Weird Science #22 (1953) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Weird Science (EC, 1951 series)
Issue: #22
Publication date: November-December 1953
Key date: November 10, 1953
Indicia publisher: Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

From the editorial file EC science fiction at its most ambitious, with Wally Wood art that several generations of artists have cited as a starting point. The line sold modestly and ended early; the influence never did.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin
1	In Memoriam	text article	1	script: Al Feldstein
2	A New Beginning	comic story	8	script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Williamson; inks: Al Williamson, Bernie Krigstein, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	un-named Professor; Adam; Eve
3	The Headhunters	comic story	7	script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	unnamed doctor; two unnamed white coated attendants;
4	Stickum!	text story	1	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin
5	-	letters page	1	script: Al Feldstein
6	My World	comic story	6	script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	Wally Wood
7	Outcast of the Stars	comic story	7	script: Ray Bradbury, Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Tomorrow Midnight #U2142	1966	On eBay ›
Weird Science Annual #5 ISBN ?	1997	On eBay ›
Fantastic Exploits #19	1971	On eBay ›
Weird Science #22	1997	On eBay ›
Weird Science #1	1990	On eBay ›
Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] ISBN 1934331414; 978-1934331415	2012	On eBay ›
50 Girls 50 and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-60699-577-8	2013	On eBay ›
Comics about Cartoonists: Stories about the World's Oddest Profession #[nn] ISBN 978-161377-346-8	2012	On eBay ›
Weird Science ISBN 0-939947-12-9	1989	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #2118 of 18

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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