The EC Archives: Weird Science, Vol. 3

The EC Archives

by Al Feldstein (Editor), Jerry Weist (Foreward)

Two stories by legendary author Ray Bradbury, "The Long Years" (#17) and "Mars is Heaven" (#18), feature in this hardcover that reprints twenty-four stories by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines, with art by legendary illustrators such as Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Will Elder and more. Reprints Weird Science issues #13-18, originally published in 1952 and 1953. Introduction by Ray Bradbury.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

212 pages, Hardcover

First published July 22, 2008

About the author

Albert Bernard Feldstein was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad. After retiring from Mad, Feldstein concentrated on American paintings of Western wildlife.

Reviews

[Ignacio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una vez he aceptado que Harvey Kurtzman ya no va a volver y la mayoría de historias giran alrededor de artistas de línea más realista, en la tradición de la cf de Alex Raymond y Dan Barry, he disfrutado mucho del tomo. Muy pulp, a veces extravagante, a veces un poco estúpido, pero siempre bien dibujado y con encanto. Con particulares aciertos como las historias que anticipan Las frías ecuaciones y Bajo la piel o las adaptaciones de un par de cuentos de Crónicas marcianas a cargo de Wally Wood y Joe Orlando. Además, ahora que he aprendido a prescindir de la mayoría de los textos de apoyo en la lectura, la suma de dibujo y diálogos está engrasada como una cucaña.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

What could make EC science comics better! when they adapt stories from some of SiFi's greatest writers. AS usual the amazing writing and art make this a Gem. Recommended

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

More great EC comics. Gaines and Feldstein found a great art crew for this series; four of the six issues feature Wood, Williamson, Kamen and Orlando in the same order in each issue. My favorite in the book sees a human space explorer save a few poor lives before being lynched by the intolerant rich folk. Two thousand years later, more humans find the planet and discover that their predecessor in space exploration is worshiped as kin to a god. Ha!

[EC Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love EC Sci Fi, but this is the weakest volume (though WS 2 isn't much better). Wood is doing a lot of biblical allegories and dry old people stories starting here, and while the artwork is great (his 'beautiful clutter' period), the stories all around are similarly a bummer. Weird Fantasy was on fire with everyone's best work at this exact same time, so this must have been the dumping ground for a minute. Most of Al Williamson's worst work is here (which is still better than most anyone else's), but he knocks out one classic, "Space Borne", and it's almost worth the price alone.

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too much fun!

[Sylvester · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were only few nice stories in this volume, they sort of ran out of ideas and went all repetitive.