Weird Science Volume 1 Issues 1-6

Feldstein, Al (foreword by George Lucas)

ISBN 10: 1888472588 / ISBN 13: 9781888472585

Published by Gemstone Publishing, Incorporated, Timonium, MD, U.S.A., 2006

About this Item

Virtually fine with slight edge wear. No markings or bookplate. In near fine dust jacket with slight scuffing. NO chips or tears. Volume one (1) comprising the first six issues originally published in the 1950s. Newly re-colored in the style of the original colorist Marie Severin. NOTE: The stock image is an inaccurate representation of the first printing cover art. Seller Inventory # 108401

Bibliographic Details

Title: Weird Science Volume 1 Issues 1-6

Publisher: Gemstone Publishing, Incorporated, Timonium, MD, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

• Star Wars creator George Lucas kicks off the full-color, chronological, hardcover presentation of the EC Comics line with a foreword introducing readers to the wonders of Weird Science. Included are stories by Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines and others with art by legendary illustrators such as Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Feldstein and others from the first six issues of this pivotal comic book title. Find out what made EC among the most influential comic book lines ever in this complete and newly re-colored collection.
• This volume reprints the first six complete issues (24 stories) of the comic book Weird Science, originally published in 1950, and features science fiction and fantasy stories, flying saucers, aliens, other worlds, space travel, similar to the first science fiction movies of the same period.

About the Author:

Bill Gaines was an American publisher and co-editor of EC Comics. Following a shift in EC's direction in 1950, Gaines presided over what became an artistically influential and historically important line of mature-audience comics. He published the popular satirical magazine Mad for over 40 years. He was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame (1993) and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (1997). In 2012, he was inducted into the Ghastly Awards' Hall of Fame. The author lives in Brooklyn, New York.