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Weird Science comic books issue 1

  • Issue #1
    Weird Science (1992 Russ Cochran/Gemstone) 1

    Edited by William M. Gaines. Cover by Albert B. Feldstein. Stories by Albert B. Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, and Jack Kamen. Strange, suspenseful tales of horror and science fiction—this is Weird Science! Reprinted from the classic 1950s EC series of the same name. 36 pages, full color. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

  • Issue #1(12)
    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 1(12)
    Published May 1950 by EC.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3982811005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Harry Harrison, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. Numbering continues from Saddle Romances (1949) #11. EC's influential sci-fi title featured some of the legendary SF artists of comics history. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 12. The issue pictured here, dated May-June 1950, although numbered 12, is the actual # 1 in the series. The one dated May-June 1952 is issue # 12 in the series. NOTE 2: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (See E.C. Classic Reprints #11). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Scientist Karl accidentally ingests a shrinking formula and finds himself entering succeedingly smaller universes, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. A man who is constantly dreaming is never sure when he's awake, with art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood. Alien invaders leave a strange crater in the desert. Classic cover by Al Feldstein. Lost in the Microcosm; Dream of Doom; Murder in the 21st Century; Experiment in Death; By the Dark of the Moon; Things From Outer Space! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Weird Science-Fantasy (1992 Russ Cochran/Gemstone) 1

    Reprints. Cover art by Wallace Wood. "The Children," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood; Colonists on a new world have their children taken from them by the government. "Fish Story," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Al Williamson; The fish life forms on a distant strange blue planet are faced with their fading sun soon going nova and exploding, only to leave their planet without life-sustaining oxygen; Then they see an alien vessel approaching and fill it with water and drown the crew inside, and take the ship back to Earth in hopes that their water areas will provide a new home. "Ninth Wonder" text story. "The Flying Machine," script by Ray Bradbury and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Bernie Krigstein; When Emperor Yuan discovers that a villager has learned how to create a flying machine he has him killed so the secret won't fall into the wrong hands. "Fair Trade," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; After a nuclear holocaust, a tribe sells Manhattan Island to aliens. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.50.

  • Issue #1
    Weird Science (1990 Gladstone) 1

    Reprints: Al Williamson, Wally Wood, George Evans, and Joe Orlando art, 64 pages Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    EC Archives Weird Science TPB (2022 Dark Horse) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Science (1950-1953 E.C.) #1-6 (NOTE: #1-4 were originally numbered 12-15).

    Written by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines, Gardner Fox, and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Wally Wood, Harry Harrison, and Al Feldstein. Cover by Al Feldstein. Introduction by Grant Geissman. Foreword by George Lucas.

    Find out what made EC among the most influential comic book lines ever in this complete and newly re-colored collection! Featuring seminal stories by Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Harry Harrison, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, and Graham Ingles from the first six issues of this pivotal comic book title!

    Softcover, 216 pages, full color.

    Cover price $19.99.

  • Issue #1A-1ST
    EC Archives Weird Science HC (2006-2015 Gemstone/Dark Horse) 1A-1ST

    Gemstone Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Science (1950-1953 E.C.) #1-6.

    Star Wars creator George Lucas kicks off the full-color, chronological, hardcover presentation of the EC Comics line with a foreword introducing readers to the wonders of Weird Science. Included are stories by Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines and others with art by legendary illustrators such as Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Feldstein and others from the first six issues of this pivotal comic book title!

    Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., full color.

    NOTE: Published by Gemstone.

    Cover price $49.95.

  • Issue #1B-1ST
    EC Archives Weird Science HC (2006-2015 Gemstone/Dark Horse) 1B-1ST

    Dark Horse Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Science (1950-1953 E.C.) #1-6.

    Find out what made EC among the most influential comic book lines ever in this complete and newly recolored collection!

    Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color.

    NOTE: Published by Dark Horse.

    Cover price $49.95.