Weird Fantasy#17

Cover: Al Feldstein

Weird Fantasy #17

Jan 1953 · EC · 0.10 USD

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"In the Beginning..." is a chilling, thought-provoking tale from EC’s Weird Fantasy #17 (1953), written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein and illustrated by Joe Orlando, with inks by Orlando and colors by Marie Severin. When a space crew accidentally travels to a prehistoric Earth and brings back three ape men, their decision to study the creatures—especially a dying female—unravels the very fabric of human evolution. The cover, penciled and inked by Al Feldstein, captures the eerie mystery of the story’s central dilemma.

Contains 4 stories

In the Beginning...

8 pp · Science Fiction

Ahead of the Game!

7 pp · Science Fiction

Ned Hurbson (high school teacher, cameo, death)Mrs HurbsonDan (Police Lieutenant, death)Doc Winkler (coroner)Drake (the Lieutenant's assistant)Quigley (Policeman, mention only)(Martin (Police traffic control, mention only)Rose Miller (comptometer operator, mention only, death)Herman Thornton (writer, mention only, death)Lawrence Morgan (hospital intern, mention only, death)Frederick Phillips (civil engineer, mention only, death)Gloria Field (fashion designer, mention only, death)Professor Emile Shorham (villain, electrical brain wave theorist)

The Aliens

6 pp · Science Fiction

There Will Come Soft Rains...

7 pp · Science Fiction

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $74

CGC 9.8 · 1 in census $8,824

CGC 9.6 · 4 in census $4,731

CGC 9.4 · 7 in census $2,349

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CGC 9.0 · 5 in census $1,164

CGC 8.5 · 7 in census $787

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CGC 8.0 · 8 in census $651

CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $561

CGC 7.0 · 8 in census $484

CGC 6.5 · 8 in census $388

CGC 6.0 · 19 in census $325

CGC 5.5 · 12 in census $279

CGC 5.0 · 15 in census $228

CGC 4.5 · 7 in census $187

CGC 4.0 · 11 in census $172

CGC 3.5 · 9 in census $158

CGC 3.0 · 4 in census $142

CGC 2.5 · 4 in census $127

CGC 2.0 · 4 in census $95

CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $74

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Full credits

writer Bill Gaines

writer Al Feldstein

artist, inker Joe Orlando

colorist Marie Severin

letterer Jim Wroten

cover pencils, inks Al Feldstein

Reprints

Reprinted in Weird Fantasy #17 (1953), Tomorrow Midnight #U2142 (1966), Weird Fantasy #3 (1980), Planète rouge #[nn] (1984), EC Classics #5 (1986), Science Fiction - Weird Fantasy #[nn] (1987), Iskalde Grøss album #1 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #3/1990 (1990), Weird Science #2 (1990), The Ray Bradbury Chronicles #3 (1992), Comic Speedline #41 (1994), Weird Fantasy #17 (1996), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3 (2013), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #9 (2014), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #18 (2017), Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn] (2019), Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories #[nn] (2023), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #38 (2025)

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