Best Place to Sell Weird Science-Fantasy #23

Publisher: EC, 1954

About Weird Science-Fantasy #23

First issue of the title formerly known as Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. Adapts "The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury. Wally Wood cover. Wood, Al Williamson, Bernie Krigstein, and Joe Orlando art.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: Wallace Wood

Inks: Wallace Wood

Colors: Marie Severin

Reprints: EC Portfolio (Russ Cochran, 1971 series) #6 (1977)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Children

Characters: Ellen Greyson; David Greyson; Richie; Dr. Garden

Synopsis: Colonists on a new world have their children taken from them by the government.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils: Wallace Wood

Inks: Wallace Wood

Letters: Jim Wroten

Title: Fish Story

Characters: Zlafg (alien); Cxargx (alien)

Synopsis: The fish life forms on a distant strange blue planet are faced with their fading sun soon going nova and exploding, only to leave their planet without life-sustaining oxygen. Then they see an alien vessel approaching and fill it with water and drown the crew inside, and take the ship back to Earth in hopes that their water areas will provide a new home.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Albert B. Feldstein

Pencils: Al Williamson (signed); Roy Krenkel (underwater world panels)

Inks: Al Williamson (signed); Roy Krenkel (underwater world panels)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Krenkel art credits by Craig Delich 2013-9-24.

Title: The Flying Machine

Characters: Emperor Yuan; Yuan's servant; Ho (the flying man, death)

Synopsis: When Emperor Yuan discovers that a villager has learned how to create a flying machine, he has him killed so the secret won't fall into the wrong hands.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Ray Bradbury (story); Al Feldstein (adaptation)

Pencils: Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)

Inks: Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Reprints: EC Portfolio (Russ Cochran, 1971 series) #2 (1972)

Notes: Story occurs in 400 A.D.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	12	4	10	5	9	13	6	11	11	7	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	106
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Total	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	13	4	10	6	10	16	6	13	11	7	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	114

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