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Issue: Weird Science #10
Publication Date: November 1951
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Issues: #10 of 18 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #10 published December 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #10 published December 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagNemi #11 published March 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as Incredibili storie di Science-Fiction! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] published January 2012
as Cosmic Cover Collection [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Play red hot harmonica music in 8 minutes flat!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Maidens Cried

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Commander Glenn Valent; Andrew Martin (ship's navigator, death); Carl William (ship's geologist); Herbert Groosky (ship's engineer, death); Robert Reill (ship's biologist, death); the Butterfly women (villains)
First Line: When we left the planetary paradise that was their home...
Synopsis: Valent and his crew have been hedge-hopping the galaxy, searching various planets for much-needed raw materials back on Earth, specifically uranium. After two years, the crew is ready to get back home after this mission. When they land, a group of beautiful women suddenly approach the crew along with their men who are hideous to look at. Many of the crew marry the women, but then learn too late that they are actually the planet's insect life.
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In Content Item: FlagI Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #7 published September 1991
as Le fanciulle piansero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #10 published December 1994
as The Maidens Cried [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as Il pianto delle fanciulle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

Much of the story is told in flashback.

Cover story.

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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Reducing... Costs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: 'Duke' Brigmann leaned back in his swivel chair...
Synopsis: A couple of arena owners are desperate because their arena to too small to compete with "The Garden." A scientist offers a solution. He can make it so people will unknowingly shrink when they enter the building thus allowing them to bring in more people for sporting events. The shrinking process backfires.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1989 published January 1989
as Små kår [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #10 published December 1994
as Reducing... Costs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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 “The Maidens Cried,” above).
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SuspenStory Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Haunt of Fear #9.
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No Variety!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man who takes a pill that makes it so he doesn't require food is complaining because the sandwiches that he's secretly eating are always the same.
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First Line: 144 big pages in full color
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Picture Stories from the Bible series.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Diane McClane, Kenneth Harris, Delmar Dijion, Carol Hoffman, and The Old Witch.
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Transformation Completed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Emil Hinde; Terry Hinde (Emil's daughter); Lee (Terry's boyfriend)
First Line: Allow me to introduce myself!
Synopsis: Dr. Hinde was very possessive of his daughter, and when she became engaged to a man he didn't like, he decided to conduct his sex gene experiments on the young man without his knowledge. But when Terry finds out, she takes drastic action that ends in a most unusual wedding!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #10 published December 1994
as Transformation Completed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as Trasformazione completata [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Plot and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for “The Maidens Cried,” above).
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The Planetoid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: This is what probably happened!
Synopsis: A group of space explorers find a small planetoid and go to investigate. They are startled by the insect-sized beings who live there and are then attacked by flying and stinging insect-sized objects. They flee. It turns out that it was Earth and those insects were humans and the flying objects were jet fighters.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1991 published January 1991
as Planetoiden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #10 published December 1994
as The Planetoid! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Science #2 published October 2007
as Il planetoide! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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 “The Maidens Cried,” above).
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Al Feldstein

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: EC Artist of the Issue
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Terrific Bargains

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Consumers Mart
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First Line: Hey you skinny bag of bones!
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: New silk-finish enlargement, ivory gold-tooled frame
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