*EC: Always a joy to get original EC comics through our hands, the benchmark of quality from the 1950s. This week, it’s two issues of one of their classic science fiction titles, Weird Fantasy. The numbering on this series is a little confusing. The first issue is #13 (taking the numbering from A Moon, A Girl, Romance) and it carried on that sequence for five issues until #17, after which it converted to new numbering, starting with #6 and lasting up to #22 (after which it changed to Weird Science Fantasy). Got that? Good. Thus in this update the #16 is the first issue to bear that number (from 1950) and the fourth issue overall and the #21 from 1953 is the only #21. #16 has an Al Feldstein cover, with interior art by him, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen and Wally Wood. A not bad copy with some corner cover creasing and edge wear, with a small chip missing at the top right edge of the cover. One interior page (of the Kamen story) is coming loose and has a small corner off, which intrudes into the panel art, but nothing significant is missing. Beneath a stunning Williamson/Frazetta cover, #21 has art by Orlando, Williamson, Kamen and Severin/Elder. A tired copy, the cover colour is good but there are long colour-breaking creases down along it and a tear of 3.5 cm centre right edge. A small chip is also missing at the base of the spine and the spine itself has more than moderate wear, although the staples are good; page quality is quite decent. Story quality, of course, is superb on both throughout!
PICTURED: WEIRD FANTASY
#16 (#4) GD+ £90
#21 GD £80 SOLD