EC Archives: Weird Science #1

(2006)

Acknowledgements (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Russ Cochran (credited)

Letters

typeset

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Foreword (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Lucas (credited)

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited)

Colors

Marie Severin (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950)

Lost in the Microcosm (Table of Contents: 5)

A Fanta-Science SuspenStory! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (credited) (co-plot); Al Feldstein (credited) (co-plot, script); Henry Hasse (original story, uncredited)

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Karl; Professor Dreeben; Professor Einstadt (flashback)

Synopsis

Karl visits Professor Dreeben and tells him of a Professor Einstadt he once worked for that perfected a shrinking solution. Accidentally, Karl subjects himself to the solution and begins shrinking, eventually reaching, momentarily, another civilization, where he shrinks from their view. He finally reaches another civilization, where Professor Dreeben exists and tells him the story....before he shrinks out of view again!

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950)

Indexer Notes

Swipe of the story "He Who Shrank" by Henry Hasse (first published in Amazing Stories for August 1936).

Dream of Doom (Table of Contents: 6)

A Psycho-Science SuspenStory! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Harrison ?

Pencils

Harry Harrison (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

Josh Jones (credited as Joshua G. Jones)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Arthur Bristol (comic artist); Adelle Bristol (Arthur's wife); Dr. Froyd; Gill Baines (Arthur's publisher); Windsor (comic artist); Newton (comic artist); Bill Kurtz (comic artist, death)

Synopsis

Arthur Bristol is a man who is constantly dreaming... a man who never really knows when he is actually awake.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950)

Indexer Notes

Much of the story is told in a series of dreams (flashbacks).

It's easy to see that the Gill Baines (reverse the first initials) is Bill Gaines and Bill Kurtz is actually Harvey Kurtzman in this story; Johnny Craig also appears as a character.

Murder in the 21st Century! (Table of Contents: 7)

An Eerie-Science SuspenStory! / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Al Feldstein

Inks

Al Feldstein

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man tries to kill the man he thinks is cheating with his wife. It turns out it was a robot she had planned to surprise him with as a gift.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950)

Indexer Notes

Text story with single panel illustration.

Experiment... in Death (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited)

Colors

Liz A. Rost (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Two scientists experiment with reviving the dead after the subject has been deceased for 15 minutes. They test their experiments on a dog not realizing that after reviving from death, the subject has complete brain damage.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950)

By the Dark of the Moon (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Al Feldstein

Inks

Al Feldstein

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man kills his coworker and has his girlfriend back him up as an alibi. He tells the police that he was out for a moonlit stroll with her the night the murder happened. His story is debunked when the police tell him that a total lunar eclipse occurred that night making his moonlit stroll story a lie.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950)

Indexer Notes

Text story with single panel illustration.

Images to Tell a Story (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Grant Geissman (credited)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

"Things" from Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 11)

A Weird-Science SuspenStory! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A scientist and his assistant discover metal in the desert and deduce it's from a spacecraft from another galaxy. They encounter one of the aliens who looks just like a human save for a third eye hidden on its forehead. The alien reveals that his kind have infiltrated society and plan on taking over the planet.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #12 (May-June 1950)

A Man with a Plan (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Grant Geissman (credited)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Flying Saucer Invasion (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

Marie Severin (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950)

The Flying Saucer Invasion (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

Liz A. Rost (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The Secretary of Defense debunks numerous people across America who have claimed to have seen a flying saucer, not realizing that a wave of flying saucers are targeting Earth at that very moment.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950)

The Meteor Monster (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Harrison ?

Pencils

Harry Harrison (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

Josh Jones (credited as Joshua G. Jones)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bill Manning; Edna Manning (Bill's wife); Charlie (blind man); King (Charlie's seeing-eye dog); Hank; alien creature (villain, death)

Synopsis

One evening a farm couple are disturbed when a meteor suddenly plunges to Earth on their property. When Bill finds the meteor, a strange creature emerges from it and hynotizes the man, and forces him to take it to his home, where it hynotizes the wife as well. In fact, everyone who comes into contact with the alien creature falls under its spell....that is except one, who is blind, and whom the being considers dangerous to him.....with good reason!

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950)

Experiment (Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Physicists have developed a powerful ray that they hope can reach the moon. The problem is, the ray is so powerful, it locks onto the moon and starts pulling it towards the Earth!

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950)

Indexer Notes

Text story with single panel illustration.

The Micro-Race (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A recluse scientist creates a miniature race and watches as they evolve. When they reach the point of developing powerful weapons for war, they destroy themselves by blowing up their World.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950)

Indexer Notes

The basic premise and some plot points are taken from Theodore Sturgeon's story "Microcosmic God", published in Astounding Science Fiction, April 1941.

Sands of Time (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A mysterious growing wall of sand appears near an orchard in South Carolina in 1886. 100 years later in 1986, it has almost completely engulfed the United States.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950)

Indexer Notes

Text story with single panel illustration.

Keeping the Presses Rolling (Table of Contents: 19)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Grant Geissman (credited)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

---The Man Who Raced Time (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Colors

Liz A. Rost (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bruce Dupont; Christine; Julius Quantum (villain, death)

Synopsis

Bruce and Julius are vying for the honor of becoming the new Chairman of the Physics Department, and Bruce wins out. But Julius is very bitter and storms back to his lab, musing that any scientist who has created an invention like the Spherical Accelerator should have had the job. Julius uses the machine on himself, with success. But when he discovers that Bruce and Christine are to be wed that very afternoon, he plots a "special" revenge upon the two, but it backfires with tragic results.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #13 (July-August 1950)

Keywords

Spherical Accelerator

The Torch Is Passed (Table of Contents: 21)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Grant Geissman (credited)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

Marie Severin (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #14 (September-October 1950)

Destruction of the Earth (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

Anna Bolhis (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An atomic bomb test near Bikini Atoll goes horribly wrong and causes a chain reaction that knocks the Earth into the Sun destroying it.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #14 (September-October 1950)

The Sounds from Another World! (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Colors

Josh Jones (credited as Joshua G. Jones)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Henry Sonotown; unnamed gardener; Martha Sonotown (Henry's wife); Doctor Ballview (neighbor of Henry and Martha); Flora Forner (Henry and Martha's neighbor)

Synopsis

As a gardener is about to trim a hedge, a professor stops him and tells him the story as to why he shouldn't do any trimming. It seems he developed a machine that could allow him to actually hear trees, flowers and other such vegetation, and that when anything happened to any of these things, they would cry out in pain!

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #14 (September-October 1950)

Keywords

Batgate Sanitarium; Plainville

Indexer Notes

Based on "The Sound Machine" by Roald Dahl.

Much of the story is told in flashback.

Failure (Table of Contents: 25)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Professor Crandall creates an artificial Sun in his lab. When he creates a bigger one to show his colleagues, it destroys the entire town.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #14 (September-October 1950)

Machine from Nowhere (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Harrison ?

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited)

Inks

Harry Harrison (credited) (signed as Harrison)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Donalson; Dave (inventor)

Synopsis

Professor Donalson is called over to his inventor-friend's home to view a device that Dave has created but doesn't even know what it is. He tells the professor that he had been working on a molecular wave theory and his dreams at night gave him the idea for the device.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #14 (September-October 1950)

Keywords

Robot Eye; the year 3002

The Eternal Man (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited)

Colors

Liz A. Rost (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The brilliant Dr. Einheim creates a living thinking robot with his face to carry on his research after he dies.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #14 (September-October 1950)

A "New Trend" in Comics (Table of Contents: 28)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Grant Geissman (credited)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

Marie Severin (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950)

Panic! (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited) (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An alien invasion hoax is being broadcast on the radio, while aliens from Jupiter are invading at the same time. Listeners think the real invasion is part of the show. This story was inspired by Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds. The radio broadcaster in this story is named Carson Walls.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950)

The Radioactive Child! (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Colors

Joshua G. Harris (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Luis Martinez (death); Rosa Martinez (Luis' wife, death); Pedro Martinez (Luis and Rosa's son); Argenta President Perez (villain, dictator, death); Garcia (villain, Argenta's Propaganda Minister, death); General Diego (villain, death)

Synopsis

Luis and Rosa are aboard their fishing boat, having survived the atomic bomb explosion.....but both were affected by the harmful radiation. Luis is dying and disappointed that he won't live to see the birth of their child. Somehow, however, Rosa survived, making it back to their home in Argenta and giving birth to a boy, Pedro. Knowing her days are numbered, she takes Pedro to the President's office, but passes away before she can see him. The President soon discovers this young child, due to radiation, has become a genius, and is made the new Prime Minister of the nation.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950)

Keywords

Argenta; Bikini Atoll

Indexer Notes

This story picks up at the moment the story, "Atomic Bomb Thief" (Weird Fantasy #14), leaves off.

Robots! (Table of Contents: 32)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man creates an army of robots he hopes will help him conquer the world, but they turn on him instead.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Cosmic Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Miss J. Smith, David P. Alterbaum, and Shlomie's Magazine and Uranium Emporium.

House, in Time! (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Graham Ingels (credited)

Inks

Graham Ingels (credited)

Colors

Liz A. Rost (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A couple rent a home whose back door leads into the prehistoric past.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950)

Gargantua! (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited, signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited, signed)

Colors

Anna Bolhis (credited); Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A scientist helps a puny man grow tall by manipulating his pituitary gland. The procedure backfires and causes him to grow uncontrollably, eventually growing to be 700 feet tall!

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1950 series) #15 (November-December 1950)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Colors

Marie Severin (credited)

Letters

Al Feldstein; ?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951)

Keywords

atomic bomb

Made of the Future! (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Colors

Josh Jones (credited as Joshua G. Jones)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man who gets dumped by his fiancee stumbles upon a group of travelers from the year 2150 who are sightseeing the 1950s. He accompanies them back to their time period and using their technology builds himself the perfect woman who he returns back to his time period with.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951)

Return (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited, signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited, signed)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Zak; Albo; Professor von Kugon

Synopsis

A group of space travelers leave their own planet to visit a planet nine years away.....a planet that 500,000 years before was home to their own ancestors, and was plagued by constant warfare. When they land, they discover nothing has changed in all those years, as the planet faces yet another atomic war.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951)

Progress (Table of Contents: 39)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An old man with an abacus challenges the powerful super computer "Foto-Metritron-Tabulator" in a contest to see who can solve mathematical equations quicker.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Cosmic Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jim Parry, Don Fuller, and "Pedro, the Radioactive Child."

The Last War on Earth (Table of Contents: 41)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Colors

Anna Bolhis (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Harlow (death); Arthur (the professor's assistant, death?); Katey Mulrooney; Mike Flanagan; Pat Flanagan; Joe (newspaper worker)

Synopsis

Arthur is having a discussion with Professor Harlow, claiming that as long as man is alive on Earth, there will be wars. But the professor doesn't necessarily agree with that assertion. Arthur gives an example of how a group of people can band together to violently face a threat from the outside, and the professor conjectures that possibly a threat from outside the Earth would unite all nations together as one to ward off that threat, and possibly end war once and for all. That threat does come: from Mars!

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951)

Keywords

United Press Service

Indexer Notes

The masthead reads: "...and now, let's tell you about The Last War on Earth".

Killed in Time! (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited, signed); Bart Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited, signed); Bart Kamen (signed)

Colors

Liz A. Rost (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

In the present, a man accidently runs over and kills himself from 14 hours in the future.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #5 (January-February 1951)

Indexer Notes

Kamen's then five year old son "helped" the art by defacing it with childish scrawls. Kamen then held Bart's hand and guided it to retouch the art. Kamen felt Bart deserved art credit.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Colors

Marie Severin (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951)

Spawn of Venus (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Feldstein (credited, signed)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Cranshaw; Baxter; Barnes; Crawford; John Whitley; Bertrum Whitley

Synopsis

Astronauts on a trip to Venus bring an innocent looking flower back to Earth only to find out that when the flower blooms it releases a monster.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951)

Man and Superman! (Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (credited)

Colors

Josh Jones (credited as Joshua G. Jones)

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Niels Urey Vannevar (atomic physicist); Charlemagne Farbish (Niel's brother)

Synopsis

Neils is working on increasing the mass of the atom without changing its structure, but his brother is only interested in his body-building. Charlemagne does agree to go to Neil's lab, and while Neils steps out of the room, Charlemagne decides to expose himself to the rays of Neils' machine, which gives him tremendous strength, like that of a superman. Unfortunately, as Charlemagne expends his energy, he begins to tire and lose that strength and disappears, being burnt up in a burst of energy.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951)

Dilemma (Table of Contents: 46)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A sick man needs fermented liquids to survive and after being treated with experimental drugs, now causes everything he touches to turn into moonshine.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Cosmic Correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Don Fuller, Paul Gammon, Jerry Webb, Estelle Kurtzman, and Ken Johnson.

Sinking of the Titanic! (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited, signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited, signed)

Colors

Anna Bolhis (credited); Josh Jones (credited as Joshua G. Jones)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

historical; science fiction

Characters

George Seymore [also as George Temporal (death)] (British physicist); John Seymore (George's father, death, flashback); Mrs. Seymore (George's mother, death, flashback)

Synopsis

After ten years work, a noted British physicist creates a time-traveling machine, intending to go back in time to prevent the sinking of the ill-fated ship Titanic. The reason: his late parents were aboard that vessel and saved his life by giving theirs. However, by strange quirk of fate, George causes the very disaster he went back in time to prevent, but also saved himself as a boy before he died saving him.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951)

Keywords

Temporal-Traveling Capacitor; Titanic

Divide and Conquer (Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (credited)

Inks

Jack Kamen (credited)

Colors

Leona D. Cahoj (credited)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A scientist finds out his wife is planning to kill him, so he injects her with a solution that causes her to undergo binary fission and shrink. Eventually there are over a thousand mini versions of her which he then stamps underfoot like ants.

Reprints

• from Weird Science (EC, 1951 series) #6 (March-April 1951)

Indexer Notes

Inspired by "A Scientist Divides" by Donald Wandrei.