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Issue: Weird Science #18
Publication Date: March 1953
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Issues: #18 of 18 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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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)
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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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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Spaceships fly away from Earth as it's being destroyed by an atomic bomb.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #18 published April 1953
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #18 published December 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] published January 2012
as Cosmic Cover Collection [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mars Is Heaven!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The ship came down from space.
Synopsis: Sneaky Martians disguise themselves as the dead loved ones of astronauts in order to slay them in their sleep.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published April 1953
as Mars Is Heaven! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTomorrow Midnight #U2142 published June 1966
as Mars Is Heaven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #3 published January 1973
as Mars is Heaven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #18 published December 1996
as Mars Is Heaven! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Marte è il Paradiso! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Based on the Ray Bradbury story that was first published in the 1948 issue of Planet Stories.
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Snap Ending!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain 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)
First Line: Captain Don Mitchel, commander of the Earths mineral evaluation scout-rocket...
Synopsis: Rocketship #269 is approaching a gigantic planet with a density 50 times that of the Earth, and decide to circle it to take a closer look. They spot and decide to land on a satellite moon of the planet.......with dire results!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #18 published December 1996
as Snap Ending! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Un finale col botto! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 published March 2013
as Snap Ending! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Fever

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A writer has a feverish vision of a strange world with fluttering shapes.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #17 published April 1953
as Fever [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: No letters but an editorial urging readers to keep buying ECs and a note about Ray Bradbury adaptations.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Parallel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Calvin Henkel (death); Florence Henkel (Calvin's wife, death); Mrs. Fishkin (Calvin's neighbor)
First Line: Calvin Henkel shook his head sadly!
Synopsis: Feeling that he had already lived the exact moment before, Calvin tells his wife that he believes that there exists a parallel world which duplicates exactly everything happening at the current time. He plots to go to this parallel world and murder his counterpart so that he alone can control his own destiny.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1991 published January 1991
as Parallellen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #18 published December 1996
as The Parallel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Il parallelo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Disassembled!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The small panel truck skidded to a stop...
Synopsis: An electrical engineer finds a strange metal object in a empty flying saucer and takes it back to his station to disassemble it and find out what makes it tick. When it screams in pain, he realizes it's alive. Another alien from the saucer (a living robot) shows up and disassembles the engineer to find out what makes humans tick.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #18 published December 1996
as Disassembled! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Disassemblato! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

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