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Issue: Weird Science #15
Publication Date: November 1950
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Issues: #15 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1950
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: 7 (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 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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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted 13 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #3 published May 1991 as Ho creato un... Gargantua! [Story on Interior Page(s)] original title: I created a... Gargantua!
FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006 as Ho creato un... Gargantua! [Story on Interior Page(s)] original title: I created a... Gargantua!
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagWeird Science Annual #1 published January 1994
FlagWeird Science Annual #1 published January 1994
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #15 [4] published December 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published June 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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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Panic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien invasion hoax is being broadcast on the radio, while aliens from Jupiter are invading at the same time. Listeners think the real invasion is part of the show.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #3 published May 1991
as Una trasmissione radio di fantascienza causa il... PANICO! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published June 1993
as Panic! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Panico! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story. This story was inspired by Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds. The radio broadcaster in this story is named Carson Walls.
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The Radioactive Child!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): Harvey Kurtzman ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Luis Martinez (death); Rosa Martinez (Luis' wife, death); Pedro Martinez (Luis and Rosa's son); Argenta President Perez (villain, dictator, death); Garcia (villain, Argenta's Propaganda Minister, death); General Diego (villain, death)
Synopsis: Luis and Rosa are aboard their fishing boat, having survived the atomic bomb explosion.....but both were affected by the harmful radiation. Luis is dying and disappointed that he won't live to see the birth of their child. Somehow, however, Rosa survived, making it back to their home in Argenta and giving birth to a boy, Pedro. Knowing her days are numbered, she takes Pedro to the President's office, but passes away before she can see him. The President soon discovers this young child, due to radiation, has become a genius, and is made the new Prime Minister of the nation.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1991 published January 1991
as Det radioaktive barnet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published June 1993
as The Radioactive Child [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Il bambino radioattivo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This story picks up at the moment the story "Atomic Bomb Thief," from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series) #14, leaves off - the real atomic bomb test on Bikini Atoll July 25, 1946. It is not actually a sequel, as the stories have no characters in common.

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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Robots!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man creates an army of robots he hopes will help him conquer the World, but they turn on him instead.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWeird Science #4 published June 1993
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Miss J. Smith, David P. Alterbaum, and Shlomie's Magazine and Uranium Emporium.
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House, in Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A couple rent a home whose back door leads into the Prehistoric past.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1990 published January 1990
as Hjem i tide! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published June 1993
as House, in Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #1 published November 2006
as Casa, nel tempo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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I Created a... Gargantua!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A scientist helps a puny man grow tall by manipulating his pituitary gland. The procedure backfires and causes him to grow uncontrollably, eventually growing to be 700 feet tall!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1990 published January 1990
as Jeg skapte en... gigant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #4 published June 1993
as I Created a... Gargantua! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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