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EC Archives: Weird Science – Volume 2                                           Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket
Imaginative stories about flying saucers, other worlds, and aliens.  Awesome!!
Writers: Bill Gaines & Al Feldstein
Artists: Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein & others
Editor: Bill Gaines
Cover by: Al Feldstein

EC Comics (Entertaining Comics) were all published from the late 1940s until around 1956, when the Comics Code Authority whitewashed all comic books to remove all themes of horror and violence. Psychiatrist Fredric Wertham and Senator Estes Kefauver’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency attacked horror comics as causes of the rise in juvenile delinquency and crimes by minors. These comic books were accused of having no redeeming value to society and were effectively banned by the actions of these groups in creating the Comics Code. EC Comics were superior to other comics of the 1950s because of a higher quality of writing and artwork, and they were widely imitated by other comics publishers. The subject matter for EC Comics were horror, science fiction/fantasy, crime stories, war stories, and stories with a social message that generally had a twist or “shock” ending. This volume reprints issues 7-12 of the comic book Weird Science, a total of 24 complete breathtaking EC science fiction stories, originally published in 1951 & 1952, and features imaginative stories about flying saucers, other worlds, and aliens. Weird Science began in 1950 with issue #12 (its numbering was picked up from Saddle Romances (1949) #11.) Edited by Bill Gaines, Weird Science was easily one of the most remarkable science fiction comics of all time.

This second volume of EC Archives Weird Science features a foreword by Paul Levitz and classic stories written by Bill Gaines & Al Feldstein, and is illustrated by such legendary master artists as Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein himself. The stories feature mad scientists, flying saucers, alien worlds, alien invaders, robots, artificial intelligence, other dimensions, monsters, mutants, the Moon, nuclear apocalypse, and other science fiction essentials.

Hardcover reprints/collects: Weird Science (1951 – 1952) Issues #7-12.  EC Comics

Sealed Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket is bagged and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Gemstone Publishing
Publication Date: 2007
Format: FC, 212 pages, HC/DJ, 11.25″ x 8.5″
ISBN-10: 1888472693
ISBN-13: 9781888472691

Collectible Entertainment note: Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket is Brand New & Factory Sealed (tear in shrink wrap).  Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Weird Science and/or Science Fiction collector / enthusiast.  Very Highly Recommended.

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