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Issue: Weird Science #8
Publication Date: July 1951
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Issues: #8 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/13/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #8 published August 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #8 published June 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Seeds of Jupiter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: From out of the night sky, they plunged to Earth!
Synopsis: A meteor from Venus crashes onto an aircraft carrier spilling out seeds. When one of the seeds gets wet, it hatches out an octopus-like creature that grows bigger when it's exposed to water. Eventually the creature grows so big it attacks New York City.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #8 published June 1994
as Seeds of Jupiter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as Semi di Giove! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
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.
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The Escape

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Far out in the inky blackness of space...
Synopsis: A man onboard a doomed spacecraft kills his companions so he can use the equipment they were using to escape to Earth. Once he gets to Earth, he's shot and killed by a farmer who mistook him for an alien.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #8 published June 1994
as The Escape [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as La fuga! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
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 “Seeds of Jupiter!,” above).
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Invasion!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: A fleet of Flying Saucers seemed to be approaching for an invasion of the Great City.
Synopsis: The military battles an invasion of flying saucers. After examining the wreckage of one of the downed craft, it's discovered that they were props used in a publicity campaign to promote MUMBO-JUMBOS biscuits.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #8 published June 1994
as Invasion! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial; letters from Carl Anthony, Don Becker.
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Beyond Repair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: It all began the day I guided my interplanetary rocketship into Spaceport New York!
Synopsis: A handsome pilot falls in love with and steals away the beautiful girlfriend of his scientist roommate only to find out she was a robot he had built.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #8 published June 1994
as Beyond Repair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as Irreparabile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
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 “Seeds of Jupiter!,” above).
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The Probers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gordon Drake (scientist); Captain Scott (Commander of Rocketship 405-X); 405-X's crew [Fenton; Lawson; Cavips (death)]' alien beings (villains)
First Line: Captain Scott moved forward through the huge rocket ship...
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 vivisected like guinea pigs!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #7 published September 1991
as I ricercatori [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #8 published June 1994
as The Probers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as Gli scienziati [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
Cover story.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “Seeds of Jupiter!,” above).

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