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15September-October 1950
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Weird Fantasy #15

EC · September-October 1950 · on sale 1950-06-26

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Identification plate

Series
Weird Fantasy (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#15
Publication date
September-October 1950
Key date
1950-09-00
On-sale date
1950-06-26
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Dark Side of the Mooncover1pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein; letters: Jim WrotenAdam Black; Joseph Kramer; Mike Parendeau
1Vault of Horrorpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten
2Martian Infiltration!comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein; letters: Jim WrotenDon (U.S. Secretary's associate, a Venusian, death); unnamed U.S. Secretary of State (a Venusian, death); Dr. Bergson (State University Professor); Dickerson (Defense Department member, mention only); the Martians [unnamed Secretary of Defense; others unidentified] (villains, many die)
3Henry and His...Goon-Childcomic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Jim WrotenHenry Short (radio store owner/operator); Mrs. Frabbis (radio shop customer, cameo); "Goon-Child" (villain, robot machine)
4-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim WrotenCrypt-Keeper (inset)
5The Bombtext story1pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset
6-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Don Cameron; inks: Don Cameron
7-letters page1script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein
8I Died Tomorrow!comic story7script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; letters: Jim WrotenFred Davis (University President); unnamed bookie; Ernest Pavlonis (villain, physicist)
9Dark Side of the Mooncomic story6script: Wallace Wood; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood; letters: Jim WrotenEdgar Walden (former employee of the U.S. Rocket Research Foundation); Joseph Kramer (astro-navigator, death, flashback); Mike Parendeau (meteorologist, death, flashback); Harvey Tovar (research astro-physicist, death, flashback); Will Leyden (rocket expert, death, flashback); Chauncey Schultz (asyl

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Weird Fantasy #31993On eBay ›
Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-659-1
2013On eBay ›
The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy #1
ISBN 978-1-61655-293-0
2014On eBay ›
Spawn of Mars and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-805-2
2015On eBay ›
Weird Fantasy #11980On eBay ›
The Martian Monster and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-68396-168-0
2019On eBay ›
Man and Superman and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-68396-275-5
2020On eBay ›
EC Archives: Weird Fantasy #1
ISBN 9781506721163
2023On eBay ›

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