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Issue: Incredible Science Fiction #32
Publication Date: November 1955
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Issues: #32 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Gaines Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A spaceman startles people in a general store.
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In Content Item: FlagIncredible Science Fiction #10 published February 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Walter N. Webb, Jack Promo, Betty Cunniff, Ralph P. Marshall, Imelda Lussier, John Miller, Jr., Warren Solomon, David Slack, Stephen Wittmer, George Sorell, Francis Voehe, Charles Steerman, James Current.
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Fallen Idol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: We found the god on the third day.
Synopsis: In an apocalyptic future, a young man yearns to discover what's out in the "dead place," beyond his camp. Legends tell of a God named Hercules who dwells in the battle-scarred zone. He orders his people to accompany him into the "dead place." They discover gigantic carnivorous insects but, with the help of bow and arrow, they manage to defeat the creatures. They ultimatly find "Hercules" which turns out to be a 1950s washing machine that they bring back to camp and worship as a God.
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In Content Item: FlagIncredible Science Fiction #10 published February 1995
as Fallen Idol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Failure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The ship hung a thousand miles above Earth...
Synopsis: Scientists launch a rocket full of monkeys into space but it disappears and is presumed to have been destroyed. Thus the mission is dubbed a failure. Little do they realize that an orbiting alien warship was planning on attacking Earth. They captured the rocket and thinking the monkeys represented the dominant life form on Earth, deemed Earth not worth conquering and left.
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In Content Item: FlagIncredible Science Fiction #10 published February 1995
as Failure [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Food For Thought

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): un-named Captain; Mason (Biologist); Grock
First Line: The ship came out of the black night spitting fire...
Synopsis: An Earth ship returns to a planet that it had seeded over 50,000 years before in order to see if the planet is ready for colonization. They discover that somewhere along the line that evolution on the planet took a wrong turn and Earthmen could never thrive there. Thus they decide to start all over again and re-seed the planet after destroying it, unaware that an intelligent tree exists on the planet!
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Exploits #19 published January 1971
as Food for Thought [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #1 published January 1971
as Food for Thought [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3 [1988] published January 1988
as Hjerneføde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIncredible Science Fiction #10 published February 1995
as Food For Thought [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAl Williamson: Hidden Lands #[nn] published October 2004
as Food for Thought [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 published March 2013
as Food for Thought [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted in black and white.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Awarded "Best Artwork for a Science Fiction story" at 1972 EC Fan-Addict Convention.

Krenkel drew and inked the majority of the large splash panel.
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The Ultimate Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gurt (villain)
First Line: Gurt was pleased.
Synopsis: Gurt, after completing many conquests of a variety of planets in a dozen different solar systems with his crew, for the purpose of his home planet's colonizing it without opposition, now decides to take on a planet that does not seem to show any fear or signs of panic. That planet is Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagIncredible Science Fiction #10 published February 1995
as The Ultimate Weapon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Marked Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The court-martial adjutant gives you your reward...
Synopsis: After the verdict on his court-martial comes down, Commander Abel Grant reflects on his twenty years of space duty; fighting battles with planets beyond Pluto, blasting Venusians who've taken Earthlings hostage, and dumping the Grand Admiral of the Fleet's corpse into space after he dies from an alien virus so as not to contaminate Earth when the crew returns. The latter incident is what got him court-martialed. When the trial is over, he discovers there are men within the government who appreciate his no-nonsense approach and elevate him to new Grand Admiral!
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as Marked Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIncredible Science Fiction #10 published February 1995
as Marked Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7

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