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17January-February 1951
$0.10

Weird Fantasy #17

EC · January-February 1951 · on sale 1950-11-08

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Identification plate

Series
Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
January-February 1951
Key date
1951-01-00
On-sale date
1950-11-08
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein; letters: Jim Wroten
1Vault of Horrorpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten
2Child of Tomorrow!comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein; letters: Jim WrotenJerry Gordon (mining engineer); Linda Gordon (Jerry's wife, death, in flashback); Tim (mining engineer, death, in flashback); Bill (mining engineer, death, in flashback); Jerry and Linda's murant son (death)
3The Time Machine and the Shmoe!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben OdaDonald Yubyutch [aka a shmoe] (lab cleaning man); Professor Serutane; unnamed King
4SuspenStory Fans!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten
5To---?text story1pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typesetMarkson; unnamed Flight Engineer
6-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Don Cameron; inks: Don Cameron
7-letters page1script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein
8Deadlock!comic story6script: Wally Wood; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Jim Wrotenunnamed ship's Captain (death); unnamed ship's Sergeant (death); ship's crew (all die); alien ship creatures [Hvah; Zkoh; Broh] (all die)
9Prediction of Disaster!comic story7script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; letters: Jim WrotenProfessor Henley Horton; unnamed Coogen (Dean of State University); unnamed Secretary of State University; John D. Pentport III; Ken (newspaper reporter)

Where to read it

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