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WEIRD FANTASY No. 21 Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Description: EC (Indicia: "I.C. Publishing Co., Inc."). September-October, 1953. Good/VG (3.0). Spine stress, edgewear and nicks, crease to top right corner area, 3mm chip to right edge of front cover, a few tiny chips and ½" tear to back cover. Soil spot to top of "A" in "FANTASY." Penciled distributor's mark to "W" in "WEIRD" ("21"). Off-white pages. Cover by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta Plots and scripts by Gaines and Feldstein. Bradbury's "The Million Year Picnic" adapted by Feldstein. Art by Williamson, Orlando, Kamen, and Severin-Elder. This issue's cover, a sci-fi masterwork by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta appears on the front cover of Grant Geissman's definitive new book, The History of EC Comics (Taschen: 2020), which has rocketed its visibility to even greater heights. "Williamson and Frazetta's only collaborative EC science fiction cover used a technique seen fairly often in comic books then, one that's since become an economically unfeasible, neglected art... the system of working with color as an integral part of the cover illustration, as opposed to adding color to a black and white line drawing. Illustrators' concepts were executed by skilled technical craftsmen, artists in their own right, at the engraving plant.... Issue #21's cover features modeled color forming the background mountains, volcano smoke and part of the monster's tentacle and tail, all without inked outlines." —Bill Spicer, The Complete Weird Fantasy. 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: 324043