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Issue: Weird Science #2
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues
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Publisher: FlagRuss Cochran
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Indicia Publisher: Russ Cochran, Publisher
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Volume: 2
Pages: 180
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Content Items: 37 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Russ Cochran
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; mostly black & white interior
Dimensions: 10" x 13"
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Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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It Was a Monster From the Fourth Dimension

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Something Missing

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Miracle

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... Gregory Had a Model-T

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The Aliens!

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Character(s): Honruh (death); Mandruh; Ben-Abuh (an Arab)
Synopsis: Unknowlingly, spaceship crews from the 2nd and 4th planets in the solar syatem meet by chance while exploring the 3rd planet, and a glitch in language makes each group retaliate. When the crews flee back to their home planets, each decides that the people of the 3rd planet pose a major threat to their own peace and security, and each decide to eliminate that planet before that can happen.
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Seeds of Jupiter!

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The Escape

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Invasion!

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Beyond Repair

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The Probers

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Character(s): Gordon Drake (scientist); Captain Scott (Commander of Rocketship 405-X); 405-X's crew [Fenton; Lawson; Cavips (death)]' alien beings (villains)
Synopsis: Captain Scott is leading his fourth "colony evaluation" into space as the problem of the exploding population of the Earth (due to genetically engineered increased life spans) is getting quite bad. They are brought down to the surface of a planet by some unknown force, and after some exploring, they return to find no ship and vanished guards. A search results in more crew members disappearing until the last two men are captured by alien beings and find they are soon to be visected like guinea pigs!
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The Gray Cloud of Death!

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Character(s): Captain Larkin (death); crew of the Venus-2 [Jackobs; rest un-named] (two un-named crew members die); crew of the Venus-1 (all die)
Synopsis: On their way to the planet Venus, Captain Larkin and the crew of the Venus-2, discover the Venus-1 floating in space and disembark to investigate. They find the crew stripped of their clothing and flesh, as well as anything made of organic material stripped bare. But then they come upon a dead, but preserved body of a crew member, who had written a warning to anyone finding them.
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The Martian Monster

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Perchance to Sleep

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The Invaders

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Character(s): Keve (death); Nan (death)
Synopsis: A radio blares the news that the President has unconditionally surrendered to the enemy and the war is over, and all troops are to lay down their arms. However, some people decide not to surrender, and, instead, escape from the Earth by rocketship, head to another planet, and start over.....with unexpected and devastating results.
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The Slave of Evil!

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The Maidens Cried

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Character(s): Commander Glenn Valent; Andrew Martin (ship's navigator, death); Carl William (ship's geologist); Herbert Groosky (ship's engineer, death); Robert Reill (ship's biologist, death); the Butterfly women (villains)
Synopsis: Valent and his crew have been hedge-hopping the galaxy, searching various planets for much needed raw materials back on Earth, specifically uranium. After two years, the crew is ready to get back home after this mission. When they land, a group of beautiful women suddenly approach the crew along with their men who are hideous to look at. Many of the crew marry the women, but then learn too late that they are actually the planet's insect life.
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Reducing... Costs!

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No Variety

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Transformation Completed

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Character(s): Dr. Emil Hinde; Terry Hinde (Emil's daughter); Lee (Terry's boyfriend)
Synopsis: Dr. Hinde was very possessive of his daughter, and when she became engaged to a man he didn't like, he decided to conduct his sex gene experiments on the young man without his knowledge. But when Terry finds out, she takes drastic action that ends in a most unusual wedding!
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The Planetoid

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Al Feldstein

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Jack Kamen

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The Conquerors of the Moon!

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Character(s): R. M. Lamont (Chairman of the Board of the Uranium Development Corporation);
Synopsis: A corporate mining company accidentally destroys all life on Earth while trying to give the Moon an atmosphere.
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Only Human!

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Character(s): Andrew Harmon; unnamed M.P.; unnamed Secretary of Defense; Miss Landers; Buster (an electronic brain)
Synopsis: Romance develops between Andrew Harmon and Miss Landers while they are employed to help educate an electronic brain. Unfortunately, that creates problems for the brain when it also begins to think of Miss Landers!
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Discovery

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Why Papa Left Home

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Character(s): Raymond Williams Jr; Doctor Vandeveer Hybolt; Martha Anders; Mr. Axel
Synopsis: Raymond Williams Jr. is transported 25 years into the past where he discovers why his father left the family abruptly after he was born.
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The Worm Turns

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Character(s): Captain Becker; Vaughn
Synopsis: Vaughn learns about cruelty to animals after the spaceship his is part of the crew of crashes on another planet.
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Russ Cochran Presents the Complete EC Library

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