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Issue: Weird Fantasy #15
Publication Date: September 1950
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Issues: #15 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: I. C. Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/26/1950
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: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines; Al Feldstein
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 U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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Dark Side of the Moon

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Black; Joseph Kramer; Mike Parendeau
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #15 [3] published October 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #3 published April 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Vault of Horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Martian Infiltration!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Don (U.S. Secretary's associate, a Venusian, death); unnamed U.S. Secretary of State (a Venusian, death); Dr. Bergson (State University Professor); Dickerson (Defense Department member, mention only); the Martians [unnamed Secretary of Defense; others unidentified] (villains, many die)
Synopsis: The Secretary of State calls in his trusted associate and verifies to him what both have feared: that Martians were already living on Earth. To prevent a panic, the two agree to try and locate the Martian HQ and destroy the top echelons, then have U.S. forces mop up the rest. They are surprised who the Martians actually are... but the Secretary of State and Don have a surprise for them!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #3 published April 1993
as Martian Infiltration! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Story inspired by "The Embassy" by Martin Pearson.
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Henry and His...Goon-Child

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Short (radio store owner/operator); Mrs. Frabbis (radio shop customer, cameo); "Goon-Child" (villain, robot machine)
Synopsis: Bored with his life of radios and people, Henry Short reads of the Neurological Institute of England perfecting a "free will" robotic machine, as it were. So, he visits the local library to get the plans and build one himself... but one that will also obey him. What he doesn't foresee is that the machine redesigns itself and improves on the original plans... with devastating results to Henry Short!
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In Content Item: FlagGeluiden uit een andere wereld #[nn] published October 1989
as Henry en zijn robotslaaf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #3 published April 1993
as Henry and His... Goon-Child [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Story possibly inspired by "The Twonky" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore.

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Crypt-Keeper (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Bomb

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Synopsis: Mankind decided to test just how powerful the new Hydrogen Bomb was, and so a naval vessel took the device out into the Central Pacific, lowered it to its deepest part, then detonate it. At first, there was no reaction, then the waters began to boil and vaporize until the Pacific Ocean was gone... then other bodies of water disappeared, temperatures rose, plants shriveled up, animals fell dead, and then man knew he was next to perish.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: religious
Feature(s): Picture Stories From the Bible
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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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from George Rabin Jr., Barry Ginsberg.
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I Died Tomorrow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Fred Davis (University President); unnamed bookie; Ernest Pavlonis (villain, physicist)
Synopsis: Physicist Pavlonis seeks employment at a university, but is told by the President Davis of the university that the staff has no openings. Later on, the scientist calls the university head and tells him that he has invented a time machine and wants to prove it to the skeptic man. Experiencing time travel, Davis decides to use this invention to make a fortune on horse racing. But the scientist has his own ideas after Davis threatens to smash the machine if the physicist will not sell it to him.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1989 published January 1989
as Jeg døde i morgen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #3 published April 1993
as I Died Tomorrow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Writer revision from Al Feldstein to Fox per the Dark Horse reprint.
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Dark Side of the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Edgar Walden (former employee of the U.S. Rocket Research Foundation); Joseph Kramer (astro-navigator, death, flashback); Mike Parendeau (meteorologist, death, flashback); Harvey Tovar (research astro-physicist, death, flashback); Will Leyden (rocket expert, death, flashback); Chauncey Schultz (asylum inmate); Ed (by-stander); Bok (villain, alien leader on the Moon, death, flashback)
Synopsis: Edgar Walden comes back to Earth with a fantastic story concerning he and the crew of the "Columbia", who made a trip to the Moon and whose crew were the first men on the Moon... or so they thought!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #3 published April 1993
as Dark Side of the Moon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Most of the story is told in flashback.

Cover story.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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