![Eh, somebody sent MacArthur a Frisbee.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAqFNQjU_dZvzQKIBG7LsEaBIZkB4VWIVaTdqSpD7JeHUu43R83gh5CWHrfVcA9xOt0L74aX1wN_riWhIvSMYroxj824qlNmQ9TShcEY2uctCYGUFi4wecZj2tbs-T-LqA1RPm9BOApk9ZuusDMOPX2V1LumvTw-_X7-_ZRzYWpstFbNiE3o-jg/s1600/0427-weirdsciencefantasy26b.jpg)
from "The United Air Lines Emmett, Idaho Case" Project Saucer Case No. 10]" in Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 series) #26 (EC, December 1954), script by Al Feldstein, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Wroten
Lots of quotes and footnotes from secret government "redacted" files allowed EC Comics to propose the idea that aliens had invaded our space. As we've seen from all other EC Comics, that's never good news.
![Don't forget the FANTASY part of the comic book title, guys.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9P-P7nNRpMu45haVNhfKOtklgJ_nJEhvSypPrgQAJcBPpsueyDX4iuh_42QHJChKMbT0qwdZ8pzNVxgaCBJobIYV-E2OeOiKenDdvmBPWJrs2oAbx8ih8aTob2e3MivDyR9TkPKNmFhaq_KNwhGU4xrb6OwPPtT3k6I8lU-uwZsVLMiQn_G0Gw/s1600/0427-weirdsciencefantasy26a.jpg)
By the end of the year, however, the government was backtracking because they'd just found out Ed Wood was filming Plane 9 from Outer Space the next field over.
![Jim Wroten j'accuses TU!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3DkmYJyztd4Tf_3jUHf7n2NbBjBHflAYqZE7Jh_zbsJM2CI5Nd2ma2baw1rtFwAl9uLW-b6B7DFnWi6Jgbq-20FPxWoXZ1PkgEWNYgWo4Q0wZk4r0LWLfDfiiZR-nKP-NDW45K0xdg2FRTh-wPPxyt5c6DHbRYghUqYRNRy2vgfGWRTNAkF0pA/s1600/0427-weirdsciencefantasy26c.jpg)
I dunno...they sobered up?
1 comment:
Never Mind the Bolides, Here’s the Space People
Post a Comment