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Issue: Weird Fantasy #7
Publication Date: May 1951
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Issues: #7 of 17 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/16/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
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 US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #7 published June 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #7 published April 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Look for This Seal...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Announcement from the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers.
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7 Year Old Genius!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Most of you read about Rufus Tatum!
Synopsis: A 7-year-old boy genius with an IQ of 250 works with the government to help them create an H-bomb. When he realizes it will destroy the Earth, he refuses and leaves, telling his story to the editors of EC Comics, who promise to publish his ordeal in the latest issue of Weird Fantasy.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #7 published April 1994
as 7 Year Old Genius! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

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.

Albert Einstein makes a cameo here as one of the adults astounded by the boy's intellect. His name is altered to Halbert Steinein.
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Come into My Parlor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: From out of the future she appeared...
Synopsis: An entomologist encounters a beautiful woman from the future who takes him to her time period where no more men exist, only beautiful women. All the women on the male-less planet attend to him since they need to serve men. He later finds out he's being fattened up by the women so they can serve him for dinner. When he wakes up, it may have all been a dream.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #7 published April 1994
as Come Into My Parlor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “7 Year Old Genius!,” above).
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Adventure Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Frontline Combat
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for "7 Year Old Genius!," above).
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Refuge!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Synopsis: A criminal escapes from prison and stows away in an army jeep driving out to a testing range. He then sneaks into a rocket at the range. He's later horrified when he realizes that it's an unmanned robot rocket that gets launched into a one-way trip into space!
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Voting results: 1. Space Warp 2. Rescued 3. And Then There Were Two 4. The Dimension Translator 5. Experiment
Letters from Bob Schulz, Roger Curtis, Ralph Sarluca, and Rufus Tatum (character for first story in the book).
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Across the Sun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The launching site hummed with activity!
Synopsis: A spaceship crew left Earth for Mars a year ago and hadn't returned. When another crew is about to be sent to investigate what happened, the ship returns to Earth and the crew warn the base not to send any more ships into space. They encountered a parallel world to Earth that exists on the other side of the sun called Bamuno. The beings there had destroyed most of Earth in the past after being discovered and invaded by space traveling Earthmen. They plan on doing it again if this reborn civilization of humans on Earth dares to go to their planet.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #7 published April 1994
as Across the Sun! [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.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “7 Year Old Genius!,” above).

Cover story.
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Breakdown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Donald Roberts; Mary Roberts (Donald's wife); Larry (Mary's brother, flashback, death); Miss Jones (Moor's secretary); John T. Moor (villain, alien, as the FBI Chief); Mr. Boles (villain, alien, as an FBI employee); Mr. Arnold (villain, alien, as an FBI employee); Mr. Trance (villain, alien)
First Line: The attractive blonde girl nervously twisted...
Synopsis: Mary takes her husband to see the FBI Chief in Washington to report to the Chief about an invasion by monsters from outer space. They are right, but are due for a surprise after their tale has ended!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #7 published April 1994
as Breakdown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

Some of the story is told in flashback.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “7 Year Old Genius!,” above).

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