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18March-April 1953
$0.10

Weird Science #18

EC · March-April 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Weird Science (EC, 1951 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
March-April 1953
Key date
1953-03-00
Indicia publisher
Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
1Mars Is Heaven!comic story8script: Ray Bradbury, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten
2Snap Ending!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Williamson, Roy Krenkel; inks: Al Williamson, Roy Krenkel; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenCaptain Don Mitchel (Commander of the United Earth's Mineral Evaluation Scout-Rocket Number 269, death); Lieutenant Sidney Gerson (Navigation Officer, death); Harold Kolby (ship's mineralogist, death); Janet Mitchel (Mitchel's wife); Billy Mitchel (Mitchel's son, flashback); Fznk (alien child)
3Fevertext story1script: Jerry De Fuccio
4-letters page0.67script: Al Feldstein
5-statement of ownership0.33script: Frank D. Lee
6The Parallel!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenCalvin Henkel (death); Florence Henkel (Calvin's wife, death); Mrs. Fishkin (Calvin's neighbor)
7Disassembled!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tomorrow Midnight #U21421966On eBay ›
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Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn]
ISBN 1934331414; 978-1934331415
2012On eBay ›
50 Girls 50 and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-577-8
2013On eBay ›
EC Portfolio #31973On eBay ›
Zero Hour and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-704-8
2014On eBay ›
Judgment Day and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-727-7
2014On eBay ›

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