Back cover of Volume 3. "The Complete Weird Science" published by Russ Cochran, (1978). Four hardcover volumes. 1st ed.
Russ Cochran first published the complete 22-issue run of “Weird Science” in a set of four hardcover volumes in 1978, reproducing all the covers in color and the stories in black & white.
“Weird Science” was a science fiction comic book magazine that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, the bi-monthly magazine ran for 22 issues over a four-year span, ending with the November–December, 1953 issue. EC’s science fiction comics were never able to match the popularity of their horror comics like “Tales from the Crypt, but Gaines and Feldstein kept them alive using the profits from their more popular titles.
As with other EC Comics, Gaines and Feldstein used some “Weird Science” stories to teach moral lessons. "The Probers" (#8) features a space shuttle doctor who pays no mind to dissecting various animals, only to end up on an alien planet where aliens plan to dissect him. In "The Worm Turns" (#11) astronauts have fun with Mexican jumping beans but face a similar situation when they hide in a piece of fruit on an alien world and are found by a giant alien. "He Walked Among Us" (#13) was a take on organized religion in which a Christ-like astronaut helps the impoverished populace of an alien world but is killed by those in power, prompting the birth of a religion. [Source: Wikipedia]
Back cover of Volume 3. "The Complete Weird Science" published by Russ Cochran, (1978). Four hardcover volumes. 1st ed.
Russ Cochran first published the complete 22-issue run of “Weird Science” in a set of four hardcover volumes in 1978, reproducing all the covers in color and the stories in black & white.
“Weird Science” was a science fiction comic book magazine that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, the bi-monthly magazine ran for 22 issues over a four-year span, ending with the November–December, 1953 issue. EC’s science fiction comics were never able to match the popularity of their horror comics like “Tales from the Crypt, but Gaines and Feldstein kept them alive using the profits from their more popular titles.
As with other EC Comics, Gaines and Feldstein used some “Weird Science” stories to teach moral lessons. "The Probers" (#8) features a space shuttle doctor who pays no mind to dissecting various animals, only to end up on an alien planet where aliens plan to dissect him. In "The Worm Turns" (#11) astronauts have fun with Mexican jumping beans but face a similar situation when they hide in a piece of fruit on an alien world and are found by a giant alien. "He Walked Among Us" (#13) was a take on organized religion in which a Christ-like astronaut helps the impoverished populace of an alien world but is killed by those in power, prompting the birth of a religion. [Source: Wikipedia]