| Description |
xiii, 175 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
EC library.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Mason, Bill -- The long years! / Bradbury, Ray -- In the beginning / Gaines, William M. -- Infiltration / Gaines, William M. -- Disassembled! / Gaines, William M. -- Judgement day / Gaines, William M. -- Keyed up! / Gaines, William M. -- Time for a change / Gaines, William M. -- The meddlers! / Gaines, William M. -- The reformers / Gaines, William M. -- The automation / Gaines, William M. -- Home run! / Gaines, William M. -- The ugly one / Gaines, William M. -- My home / Gaines, William M. -- Outcast of the stars / Bradbury, Ray -- The Fossil / Gaines, William M. -- Fair trade / Gaines, William M. -- The teacher from mars / Binder, Otto -- Harvest / Gaines, William M. -- Conditioned reflex / Oleck, Jack -- Fallen idol / Oleck, Jack -- Adam link -- I, robot / Binder, Otto -- The trial of adam link / Binder, Otto -- Adam link in business / Binder, Otto -- Joe Orlando / Ringgenberg, S.C. -- Behind the panels -- Crime, horror, terror, gore, depravity, direspect for established authority-and science fiction, too! / White, Ted. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.
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Robots -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre |
Graphic novels.
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| Added Author |
Orlando, Joe, illustrator.
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Oleck, Jack, author.
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012, author.
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Binder, Otto O. (Otto Oscar), 1911-1975, author.
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| ISBN |
9781606997277 (hardcover) |
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1606997270 (hardcover) |
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