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Issue: Weird Science #14
Publication Date: September 1950
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Issues: #14 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 06/05/1950
Volume:
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: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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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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reprinted 17 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006 as I suoni da un altro mondo! [Story on Interior Page(s)] original title: The sound from another World
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagWeird Science Annual #1 published January 1994
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #14 [3] published October 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #3 published May 1991
as Suspenstorie Fantastiche. Vi sfidiamo a leggere! [Illustration on Cover, Front]original cover
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #3 published March 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Destruction of the Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #14 [3] published October 1950
as Destruction of the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #3 published March 1993
as Destruction of the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Distruzione della Terra! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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The Sounds from Another World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roald Dahl (story); Harvey Kurtzman (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #14 [3] published October 1950
as The Sounds From Another World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGeluiden uit een andere wereld #[nn] published October 1989
as Geluiden uit een andere wereld [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1990 published January 1990
as Lyder fra en annen verden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #3 published March 1993
as The Sounds from Another World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Based on "The Sound Machine" by Roald Dahl.

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

Much of the story is told in flashback.
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Failure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #14 [3] published October 1950
as Failure [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Machine from Nowhere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Harrison ?
Penciller(s): Wally Wood [as Harrison] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Harrison [as Harrison] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #14 [3] published October 1950
as Machine From Nowhere [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #3 published March 1993
as Machine from Nowhere [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as La macchina venuta dal nulla [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script revision from Feldstein to Harrison ? and penciler revision from Harrison to Wood courtesy of Bill Mason in "Spawn of Mars" from Fantagraphics.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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The Eternal Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen
Inker(s): Jack Kamen
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #14 [3] published October 1950
as The Eternal Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #3 published March 1993
as The Eternal Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as L'uomo eterno [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

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