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Issue: Weird Science #5
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/02/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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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
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
?
?; Al Feldstein (logo design)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWeird Science #16 [5] published February 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWeird Science #5 published September 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
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Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page, used with permission.
Made of the Future!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #3 published May 1991
as Creata nel futuro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #5 published September 1993
as Made of the Future! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as La donna del futuro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Return

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein (also plot); William Gaines (plot)
Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Wally Wood [as Wood] (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
science fiction
Zak; Albo; Professor von Kugon
A group of space travelers leave their own planet to visit a planet nine years away.....a planet that 500,000 years before was home to their own ancestors, and was plagued by constant warfare. When they land, they discover nothing has changed in all those years, as the planet faces yet another atomic war.
Reprinting
FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1991 published January 1991
as Tilbake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #5 published September 1993
as Return [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Ritorno [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Plot additions and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Progress

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWeird Science #5 published September 1993
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Cosmic Correspondence
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from Jim Parry, Don Fuller, and "Pedro, the Radioactive Child."
The Last War On Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
science fiction
Professor Harlow (death); Arthur (the professor's assistant, death?); Katey Mulrooney; Mike Flanagan; Pat Flanagan; Joe (newspaper worker);
Arthur is having a discussion with Professor Harlow, claiming that as long as man is alive on Earth, there will be wars. But the professor doesn't necessarily agree with that assertion. Arthur gives an example of how a group of people can band together to violently face a threat from the outside, and the professor conjectures that possibly a threat from outside the Earth would unite all nations together as one to ward off that threat, and possibly end war once and for all. That threat does come: from Mars!
Reprinting
FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #3 published May 1991
as L'ultima battaglia sulla Terra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #5 published September 1993
as The Last War on Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as L'ultima guerra sulla Terra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The masthead reads: "...and now, let's tell you about The Last War On Earth".
Killed in Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Jack Kamen; Bart Kamen (signed)
Jack Kamen; Bart Kamen (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagIskalde Grøss #3 [1988] published January 1988
as Mannen som ble drept i tide! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #3 published May 1991
as Ucciso nel tempo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Science #5 published September 1993
as Killed in Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagNemi #17 published August 2004
as Mannen som havnet i u-løkka! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as L'uomo che fu ucciso in tempo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Pencils and inks credit revisions from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman. Kamen's then five year old son "helped" the art by defacing it with childish scrawls. Kamen then held Bart's hand and guided it to retouch the art. Kamen felt Bart deserved art credit.

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