WEIRD SCIENCE-FANTASY No. 28 Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Description: EC (Indicia: "Fables Publishing Co., Inc."). March-April, 1955. Fine- (5.5). Nice, flat, clean copy with stress to spine at staples and a tiny nick at top staple. Edges very lightly toned. Bottom staple a bit pulled. Justifiable as a solid 6.0 but graded conservatively. White to off-white pages. Feldstein cover (his last sci-fi cover). Scripts by Otto Binder, Al Feldstein and, possibly, Jack Oleck. Art by Al Williamson, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen Joe Orlando. "Feldstein said that Williamson 'couldn't work unless he had people standing over him, giving him encouragement. Al always did such a spectacular job on his art, but it was with such tremendous pain, personal pain. Tremendous anxiety, self-examination, incrimination. He went through the tortures of the damned developing his art.' Gaines said, 'Al Williamson was a problem. He was so undisciplined, and was such a nut in those days. You never knew where to find him or whether he was working on your art or not. He was just a lovable nut.' Wallace Wood recalled him as being 'like a hippie of his time, always doing strange things, dressing in wild clothes. He used to be irresponsible and had such a terrible time getting work in on time. He would get hung up on each panel, and he might finish an entire story except for the last panel, and spend a week just on the single panel.'" —Grant Geissman, The History of EC Comics. A limited edition of 100 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues are available. Over 200 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com or visit: https://www.pbagalleries.com/content/comics/. R. Crumb says, "I found [PBA's catalogue] so interesting that I am saving it for the texts that accompany the comics which were put up for auction. This is some of the best commentary I’ve yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books. I especially enjoyed the reviews of the post-war horror comics. Great. Priceless." Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2021 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 324113
WEIRD SCIENCE-FANTASY No. 28 Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Description: EC (Indicia: "Fables Publishing Co., Inc."). March-April, 1955. Fine- (5.5). Nice, flat, clean copy with stress to spine at staples and a tiny nick at top staple. Edges very lightly toned. Bottom staple a bit pulled. Justifiable as a solid 6.0 but graded conservatively. White to off-white pages. Feldstein cover (his last sci-fi cover). Scripts by Otto Binder, Al Feldstein and, possibly, Jack Oleck. Art by Al Williamson, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen Joe Orlando. "Feldstein said that Williamson 'couldn't work unless he had people standing over him, giving him encouragement. Al always did such a spectacular job on his art, but it was with such tremendous pain, personal pain. Tremendous anxiety, self-examination, incrimination. He went through the tortures of the damned developing his art.' Gaines said, 'Al Williamson was a problem. He was so undisciplined, and was such a nut in those days. You never knew where to find him or whether he was working on your art or not. He was just a lovable nut.' Wallace Wood recalled him as being 'like a hippie of his time, always doing strange things, dressing in wild clothes. He used to be irresponsible and had such a terrible time getting work in on time. He would get hung up on each panel, and he might finish an entire story except for the last panel, and spend a week just on the single panel.'" —Grant Geissman, The History of EC Comics. A limited edition of 100 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues are available. Over 200 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com or visit: https://www.pbagalleries.com/content/comics/. R. Crumb says, "I found [PBA's catalogue] so interesting that I am saving it for the texts that accompany the comics which were put up for auction. This is some of the best commentary I’ve yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books. I especially enjoyed the reviews of the post-war horror comics. Great. Priceless." Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2021 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 324113
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