27)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ringgenberg (credited as S. C. Ringgenberg)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited) (illustration)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited) (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jack was always very jolly.

Indexer Notes

Biography of Kamen with a photo of him and art by him.

Behind the Panels (Table of Contents: 28)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Janice Lee; Bill Mason

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Biographies of Al Feldstein, Gardner Fox, Bill Gaines.

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Indexer Notes

Illustration of a man staring at a tiny woman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Indexer Notes

Illustration of a boy sitting on a planet, reading Weird Fantasy.

Crime, Horror, Terror, Gore, Depravity, Disrespect for Established Authority - and Science Fiction Too! The Ups and Downs of EC Comics (Table of Contents: 31)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Ted White (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

M.C. Gaines was both a practical man...

Reprints

• from The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #1 - Corpse On the Imjin and Other Stories (August 2012)

The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

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

Sci-fi classics from an EC Comics great! (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

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