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Issue: Weird Science #21
Publication Date: September 1953
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Issues: #21 of 18 Issues
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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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (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
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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #21 published September 1997
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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If You Haven't Been Able to Find 'Mad' on Your Local Newsstand...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mad subscriptions.
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EC Confidential!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Horns were blowing...
Synopsis: The editor of Fables Publishing Company (the publisher of Weird Science) is concerned that some of the Weird Science stories put together by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein are coming true. When a group of hostile aliens attack the building, it's revealed that the two (along with the entire staff) are really aliens from Venus who had survived the Martian massacre of their home world and had come to Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #21 published September 1997
as EC Confidential [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as EC Confidential! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Jack Kamen and other EC staff (including "P.T. Fables") appear, and are revealed to be Venusians!

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

The staff fool the Martians into thinking they have been killed by using robot doubles of themselves.

Tongue in cheek story in response to how some of the stories published in the series did seem to coincidentally occur in real life after publication.
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Punishment Without Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): George Hill; Katherine Hill [aka Katie] (George's wife); Leonard Phelps (Katherine's lover); Katherine (a marionette, death); Smith (a Policeman)
First Line: George Hill lay on the blue velvet cot in the waiting room of Marionettes, Inc.
Synopsis: Deeply hurt that his wife was in love with another man, George decides to do something that was considered illegal: he paid $10,000 to re-enact his life with a stringless marionette version of Katherine, then murder her as an act of revenge. However murdering a marionette is akin to murdering a real human and he is sentenced to death even though his real wife is very much alive.
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In Content Item: FlagTomorrow Midnight #U2142 published June 1966
as Punishment Without Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #21 published September 1997
as Punishment Without Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Castigo senza delitto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story first published in the March 1950 issue of Outer Worlds Science Stories.
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We At E.C. Are Proudest of Our Science-Fiction Magazines!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Weird Fantasy #20.
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Super-Rocket!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The Air Force is stunned to see rockets being launched into outer space from a unknown location. The Air Force has long tried to fire rockets into space but have consistently failed. When they are able to track down the source, they find out a small child has been building and launching the rockets. When asked how he was able to accomplish this, the child responded that he learned it by watching the "Colonel Futura" TV show and that was how he learned to build and launch Flying Saucers too!
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William M. Gaines, Alias Melvin

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: satirical biography
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[untitled]

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Genres: religious
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Picture Stories from the Bible Complete Life of Christ edition and Complete Old Testament Edition, Picture Stories from Science #2, and Picture Stories from World History #2.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Robert Bolsius, O. Edwards, George Salaita, Jhon of Zet, Nelson Bridwell, Kenneth Harris, Ruth Hamilton, Stockton Port E.C. Fan Club c/o George Cohen, Cathy Won, M. Farber, Steve Pecech, Ray Maher.
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Two's Company...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Forbes; Velda; Carter (death); Glass (death); Wilkens (death)
First Line: Every night, before sleep crept in upon us...
Synopsis: Years before, Forbes had crashed onto an unknown planet infested with strange alien dinosaurs and awaited rescue. Several years after the crash, he ran into a beautiful mute girl named Velda and they developed a relationship. One day, a rescue crew appeared and when they tell Forbes that she doesn't really exist, he goes crazy and kills the rescue team.......and Velda magically re-appears!
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1992 published January 1992
as To må man være [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #21 published September 1997
as Two's Company... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as In due si sta bene... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 published March 2013
as Two's Company [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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 Ugly One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The alien ship crouched silently...
Synopsis: A family is disgusted by their horrible alien looking newborn baby. The baby grows up but is constantly being shunned by everyone due its horrible appearance. As an adult the depressed being wants to commit suicide, but suddenly sees a rocket ship arrive. It's revealed the being originated from that planet and is asked if it wants to return home to be with its own people where it is considered beautiful. The being agrees. The twist is that all this time the being was a beautiful human woman and it was the denizens of the Earth-like planet she grew up on that were the ugly alien creatures.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #21 published September 1997
as The Ugly One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published September 2008
as Il brutto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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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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