BOOK REPORT (comicbook): WEIRD SCIENCE Issues 7 – 12) Vol 2.  WEIRD SCIENCE was a comic book in the 1950s published by EC Comics, who also brought you other sci-fi comic plus Horror Comics (TALES FROM THE CRYPT, etc). war comics, and last but not least humor & satire comics (MAD & PANIC).

When William Gaines father Max,  was killed in a boating accent, William ended up running EC Comics, which then EC stood for Educational Comics but soon stood for Entertainment Comics.  William was not happy with his new responsibility and planned to sell it.  But as it turned out he and artist/editor teamed up and put out some very entertaining books and money making comic books.  The science fiction line was not a money maker.  They lost money.  But Science Fiction was where William and Al’s heart were. 

I read this book on-loan from my Kendal ipad through the LIBBY system.   It had about two dozen very interesting scifi stories.  The artists includes Wally Wood (excellent sci fi illustrator),  Al Feldtein, Harvey Kurtzman (creator of MAD Comicbook), Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen and more.

Some of the stories were openly stolen. Publisher William Gaines said “everybody did it back then), and some was much like O’Henry Stories.

I think I have read all these stories in my preteen youth but they were still just as entertaining.  They are withstanding the test of time.