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Weird Science #15

EC · Series began 1950 · November-December 1950

Dates

Cover date
November-December 1950
On sale
August 8, 1950
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, Jack Kameninks: Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamenletters: Jim Wroten, Ben Odascript: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman

Stories

  • Panic! · 8 pages

    An alien invasion hoax is being broadcast on the radio, while aliens from Jupiter are invading at the same time. Listeners think the real invasion is part of the show.

  • The Radioactive Child! · 7 pages

    Luis and Rosa are aboard their fishing boat, having survived the atomic bomb explosion.....but both were affected by the harmful radiation. Luis is dying and disappointed that he won't live to see the birth of their child. Somehow, however, Rosa survived, making it back to their home in Argenta and giving birth to a boy, Pedro. Knowing her days are numbered, she takes Pedro to the President's office, but passes away before she can see him. The President soon discovers this young child, due to radiation, has become a genius, and is made the new Prime Minister of the nation.

  • Robots! · 1 pages

    A man creates an army of robots he hopes will help him conquer the World, but they turn on him instead.

  • House, in Time! · 6 pages

    A couple rent a home whose back door leads into the Prehistoric past.

  • I Created a... Gargantua! · 7 pages

    A scientist helps a puny man grow tall by manipulating his pituitary gland. The procedure backfires and causes him to grow uncontrollably, eventually growing to be 700 feet tall!

Reprinted in

Weird Science (1980), Weird Science (1992), EC Archives: Weird Science (2006), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (2012), EC Archives: Weird Science (2022), Weird Science Annual (1994)

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