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Issue: Weird Fantasy #6
Publication Date: March 1951
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Issues: #6 of 17 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/10/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines (editor); Al Feldstein (associate editor)
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
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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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): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #18 [6] published April 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #6 published January 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig
Inker(s): Johnny Craig
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Space-Warp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (plot); Al Feldstein (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
Character(s): Captain Frank Carter (rocketship pilot); Martha Stanton (Frank's fiancee, Hank's eventual wife, death); Hank (Frank's friend); Professor Hartlow; Doris Dale Carter (Martha's mother, Frank's wife)
Synopsis: Frank readies himself for a monumental two-year journey to Altair, using the invention of Professor Hartlow: the Space-Warp Drive, which makes use of the theory that space is curved, and, that by entering into the 4th Dimension, one can travel great distances in a relatively short period of time.....or so they think.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #18 [6] published April 1951
as Space-Warp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #6 published January 1994
as Space-Warp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script revision and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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The Dimension Translator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): William Weeblefetzer [aka Willy] (research engineer); Mr. Bankbuck (research corporation head); unnamed wife of Mr. Bankbuck;
Synopsis: Willy has created a dimension translator, which can translate a series of photos into an electric impulse and through a series of other processes, creates an actual three dimentional object. His boss does not like his research engineer "wasting the company's time" on such things.....so Willy uses a photo of his boss to create a three dimensional figure of Mr. Bankbuck so that Willy can slap him around and get even.
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In Content Item: FlagGeluiden uit een andere wereld #[nn] published October 1989
as De dimensievertaler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #6 published January 1994
as The Dimension Translator [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales From the Crypt
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Old Witch (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Experiment

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Character(s): Professor Meldrum (imminent death); Dr. Bleriot (death); lab assistants (all die)
Synopsis: Two scientists attempt to test their Solar Amplifier, hoping to bounce a radio wave off of the planet Mars. It succeeds, but soon discover that radioactive creatures from Mars are using the radio beam to ride back to Earth, putting it into deadly danger.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWeird Fantasy #6 published January 1994
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Picture Stories From the Bible
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cosmic Correspondence
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Editors mentioned are, no doubt, William Gaines and Al Feldstein.

Sequence added by Craig Delich.

Letters are printed from Ernest Shute, Nell Reiss and Roger Curtis.
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... And Then There Were Two!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (plot); Al Feldstein (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen
Inker(s): Jack Kamen
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Dimiti Volham (mention only); unnamed soldiers; robots
Synopsis: American soldiers land on an atoll, ordered to remove any native inhabitants so that the U.S. government could conduct a hydrogen bomb test there. The natives have told the government that iron gods live on the atoll and soon the soldiers discover two of these "gods" (actually robots), which tell the men of their creator, and then are taken back to America.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #6 published January 1994
as ... And Then There Were Two! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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Rescued!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Wally Wood (plot); Al Feldstein (script)
Penciller(s): Wally Wood [as W. Wood] (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood [as W. Wood] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ken Atkenson (death); un-named space ship Captain (death); un-named U.S. President (flashback)
Synopsis: A crew had been sent into space a year earlier to examine a planet in the solar system of a neighboring star. Upon discovering it, and noting it was about the size of the Earth, they landed next to the ship of the previous expedition two years earlier. Then and there they discovered was had happened to the previous expedition and what would happen to theirs.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #1 published January 1971
as Rescued! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1990 published January 1990
as Reddet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #6 published January 1994
as Rescued! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Source for plot credit is “Against the Grain” (Stewart 2003, page 40).

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Script credit by Dark Horse reprint.

Story takes place circa 1985.

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