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The EC Archives
The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 3
One of the greatest sci-fi comics ever published now collected!
This wonderful and strange volume collects issues #13-18 of the groundbreaking comics anthology--remastered in glorious digital color! Featuring amazing tales from iconic writers and artists including Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and more!
This wonderful and strange volume collects issues #13-18 of the groundbreaking comics anthology--remastered in glorious digital color! Featuring amazing tales from iconic writers and artists including Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and more!
216 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 26, 2018
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August 2, 2024
Nice collection of these classic comics. Great read. Recommended
November 24, 2020
Great writing & fantastic art, what more could you ask for in a comic!? Well how about these comics are over 50 years old and still read incredibly well. Check out a volume of EC and see where and how some of the greats of the industry got their start. Recommended
May 28, 2020
E.C.'s science fiction comics are like a drawn equivalent to the Twilight Zone television series - full of smart stories with deliciously ironic twists. Sometimes I could see where they were headed, sometimes I couldn't. And they are beautifully drawn.
This collection also contains a couple of brief self-parodies - The Expert! and The Ad! And it sees the earliest adaptations of stories by Ray Bradbury in the magazine, something which became a common feature.
Also, in a story like Judgement Day!, you get an example of social criticism which must have seemed particularly bold in 1953.
Time machines may still exist only in fiction, but we can travel back in time to the fifties with these comics and let them take us to distant unfamiliar planets and into the lives of character's whose dastardly intentions are all too familiar though their means of carrying them out may be weird and fantastic.
This collection also contains a couple of brief self-parodies - The Expert! and The Ad! And it sees the earliest adaptations of stories by Ray Bradbury in the magazine, something which became a common feature.
Also, in a story like Judgement Day!, you get an example of social criticism which must have seemed particularly bold in 1953.
Time machines may still exist only in fiction, but we can travel back in time to the fifties with these comics and let them take us to distant unfamiliar planets and into the lives of character's whose dastardly intentions are all too familiar though their means of carrying them out may be weird and fantastic.
September 11, 2018
More absolutely amazing stories and artwork, including the EC debut of Al Williamson (who'd go on to be the greatest comics illustrator of all time). And that last panel in "Judgment Day!" is still one of the most powerful panels in comics history.
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July 31, 2024It really would be next to impossible to ever say anything negative about the reproductions of these classic comics from the EC Comics world. Dark Horse once more captures the essence of these six issues from the Weird Fantasy line. Issues 13 to 18 are reprinted, brought to life once again for those who missed them the first time. Now of course that was nearly seventy years ago they were released, so chances are many would not still be around, who thrust down their dimes for some of the best in comic books of the time.
EC we all know was controversial, and raised the ire of many because of their graphic depictions of violence, toning things down in later comic releases. Here in WEIRD FANTASY, the comics mainly center around science fiction, and the world in the future, or heading to space. The artwork of such stalwarts as Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and new to the science-fiction genre Al Williamson, more than brought to life every single story.
EC never was afraid to take chances with their stories, and it was their ingenuity that kept avid readers returning each issue. In this edition, there are many standouts as usual. Close Call, features a woman who discovers that after coming out from a counter-radiation chamber, the world was decimated, and she seems to be the only person alive on Earth. It shows the perils of isolation and the need for companionship, that is most elusive.
He Who Waits, is fantasy at its best, as a man discovers an eight inch woman of his dreams growing on a plant in his house. He wants to be reduced to her size, so he can be part of her world. It doesn’t end quite as he planned, as the plant world and her world intersect in mysterious ways.
Perhaps the most powerful is Judgment Day, the last story in this book, that offers a look at space travel and brave new worlds, with a last panel that shows hope for the world, where people might live in harmony like never before. Ray Bradbury is represented as well, with adaptations of some of his classic works also.
This is the ultimate must-buy book, like the Dark Horse releases before this, another book as classic as the EC Comics contained within.
EC we all know was controversial, and raised the ire of many because of their graphic depictions of violence, toning things down in later comic releases. Here in WEIRD FANTASY, the comics mainly center around science fiction, and the world in the future, or heading to space. The artwork of such stalwarts as Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and new to the science-fiction genre Al Williamson, more than brought to life every single story.
EC never was afraid to take chances with their stories, and it was their ingenuity that kept avid readers returning each issue. In this edition, there are many standouts as usual. Close Call, features a woman who discovers that after coming out from a counter-radiation chamber, the world was decimated, and she seems to be the only person alive on Earth. It shows the perils of isolation and the need for companionship, that is most elusive.
He Who Waits, is fantasy at its best, as a man discovers an eight inch woman of his dreams growing on a plant in his house. He wants to be reduced to her size, so he can be part of her world. It doesn’t end quite as he planned, as the plant world and her world intersect in mysterious ways.
Perhaps the most powerful is Judgment Day, the last story in this book, that offers a look at space travel and brave new worlds, with a last panel that shows hope for the world, where people might live in harmony like never before. Ray Bradbury is represented as well, with adaptations of some of his classic works also.
This is the ultimate must-buy book, like the Dark Horse releases before this, another book as classic as the EC Comics contained within.
October 22, 2024
EC were firing on all cylinders when these originally came out. This one features the first round of official Ray Bradbury adaptations that are pretty near perfect alongside the usual EC material. The last issue in this also feature the iconic "Judgement Day" story that continues to pack a wallop. Highly recommended.
August 25, 2022
A dazzling cornucopia of riches! "Home to Stay", "By George", "Zero Hour", "Homesick", "Judgement Day" and "There Will Come Soft Rains", this just has one classic after another. There are some goofy quickies, the Sci-Fi arrival of Al Williamson, and the more serious side of Wood. Even Kamen and Orlando deliver consistently classic (and some pretty funny) work in this one. Possibly the best of the Sci Fi archives, possibly the best EC archive period.
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