Weird Science #5

(January-February 1951)

Made of the Future! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)

Inks

Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #1 ([1980])
• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
• in I Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #3 (maggio 1991)
• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #5 (September 1993)
• in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #1 (novembre 2006)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #6 - Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories (July 2013)

Indexer Notes

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

Return (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein (also plot); William Gaines (plot)

Pencils

Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

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

• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #1 ([1980])
• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
• in I Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #4 ([giugno 1991])
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #7/1991 (uke 42 1991)
• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #5 (September 1993)
• in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #1 (novembre 2006)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #12 - Spawn of Mars and Other Stories (January 2015)
• in Aus dem EC-Archiv - Wally Wood (All Verlag, 2018 series) #1 (Dezember 2018)

Indexer Notes

Plot additions and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Progress (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #1 ([1980])
• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #5 (September 1993)

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

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

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

The Last War On Earth (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

Marie Severin

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

• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #1 ([1980])
• in I Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #3 (maggio 1991)
• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #5 (September 1993)
• in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #1 (novembre 2006)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #27 - Man and Superman and Other Stories (2020)
• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #2

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: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen; Bart Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen; Bart Kamen (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1980 series) #1 ([1980])
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #3 [1988] (uke 17 1988)
• in I Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror (Edizioni B.S.D., 1991 series) #3 (maggio 1991)
• in Weird Science (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) #5 (September 1993)
• in Nemi (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2003 series) #17 ([august] 2004) [2. translation]
• in Weird Science (001 Edizioni, 2006 series) #1 (novembre 2006)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #24 - The Martian Monster and Other Stories (February 2019)
• in Phantastische Geschichten (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1986 series) #2

Indexer Notes

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