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Issue: Weird Science #12
Publication Date: May 1950
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/07/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover and interior
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWeird Science #12 [1] published June 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWeird Science #1 published September 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagNemi #17 published August 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Fantastiche storie di suspense. Vi sfidiamo a leggere! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Johnny Craig; Al Feldstein
Johnny Craig; Al Feldstein
?
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Lost in the Microcosm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
science fiction
A Fanta-Science SuspenStory!
Karl; Professor Dreeben; Professor Einstadt (flashback)
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!
Reprinting
FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1989 published January 1989
as Fortapt i mikrokosmos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published September 1992
as Lost in the Microcosm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Perso nel microcosmo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Swipe of the story "He Who Shrank" by Henry Hasse (first published in Amazing Stories for August
1936).

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

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
Dream of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Harrison ?
Harry Harrison
Wally Wood
?
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
science fiction
A Psycho-Science SuspenStory!
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)
Arthur Bristol is a man who is constantly dreaming... a man who never really knows when he is actually awake.
Reprinting
FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1989 published January 1989
as Som en drøm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published September 1992
as Dream of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Sogno fatale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Script revision from Al Feldstein to Harry Harrison?, penciler revision from Wally Wood to Harrison, and letter credit by Craig Delich.

Script and penciler revisions courtesy of Bill Mason as found in "Spawn of Mars" hardcover by Fantagraphics.

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!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Al Feldstein
Al Feldstein
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
An Eerie-Science SuspenStory!
Reprinting
FlagWeird Science #1 published September 1992
as Murder in the 21st Century [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Text story with single panel illustration.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Experiment... in Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Jack Kamen
Jack Kamen
?
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWeird Science #1 published September 1992
as Experiment ... In Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Esperimento... di morte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
By the Dark of the Moon

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Al Feldstein
Al Feldstein
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWeird Science #1 published September 1992
as By The Dark of the Moon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Text story with single panel illustration.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
"Things" from Outer Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
?
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
science fiction
A Weird-Science SuspenStory!
Reprinting
FlagWeird Science #1 published September 1992
as Things from Outer Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as "Cose" dallo spazio profondo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

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