The Bank Street Book of Science Fiction

(September 1989)

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

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

A Message from Bank Street (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Zimmerman ?

Letters

typeset

Teddi (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Andre Norton (credited) (story); Jon Zimmerman (credited as Dwight Jon Zimmerman)

Pencils

Alex Niño (credited)

Inks

Bruce Solotoff (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Population crisis planing session:

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Joboy; Tam; El-Su

Synopsis

People who refuse genetic modification are captured and sent to prepare a new planet for colonization.

Keywords

aliens; space travel; telepathy

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story published in the anthology Adventure from Way Out (Western Publishing Company, 1973.

Final Exam (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jon Zimmerman (credited as Dwight Jon Zimmerman) (adaptation); Thomas Scortia (story)

Pencils

Delfin Barral (credited)

Inks

Alex Niño (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doug! What happened?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Doug; Mary; Mr. Renken

Synopsis

Doug and Mary invent a laser powered weapon.

Keywords

Galactic Federation; Lasers

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story first published in the anthology The Other Side of Tomorrow (Random House, 1973)

In the Arena (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Aldiss (credited as Brian W. Aldiss) (story); Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno) (adaptation)

Pencils

Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno)

Inks

Leslie Sternbergh (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The stink and the noise at the back

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Javlin Bartramm; Ik So Baar; Awn

Synopsis

Javlin has won many solo fights in the arena but now he must team up with a woman for his next fight against two deadly opponents.

Keywords

aliens

Indexer Notes

Adapted from a short story first published in the magazine Worlds of If (Galaxy Publishing Corporation, July 1963)

Prone (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jon Zimmerman (credited as Dwight Jon Zimmerman) (adaptation); Mack Reynolds (story)

Pencils

Rurik Tyler (credited)

Inks

Rurik Tyler (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

General Bentley, what

Genre

science fiction

Characters

General Bentley; Mitchell Farthingworth; Doctor Duclos; Lieutenant Brown

Synopsis

Mitchell Farthingworth is accident prone and the Space Marines must figure out a way to deal with him.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story first published in the The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Fantasy House, Inc., September 1954)

The Tweener (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Leigh Brackett (credited) (story); Don Kraar (credited) (adaptation)

Pencils

John Pierard (credited)

Inks

John Pierard (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't understand it, Fred.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Matt; Fred; Josh; Barbie

Synopsis

An astronaut returning from Mars brings with him an alien life form as a pet.

Keywords

alien; astronaut; John Carter; Mars

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Fantasy House, Inc., February 1955)

The Fun They Had (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Isaac Asimov (credited) (story); Jon Zimmerman (credited as Dwight Jon Zimmerman) (adaptation)

Pencils

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Inks

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Entry name: Margie.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Margie; Tommy

Synopsis

Tommy finds an old book that describes what school was like hundreds of years ago.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story that first appeared in the children's newspaper Boys and Girls Page (NEA, December 1951)

Eripmav (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bhob Stewart (credited) (adaptation); Damon Knight (story)

Pencils

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Inks

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We came to the planet Veegl on

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Xixl

Synopsis

Space travellers trap and kill an alien vampire.

Keywords

alien; vampire

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Mercury Press Inc., June 1958)

Zoo (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Huszar (credited as Robert Huszar) (adaptation); Edward D. Hoch (story)

Pencils

Rurik Tyler (credited)

Inks

Rurik Tyler (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The children were always good

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Hugo

Synopsis

Once a year Professor Hugo brings his Interplanetary Zoo to various Earth cities.

Keywords

aliens; spaceship

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story first published in Fantastic Universe (King-Size Publications Inc., June 1958)

In the Abyss (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

H. G. Wells (credited) (story); John Pierard (credited) (adaptation)

Pencils

John Pierard (credited)

Inks

John Pierard (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

January 5, 1896, The freighter

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Wheybridge; Elstead

Synopsis

Elstead descends deep into the ocean and discovers strange creatures inhabiting the ocean floor.

Keywords

undersea

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story first published in Pearson's Magazine (C. Arthur Pearson, August 1896)

Prototaph (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Keith Laumer (credited) (story); Fredric Lere (adaptation)

Pencils

Fredric Lere (credited)

Inks

Fredric Lere (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I was sweating bullets by the

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

In the future a man is denied life insurance by the computer.

Kindergarten (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Pierard (credited) (adaptation); James E. Gunn (story)

Pencils

John Pierard (credited)

Inks

Alex Niño (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Teacher told my parents that I am the slowest

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A child god creates life.

Over the River and Through the Woods (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Clifford Simak (story); Byron Gohr (adaptation)

Pencils

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Inks

Evan Dorkin (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Paul Forbes; Ellen Forbes

Synopsis

Children are sent back in time to spare them from the final conflict.

Keywords

time travel

The Biography Project (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

H. L. Gold (credited) (story); Bhob Stewart (credited) (adaptation)

Pencils

Delfin Burral (credited)

Inks

Delfin Burral (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The opening of the biofilm institute

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Arlington Prescott; Wellman Zatz; Isaac Newton

Synopsis

Prescott invents a camera that can capture images of the past.

Dreamworld (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Isaac Asimov (credited) (story); Bhob Stewart (credited) (adaptation)

Pencils

Richard Eisenhart (credited)

Inks

Alex Niño (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At thirteen, Edward Keller

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Edward Keller; Aunt Clara

Synopsis

Richard fears he is trapped in a dream.

Candy Boy (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Zimmerman (credited) (story); Sy Reit (credited as Seymour Reit) (story); Barbara Brenner (story); Gwendolyn Smith (adaptation)

Pencils

Gary Fields (credited)

Inks

Gary Fields (credited)

Letters

Gary Fields (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Willie Jones was

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Willie Jones [Candy Boy]; Andromackie

Synopsis

Willie discovers aliens in a miniature spaceship.

Keywords

aliens; spaceship