Out April 1, 2014
Longtime comics pro Joe Orlando drew this collection of subversive 1950s EC genre comics.
Joe
Orlando was a mainstay at EC, especially on science fiction, and this
collects 23 of his best sf stories. All of them, most scripted by Al
Feldstein, serve up classic O. Henry-style endings, such as “I, Robot,”
and “Fallen Idol.” The title story is one of EC’s most famous, with its
blunt anti-racism message. When it was printed during the era of the
Comics Code, publisher Bill Gaines and Feldstein had to fight to keep
the story’s final panel “reveal” (and thus its whole point) intact. It
was a Pyrrhic victory, however, as “Judgment Day” became the last story
in the last comic book EC published. This volume also features two of
Orlando’s outstanding adaptations of classic Ray Bradbury science
fiction stories: “The Long Year” and “Outcast of the Stars.” Also
included are all of EC’s “Adam Link” adaptations, a series which was
later also adapted for The Outer Limits TV show and featured Leonard Nimoy. Black & White.
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