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Triumph of a Romanticist Introduction by Mark Schultz
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The Thing In the ’Glades!
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson
Mad Journey!
8
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta (s), Roy G. Krenkel
Captivity
15
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson 22
A Question of Time!!
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson
The Quick Trip
28
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson
The Long Trip
32
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson
By George!!
35
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Jack Hearne
Space-Borne!
42
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson
Skeleton Key!
49
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson 56
The Island Monster
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Larry Woromay 63
The Aliens
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel
Snap Ending!
69
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel 76
Come Clean!
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson 82
Homesick!
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel 88
The Arrival
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel, Frank Frazetta 94
The One Who Waits
story: Ray Bradbury | script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta, Roy G. Krenkel 101
Fired!
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta (s) 107
Brain-Child!
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel 113
50 Girls 50
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta, Roy G. Krenkel 120
I, Rocket
story: Ray Bradbury | script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta (s), Roy G. Krenkel 127
Two’s Company…
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta (s)
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Saved
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel 140
A New Beginning
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta, Roy G. Krenkel, Bernard Krigstein 148
Fish Story
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel 155
Upheaval!
story: Harlan Ellison | script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel 162
Take Care
script: unknown | art: Al Williamson 168
A Sound of Thunder
story: Ray Bradbury | script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson with Angelo Torres (s), Roy G. Krenkel
Lost In Space
175
script: Otto Binder | art: Al Williamson with Angelo Torres, Roy G. Krenkel
Vicious Circle
181
script: uncertain, possibly Carl Wessler | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel 187
Food For Thought
script: Jack Oleck | art: Al Williamson with Roy G. Krenkel (s)
— 4 Extras 4 — 197 Squeeze Play
script: Al Feldstein | art: Frank Frazetta with Al Williamson 204
Time To Leave
script: Jack Oleck | art: Roy G. Krenkel with Al Williamson 210
An Eye For An Eye
script: uncertain, possibly Jack Oleck | art: Angelo Torres 217
The Planetoid
script: Al Feldstein | art: Al Williamson and George Evans (s) lettering: Wallace Wood 227
More Food for Thought Afterword by Bill Mason 237
Al Williamson
Biography by S.C. Ringgenberg 240
Behind the Panels
Creator Biographies 245
The Ups and Downs of EC Comics History by Ted White
Al Williamson engaged a fluid group of talented sidemen to assist him in various ways over the years. For the art credits for this book, we have relied on Williamson’s own statements and the judgment of those familiar with his art and career. Note: “(s)” indicates instances where an assistant signed or initialed the story. Editor/writer Al Feldstein wrote more scripts for EC than anyone else, virtually all in collaboration with publisher William M. Gaines. Gaines’s creative involvement reflected the pride he took in his comics and was another way in which EC Comics distinguished itself. Almost daily, Gaines and Feldstein co-plotted a new story based on Gaines’s “springboards,” from which Feldstein produced a script. It was, by all accounts, a creatively symbiotic and satisfying partnership. Feldstein did not write every script and EC did not publish writer credits. EC’s master records no longer exist. Based on the best information available, we believe the creative credits above to be accurate. We welcome any corrections.
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