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Issue: Weird Fantasy #16
Publication Date: November 1950
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Issues: #16 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/06/1950
Volume: 1
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: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
First Line: No...no...don't leave me floating out here in space!
Synopsis: An astronaut is abandoned in space by his crew.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #16 [4] published December 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #4 published July 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Look for this Seal...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Last City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Farley; unnamed U.S. government secretary; unnamed U.S. Army General; unnamed Mayor of New York City; alien invaders [Cugo; Ivat] (villains)
First Line: Strange! The city is perfectly preserved... but all the people are dead!
Synopsis: Concerned with possible annihilation by the Atomic Bomb, a scientist invents a machine capable of creating a protective shell around the Earth, making it impervious to atomic destruction. However, when the machine also creates a protective bubble around itself, the machine cannot be turned off, with devastating results.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #4 published July 1993
as The Last City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story inspired by "The Lanson Screen" by Arthur L. Zagat.

Script addition of Gaines by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171).
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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 Mysterious Ray from Another Dimension!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Father Time; Norman Network (radio station magnant); Dr. Litmus; Sheldon Frebish
First Line: Ladies and gentlemen... and all you television fans...
Synopsis: Norman Network refuses to allow television to run his (and the last) radio station in America out of business, and has devised a plan to win the battle: by convincing people that the rays from television sets are harmful to the viewer. And Doctor Litmus provides the proof: that television viewers disappear from their existence in the Earthly plane, then travel and exist in another dimension.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #4 published July 1993
as The Mysterious Ray From Another Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Thommy Burns, in Fantagraphic's "Man and Superman and Other Stories" (2020), states: ".....Kurtzman's offering in this 4th issue of Weird Fantasy is significant because it is his first EC story to feature hand lettering rather than EC's standard mechanical Leroy Lettering. ......this shows that Kurtzman is becoming an independent creator for EC and a force to be reckoned with."

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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SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “The Last City,” above).
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Success

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Character(s): Yacov Dmitrino (death); Brabov (scientist, death); Omolchenko (scientist, death)
First Line: The following notes, obviously sheets torn from a scientific diary...
Synopsis: Yacov Dmitrino documents the efforts of two scientists working on the perfection of the Atomic Bomb. However, the success they achieve is off-set by the fact that a chain reaction ensues, destroying them all.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #4 published July 1993
as Success [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Addison McGarrity Jr., Paul Kast and fictional letter from Mr. Goon-Child.
Voting results: 1. Henry and his Goon-Child, 2. Martian Infiltration 3. Dark Side of the Moon 4. I Died Tomorrow 5. The Bomb
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Second Childhood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. John Clayton (scientist); Betty Drake Clayton (Clayton's lab assistant, later wife)
First Line: This is the incredible story of a scientist who entered his...
Synopsis: Dr. Clayton has discovered how to halt the aging process through injections of hormones manufactured from the spleen. When his assistant tells the scientist of her love for him, he balks because he is twice her age. Then he gets the idea of treating himself with the hormone and all seems well until... he becomes a child in his wife's arms.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1992 published January 1992
as Andre barndom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #4 published July 1993
as Second Childhood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script addition of Gaines by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “The Last City,” above).
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A Trip to a Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): un-named Senator; Don (rocketship pilot); Jerry (rocketship pilot); Dr. Farnsworth (astro-physics instructor at Farnsworth University, mention only)
First Line: Come now on a fantastic adventure...
Synopsis: Don and Jerry blast into space as they become the first men to try and conquer interstellar space. The two leave the solar system, pass they believe through a space-warp, and discover an inhabited gigantic star, which they land on. Surprise follows surprise as they discover that they were quick-frozen in space and have returned to Earth... one million years later!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #4 published July 1993
as A Trip to a Star! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Plot additions, correction and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “The Last City,” above).

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