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Issue: Weird Science #13
Publication Date: July 1950
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Issues: #13 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
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On Sale Date: 04/05/1950
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover and interior
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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The Flying Saucer Invasion

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #13 [2] published August 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published December 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the first story.

Colors were previously recorded as the work of Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171). The source previously cited by GCD may have been intended to refer to new colors done for Russ Cochran’s 1980 slipcased reprint of the series.
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.
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The Flying Saucer Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The Secretary of Defense debunks numerous people across America who have claimed to have seen a flying saucer, not realizing that a wave of flying saucers are targeting Earth at that very moment.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published December 1992
as The Flying Saucer Invasion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as L'invasione dei dischi volanti [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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The Meteor Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill Manning; Edna Manning (Bill's wife); Charlie (blind man); King (Charlie's seeing-eye dog); Hank; alien creature (villain, death)
Synopsis: One evening a farm couple are disturbed when a meteor suddenly plunges to Earth on their property. When Bill finds the meteor, a strange creature emerges from it and hypnotizes the man, and forces him to take it to his home, where it hypnotizes the wife as well. In fact, everyone who comes into contact with the alien creature falls under its spell....that is except one, who is blind, and whom the being considers dangerous to him.....with good reason!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published December 1992
as The Meteor Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Il mostro del meteorite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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Experiment

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Physicists have developed a powerful ray that they hope can reach the moon. The problem is, the ray is so powerful, it locks onto the moon and starts pulling it towards the Earth!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published December 1992
as Experiment [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story with single panel illustration.
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The Micro-Race!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A recluse scientist creates a miniature race and watches as they evolve. When they reach the point of developing powerful weapons for war, they destroy themselves by blowing up their World.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published December 1992
as The Micro-Race! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as La micro-razza! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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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.

Story inspired by "Fessenden's Worlds" by Edmond Hamilton and the "Microcosmic God" by Theodore Sturgeon.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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Sands of Time

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A mysterious growing wall of sand appears near an orchard in South Carolina in 1886. 100 years later in 1986, it has almost completely engulfed the United States.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published December 1992
as Sands of Time [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story with single panel illustration.
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---The Man Who Raced Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bruce Dupont; Christine; Julius Quantum (villain, death)
Synopsis: Bruce and Julius are vying for the honor of becoming the new Chairman of the Physics Department, and Bruce wins out. But Julius is very bitter and storms back to his lab, musing that any scientist who has created an invention like the Spherical Accelerator should have had the job. Julius uses the machine on himself, with success. But when he discovers that Bruce and Christine are to be wed that very afternoon, he plots a "special" revenge upon the two, but it backfires with tragic results.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3 [1988] published January 1988
as Mannen som kappløp med tiden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published December 1992
as ---The Man Who Raced Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as ...L'uomo che ha fermato il tempo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Marie Severin’s statement that “[Harvey] Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers...” (1995) suggests that Kurtzman colored stories that he drew, albeit perhaps less consistently than he colored his cover art.
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References:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. “The Artists of EC Comics” (reprinting Severin 1995). In Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. 46–47. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

Severin, Marie (John Province, transcriber [uncredited]). 1995. “Mostly About Color.” In CFA-APA 36, January.

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