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Issue: Weird Science #17
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #17 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 15 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagTales of the Incredible #U2140 published March 1965 as Title page, indicia, etc. [Credits on Interior Page(s)] edited panel from Plucked! page 7
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagEC Archives: Weird Science #3 published January 2024
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published April 1953
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published September 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Heehee! The second issue of Mad is out!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Plucked!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Professor Sidney Hunton fidgeted nervously with his fork...
Synopsis: Every few centuries, aliens come to Earth to kidnap humans to take back to their homeworld for a feast. They cause mass hypnosis when this occurs so no one will remember the victims had even existed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales of the Incredible #U2140 published March 1965
as Plucked! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss album #2 published May 1990
as Håndplukket! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published September 1996
as Plucked! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Rapiti! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Cover story.
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The Island Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mike Rose (Broadway promoter); un-named Captain of a chartered ship; Larry (member of expedition); island monster (death)
First Line: The outrigger canoe skimmed over the waves...
Synopsis: A Broadway promoter hears tales of an island monster, so he charters a ship and takes his expedition to that island, discoveres the creature, captures it and returns it to New York to be put on display at Madison Square Garden. Unknown to any of them, they too late discover the creature actually to be a peace-loving alien which came to Earth bringing a message of friendship from his home planet.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published September 1996
as The Island Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Il mostro dell'isola [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 published March 2013
as The Island Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Williamson was behind on his deadlines and received extensive inking help from Woromay.
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Cargo of the Hesperus

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Carver De Waterfront is tasked to uncover the wreck of the Hesperus to find its legendary treasure. The treasure turns out to be Aluminum pressure cookers.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Carver De Waterfront
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Ray Bradbury, Chuck Hamula, Mike Cinkosky, Ereni Crites, Joel Meltz, and James F. McCrory.
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Off Day!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Stanley Dingle; Robbie (baseball player); Pee-Wee (baseball player); unnamed janitor
First Line: Professor Stanley Dingle stepped to the speaker's rostrum...
Synopsis: Professor Dingle deviates from his prepared presentation to discuss the breakdown on the law of averages.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published September 1996
as Off Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Il giorno sbagliato! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Corrected script and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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The Long Years!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Whenever the wind came through the Martian sky...
Synopsis: Earthlings land on a barren abandoned war-torn Mars and find an aging scientist living there with his young family. When the old man dies of a heart attack, they find a nearby cemetery and find the graves of his family. They realized he had built android versions of his deceased family to keep him company and from going insane with loneliness.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomorrow Midnight #U2142 published June 1966
as The Long Years! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1991 published January 1991
as De lange årene! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published September 1996
as The Long Years! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as I lunghi anni! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: An adaptation of a Ray Bradbury Martian story that was first published in the September 15, 1948 issue of Maclean's.

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