(July-August 1952)

EC, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fables Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Editing
Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor); Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Inks
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
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There'll Be Some Changes Made! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Inks
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We are sixty-two light years from Earth when it happens!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A group of space explorers land on the planet Gastropodia and meet the locals. Commander Morrison falls in love with the beautiful Luwana and decides to stay behind to marry her as his crew leaves for Earth. He wonders why the inhabitants of the planet all have special igloo like shells they dart into when frightened. He later learns that they are a species of humanoid hermaphroditic snails and to his horror Luwana changes genders into a male.
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Indexer Notes

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

Inside Story! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plotter); Al Feldstein
Pencils
Bill Elder (signed as Elder)
Inks
Bill Elder (signed as Elder)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The gathered curious milled about the prostrate figure...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Doctor Bowles; unnamed coroner; unnamed police lieutenant; unnamed secretary of state; Professor Halpert Steinwell; General Omarhower; Smedley Throbbins (villain); Tony Bellano (villain, death); Charlie Grodsky (villain, death); Joe Erickton (villain, death)
Synopsis
The authorities try to figure how several notorious criminals suddenly die and are discovered to have no heart, lung or stomach, while critically ill patients suddenly recover from their maladies involving those major organs. When they call in Smedley Throbbins, they get their answer: the man simply entered the 4th Dimension, surgically removed the organs in question without cutting through the skin, and then, using surgical techniques, placed them in the patients' bodies. He then disappears into another dimension so he can't be prosecuted for murder.
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Keywords
The Daily Star; The Morning Globe

Warning! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Shape shifting aliens morph into coins so they can get at and kill world leaders in their plan to conquer Earth.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jim Parry, Warren Shane, Peter Davidson, Charmian Drew, Roddy DeVoe, and Frosty Horne.

Strategy! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Sid Check (signed as Sid Check)
Inks
Sid Check (signed as Sid Check)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This story takes place in the year 2152...
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
In the year 2152, a group of aliens kill a man and steal his brain so they can study it and learn about Earthlings for plans of conquest of Earth. By reading his thoughts they are unimpressed by the primitive technology and weapons of Earthlings and decide to attack. Earth's defence forces strike back and destroy the alien ship with ease. It turns out the man they had killed was a mental patient and believed he was Napoleon Bonaparte. His delusions led the aliens to believe it was early 19th century Earth.
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Indexer Notes

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

They Shall Inherit (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed as Orlando)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed as Orlando)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The screaming siren wailed its persistant warning!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A leak at a nuclear plant causes some of the rats to become intelligent. As a couple of scientists work on a time machine they discover that far into the future rats have become English speaking, clothes wearing, bipedal intelligent beings who have eradicated humans and cats.
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Indexer Notes

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. There'll Be Some Changes Made!
  3. 2. Inside Story!
  4. 3. Warning!
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Cosmic Correspondence
  6. 5. Strategy!
  7. 6. They Shall Inherit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Chris Boyko
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Tom Vincent
  • Mike White