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Issue: Weird Fantasy #15
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #15 of 17 Issues
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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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
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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 #15 published October 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #4 published January 1973
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as Weird Fantasy #15 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #15 published April 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: We at E.C. proudly present our latest baby...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mad #1.
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Revulsion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: It was an old ship!
Synopsis: A captain is complaining about his old derelict spaceship that is infested with cockroaches. He mentions how one time while eating at a restaurant his salad had a bug in it. The engineer of the crew wonders how life would be like if insects had evolved the same way mammals did on Earth. After the ship crashes on an alien world, the crew finds it inhabited by giant clothed insects. While they hide in some vegetation, they are scooped up by one of the insect beings who prepares it as a salad for the king. The king is horrified to find humans in his salad!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1992 published January 1992
as Krypene! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as Revulsion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #15 published April 1996
as Revulsion! [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.
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The Quick Trip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): "E.C. Quickie"
Character(s): Captain Philip Donnel (space-ship pilot); Bob Hatch (language expert); Lieutenant James Murtha (engineer, death)
First Line: The following 'E.C. Quickie' is an account of man's first trip to a star.........
Synopsis: Captain Donnel is heading up a mission to the star Pollux.....a journey taking 30 light years. The crew are put into suspended animation so they wont age during the long trip. Once they arrive and are revived, they discover that Pollux has completely disappeared! Apparently the star exploded 25 years before they left Earth and the light they saw had taken 55 light years to reach Earth!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1992 published January 1992
as Snartur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as The Quick Trip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #15 published April 1996
as The Quick Trip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 published March 2013
as The Quick Trip [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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The Long Trip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): "E.C. Quickie"
Character(s): Captain Philip Donnel (space ship pilot); Bob Hatch (language expert); Lieutenant James Murtha (engineer, death); Sandor Mannershmitt (inventor of the space time overdrive, mention only)
First Line: Frustrated? Well, at least you still have your youth!
Synopsis: An alternate version of the previous story sees Captain Donnel and his crew not going into suspended animation when travelling 30 years to Pollux. When they get there (now as old men), they were shocked to see humans had already colonized the star. Apparently during their 30 year voyage, a scientist on Earth invented a star drive which allows people to travel from Earth to Pollux in just 2 days!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1992 published January 1992
as Langtur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as The Long Trip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #15 published April 1996
as The Long Trip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 published March 2013
as The Long Trip [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: This story is a swipe of A. E. Van Vogt's "Far Centaurus".
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Genius!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: All 48 states sent offical medical representation to the great conclave...
Synopsis: A scientist invents a cure for the common cold by stopping people from sneezing (which is what causes the virus to spread). He gives a demonstration to the world by using his cure on himself and asks people to try to get him to sneeze. This gives him the urge to sneeze, but he can't because of the cure and it causes his head to explode.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as Genius! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Norman Hauptman, Johannah Phelan, Colleen Phelan, Margaret Phelan, Mrs. Wm. R. Fletcher, Mrs. Henry Olthoff, Howard Bailey, Charles Baugh, Kenneth Harris, Mrs. Eveluy Canup, Byron Rowe, B.C., John Barkus, Peter Fisher, Gregg Lanier, Bill Pennington, W. Carroll Golightly, Floyd King, "a low type person", Don Bradshaw, and Frank Krompak.
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He Who Waits!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Percy (bachelor scientist); Alec; Petite (a flower girl, death)
First Line: My first thought when I found here was that I was going out of my mind...
Synopsis: Percy is given an unusual plant as a gift from Alec, and he notes that a tiny, 8" tall girl has emerged from it. Percy then takes a special secret solution to shrink in size so that he can be with her. She dies shortly thereafter of old age and a distraught Percy buries her body. After a while he notices a plant growing from her grave and realizes that she was a plant being. A new girl will sprout from the flower in the near future causing Percy to wait.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1990 published January 1990
as Den som venter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as He Who Waits! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #15 published April 1996
as He Who Waits! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #8 (March 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Corrected script credits and letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Loosely based on "The Kelpie" by Manly Wade Wellman.
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By George!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alan (archaeologist); Marvin (archaeologist); un-named alien boy (death); Princess Sabra; Saint George
First Line: North in Beirut, in Lebanon, in October of 1952...
Synopsis: Two archaeologists uncover a large, smooth object, looking very much like a building block, that is covered with etched inscriptions on five of its six sides, which are later translated by Marvin. To their surprise, the block proves to be a diary of an alien boy (who is a reptilian giant) who stole his father's spaceship on his planet 14 Centuries before and crashed on Earth during the Medieval age. The frightened lost alien child is slayed by a knight which became the legend of "Saint George and the Dragon".
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales of the Incredible #U2140 published March 1965
as By George!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEC Portfolio #4 published January 1973
as By George!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #4 [Without Barcode] published March 1992
as By George!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Fantasy #15 published April 1996
as By George!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 published March 2013
as By George!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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