The Complete Weird Science Set - The Complete EC Comics Library

The Complete Weird Science was the first set released in Russ Cochran's Complete EC Comics Library in 1978. Demand necessitated a second printing and for the second printing Cochran added pages of notes and comments by EC scholars. This set is from the 1980 second printing ( "second edition"). "One of a box set of hard cover deluxe slipcased volumes reprinting the complete EC comics reproduced from the original artwork. The stories are printed in stunningly detailed black & white with the covers in full color. The books are smyth sewn and deluxe bound to last a lifetime of re-reading." This long out-of-print set includes all 22 issues of Weird Science (1950-1953) reprinted in 4 volumes. 23 covers in color. Plus notes and comments by EC scholars. Early cover illustrations were by Al Feldstein. Wallace Wood, the title's leading artist, took over as regular cover illustrator in 1952. For a period of time in 1952, Wood drew two stories per issue. The other Weird Science interior artists were Feldstein, Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando, George Evans, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Harrison, Will Elder, Jack Kamen, Sid Check and George Olesen. Writers in the early issues included Feldstein, Gaines, Kurtzman, Harrison and Gardner Fox. Gaines and Feldstein wrote nearly all stories from 1951 to 1953.