Edited by William M. Gaines. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Albert B. Feldstein, Wally Wood, and Johnny Craig.
Stories of adventure and war, reprinted from ECs original Two-Fisted tales series.
36 pages, full color. $1.50. Cover price $2.00.
Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Abe Lincoln!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis. "First Shot!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder;
As Union soldiers sleep in Fort Sumter, shells suddenly bombard the fort, and the battle that all dreaded has begun. "Speech" text story, script by Abraham Lincoln, art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Choose Sides!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood. "Bull Run!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; s Union forces go marching confidently out of Washington D.C., each soldier reminds himself that he has enlisted only for 3 months, and the war should be over within 60 days—or so they think; The rebels have other ideas; Three Union soldiers become, in their minds, the Three Musketeers and vow to see the battle out together.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.
Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Thunderjet!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Alex Toth;
Captain Wood and his squadron go on a mission to destroy a North Korean troop train. "Caesar!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; After conquering Germany and France, Caesar is killed by his own senate. "Tubridy's Triumph!" text story, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Chickamauga!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; The story of the battle of Chickamauga creek. "Night Patrol!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Pappy is taking out a night patrol of replacements to gauge the strength of enemy forces near Taegu, and they discover a tremendous number; Just when they get set to return to base with the information, the enemy attacks, and all make it back alive except for two.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.
Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. Map of Iwo Jima on inside front cover. "Iwo Jima!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood.
"The Landing!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; For 72 days before the invasion, Iwo Jima was continuously bombed and shelled, then the U.S. Marines came ashore, some expecting an easy go of it; It was anything but, and Joe decided, after a while, to just stay put "where it was safe," while the others headed for some caves where the Japanese had taken refuge. "The Caves!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; The Japanese take refuge in a cave, facing flame throwing tanks and other tactics designed by the Marines to box them in; Their leader reminds them that they will fight to the death, taking ten Americans each with them. "Mopping Up!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.
Last $2.00 cover price. Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Combat Medic!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis
As medics tend to a wounded soldier, the Captain tells everybody that the division is pulling out, but the medics want to stay where they are; As they continue to treat the wounded man, the four soldiers bugging out are shot and killed by a Chinese machine gun. "Light Brigade!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood. "The Wreckers" text story, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Air Burst!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; The Americans have the Chinese on the run, but two of the enemy's remaining mortar crew have a surprise for the advancing Americans: a booby trap. "Bomb Run!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; An American bomber, "The Odyssey", has made a successful bombing run over a Filipino island when Japanese Zeros fill the sky and attack; While several Zeros are shot down, the bomber suffers a hit left engine, and they radio for help.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.00.
Reprints of classic EC stories.
Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Fall Guy for Murder," script by William Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by Johnny Craig; Harry calls in his good friend, best man and private-eye, Gregg Saunders, to investigate the sudden disappearance of his wife, Edith; He finds a clue in a murder mystery novel called "Fall Guy For Murder."
"Juice for the Record!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Bill Elder; Seeing his only son involved with shady criminal elements, old Pop Martin tries to persuade his son to get away from that element and turn to decent pursuits; When he refuses and is shot by a crook that he supposedly swindled, Pop decides to record a confession implicating himself as the murderer of a crook giving Richie a hard time. "Eight Bar Rest," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Sure that his counselor-at-law can get him off on a temporary insanity plea, Barney tells his attorney in the prison cell block how he was hired, along with fellow musician Ernie Treble, to play a gig at a local club; but Ernie was a fanatic for facts, and every time the duo broke into song, Ernie would bore Barney to death with facts.
"Frozen Assets!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Lovers Mort and Helen, wanting to insure that Helen's husband (and thus her as well) would receive his aunt's $200,000+ inheritance, murder the husband and hide him away in a freezer, awaiting the aunt's death. "From Here to Insanity," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Reed Crandall; A homicidal maniac, having committed several murders of young women because they could identify him, takes up residence in an old woman's apartment in order not to be discovered by the police.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.
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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck. Art by Jack Davis, Bernie Krigstein, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel. EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to the Code-approved Incredible Science Fiction. A space captain faces court-martial, in a story by Jack Davis. Efforts at terraforming an alien planet have an unexpected result. A space tyrant sets his sights on familiar territory. Fallen Idol; Food for Thought; The Ultimate Weapon; Marked Man.
36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00
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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel. EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to the Code-approved Incredible Science Fiction. Space tourists stranded on a primitive planet are unknowingly worshipped as gods, with art by Bernie Krigstein. A scientist finds that his time travel is predetermined to go wrong. A classic Wally Wood story reveals the age limit for space explorers. You, Rocket; Fulfillment; Time to Leave; Twice Told Tale; Has-Been.
36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00
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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck and Alfred Coppel. Art by Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein, and Joe Orlando. Numbering continues from Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) #29. As part of its skirmishes with the Comics Code, William Gaines' EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to Incredible Science Fiction. This was also the first issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Astronauts find the other planets reduced to the size of toys, with art by Bernie Krigstein. The advance agent of an alien invasion is disguised to look like a human. Future Earth empires discover a mysterious barrier on the moon that prevents their struggle for domination. Clean Start; Marbles; Conditioned Reflex; Barrier.
36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series. This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover by Jack Davis. "Fare Tonight, Followed by Increasing Clottyness...", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A cab driver has a dream that he is pursued by a Dr. Mueller into a basement filled with vampire-occupied caskets. "Curiosity Killed...," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A woman is convinced that her friend down the hall has been murdered by her husband and that he is disposing of her remains bit by bit via carrier pigeon to a local kennel. "How Green Was My Alley," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A bigamist is decapitated by his two athletic wives when they find they've been deceived. "The Handler," script by Ray Bradbury (original story) and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Graham Ingels.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series. This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover by Jack Davis. "By the Fright of the Silvery Moon!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; After two men are found torn apart on the night of a full moon, the sheriff of a small American farm community seizes a man who has arrived from Hungary with his two sons and has him shot, believing him to be a werewolf. "Midnight Mess!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A man visits his sister in a small town where people get off the street and close up shop before sundown due to a recent spate of seventeen vampire killings, but scoffs at the idea as the work of a homicidal maniac as vampires don't exist. "Busted Marriage!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A man has voodoo dolls made as wedding cake figures in order to get a wealthy woman to marry him. "This Wraps It Up!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series. This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover by Al Feldstein. "Bargain in Death!", script by Albert B. Felstein, art by Jack Davis; Two medical students need to procure a corpse in order to get an anatomy credit to graduate and pay an imbecile five bucks to dig and grave rob a newly dug grave. "Ants in Her Trance!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A hypnotist places his wife in a trance and commands her to stop her heart. "A-Corny Story," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; An elderly man is fired due to age discrimination and returns to Haiti to work revenge upon his boss. "The Ventriloquist's Dummy!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00.
1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series. This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
Cover by Jack Davis. Bio of Jack Davis. "Four-Way Split," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Buck and Roy are two good friends gone bad. "Cold War," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; Norman is absolutely smitten by Maria; he's willing to do anything to make her his; But, when he finds out she's a zombie, he has second thoughts. "Clots My Line," script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans
A tale with a classic switch; A game show challenges people to guess the occupation of their special guest. "Accidents and Old Lace," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Eric, an art dealer, makes a fascinating discovery when he moves into a boarding house; Three old ladies who live there spend their time making tapestries. "Fall Guy for Murder," script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig. "Juice for the Record!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Bill Elder. "Frozen Assets!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. "From Here to Insanity," script by Al Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall.
68 pgs., full color. $2.00.
Edited by William M. Gaines and Al Feldstein. Cover by Albert B. Feldstein. Stories by Albert B. Feldstein, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, and Harvey Kurtzman.
Fantasy, science fiction, and supernatural tales reprinted from the classic 1950s EC series of the same name.
36 pages, full color. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
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"Smiddy" (Smitty parody with art by Bill Elder), "Hindu" (art by Wally Wood), "Just Plain Bull" (art by Joe Orlando), and "I Touched a Flying Saucer" (art by Jack Davis). Basil Wolverton cover.
36 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50
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"African Scream" (African Queen parody with art by Wally Wood), "The Lady or the Tiger" (art by Bill Elder), "Breakfast with the Fershlugginers" (art by Joe Orlando), and "Come Back, LIttle Street Car" (Streetcar Named Desire parody with art by Jack Davis). Al Feldstein cover.
36 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50
All reprints. Cover by Wallace Wood. Dead Right!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kame
A fortune teller predicts to a woman that a man who wants to marry her, but she finds repulsive, is going to inherit twenty-five thousand dollars and die shortly afterward, so she marries him. Under Cover!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; When Sam Masters sees a secret society whip a girl to death he tries to contact the F.B.I. before they can catch him. Not So Tough!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. Sugar 'N Spice 'N..., script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly).
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Graham Ingels. Thump Fun!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A murderer thinks he is like the character in Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart", imagining he hears a heartbeat in the walls, but after police examine the area they find his older brother's corpse. Terror Train, script and art by Albert B. Feldstein; Gloria was in a cab, running away from her husband Ralph...heading toward the train station and the train that would take her away from this man whom she thought was trying to poison her. Bloody Sure, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall. Hyde and Go Shriek!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Graham Ingels. Sucker Bait!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; After his father is killed by a vampire, a chemist comes up with a plan to sacrifice himself so that others may live. Lover, Come Hack To Me!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; Every generation, a madwoman is conceived on the night of her parent's wedding who follows the tradition of murdering her newly-wed husband with an ax in the same house. Double-Header!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Foul Play!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Graham Ingels. Poetic Justice!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A wealthy man and his son want the property of the well-liked elderly town garbage man and so they instigate a smear campaign to drive him out. ...On a Dead Man's Chest!, art by Johnny Craig; A man's younger brother begins an affair with his wife; After the three of them go out for a night on the town, the elder brother gets a tattoo on his chest of himself, his brother, and his wife arm-in-arm. Till Death Do We Part!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. What's Cookin'?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Grave Business!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; An undertaker who overcharges for his services becomes paralyzed in an auto accident and buried alive because his partner doesn't bother to embalm him. The Vamp!, script by Johnny Craig, pencils by Johnny Craig (pages 1-4) and Jack Davis (pages 5-7), inks by Jack Davis; A man and wife go on vacation in Europe where he meets a vampire that falls in love with him. My Uncle Ekar!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Bum Steer!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Warts So Horrible?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Two nephews attempt to grave rob their miser uncle at midnight for a diamond ring that he had buried with him. Forbidden Fruit, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Two passengers from a downed plane wash up on an island where the only food appears to be fruit that grows on a tree enclosed behind a stockade. The Age-Old Story!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. The Gorilla's Paw!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Hounded to Death!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man who keeps hounds starving for the foxhunt catches another guy making time with his wife. The Very Strange Mummy, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Roussos; Explorers discover a vampire entombed as a mummy. Diminishing Returns!, script by Albert B. Feldstein. The Irony of Death!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Johnny Craig. Room For One More!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Young Rodney Whitman loses his parents in an automobile accident and goes to live with relatives.
The Basket!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A man born with two heads carries a basket around on his shoulder to prevent others from knowing of his condition. Horror in the School Room, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Howling Banshee!, script and art by Johnny Craig.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
