| The Martian Monster and Other Stories Contributor(s): Kamen, Jack (Author), Feldstein, Al (Author) |
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ISBN: 1683961684 ISBN-13: 9781683961680 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books OUR PRICE: $25.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Science Fiction - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| LCCN: 2018949534 |
| Series: EC Comics Library |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.1" W x 10.1" (1.50 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stories in this volume include The Martian Monster, in which a 9-year-old boy befriends a Martian in the woods and asks him to kill his stepmother -- but the Martian convinces him that it's really his father who he should target. There's sharp social commentary in ...And Then There Were Two! (highly intelligent robots unveil a plan for world peace, but political opportunists launch an anti-robot campaign to discredit them) and Prediction of Disaster! (an astronomer concludes that our sun is about to go nova and tries to warn the world). |
Contributor Bio(s): Feldstein, Al: - Albert B. Feldstein (1925-2014) was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics (particularly in the science fiction genre) and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad.Kamen, Jack: - The Brooklyn-born Jack Kamen (1920-2008) began his career as a pulp illustrator and spent his last professional decades as an illustrator, but is best remembered for his half-decade at EC (and his 1982 contributions to the EC-inspired movie Creepshow). |