Research Catalog

Title

Judgment day and other stories / illustrated by Joe Orlando ; written by Al Feldstein and Jack Oleck, with Ray Bradbury and Otto Binder.

Author

Orlando, Joe

Publication

Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Feldstein, Albert B.
• Oleck, Jack
• Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
• Binder, Otto O. (Otto Oscar), 1911-1975

Description

xiii, 175 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Summary

Joe Orlando was a mainstay at EC, especially on science fiction, and this collects 23 of his best SF stories. All of them, most scripted by Al Feldstein, serve up classic O. Henry-style endings, such as "I, Robot," and "Fallen Idol." The title story is one of EC's most famous, with its blunt anti-racism message. When it was printed during the era of the Comics Code, publisher Bill Gaines and Feldstein had to fight to keep the story's final panel "reveal" (and thus its whole point) intact. It was a Pyrrhic victory, however, as "Judgment Day" became the last story in the last comic book EC published. This volume also features two of Orlando's outstanding adaptations of classic Ray Bradbury science fiction stories: "The Long Year" and "Outcast of the Stars." Also included are all of EC's "Adam Link" adaptations, a series which was later also adapted for The Outer Limits TV show and featured Leonard Nimoy.

Series Statement

• The Fantagraphics EC artists' library ; volume 9
• The EC library

Uniform Title

• Fantagraphics EC artists' library ; v. 9.
• EC library.

Subjects

• Short stories, American
• Robots
• Life on other planets
• Short stories, American > Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Robots > Comic books, strips, etc
• Science fiction comic books, strips, etc
• Life on other planets > Comic books, strips, etc
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Human-alien encounters > Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc

Genre/Form

• Comic books, strips, etc.
• Graphic novels.
• Comics (Graphic works).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The long years! -- In the beginning ... -- Infiltration -- Disassembled! -- Judgement day! -- Keyed up! -- Time for a change! -- The meddlers! -- The reformers -- The automaton -- Home run! -- The ugly one -- My home ... -- Outcast of the stars -- The fossil -- Fair trade -- The teacher from Mars -- Harvest -- Conditioned reflex -- Fallen idol -- Adam Link -- I, robot -- The trial of Adam Link -- Adam Link in business -- Joe Orlando -- Behind the panels -- Crime, horror, terror, gore, depravity, disrespect for established authority -- and science fiction, too!

Call Number

JFF 19-190

ISBN

• 9781606997277
• 1606997270

LCCN

2013497398

OCLC

858843485

Author

Orlando, Joe, artist.

Title

Judgment day and other stories / illustrated by Joe Orlando ; written by Al Feldstein and Jack Oleck, with Ray Bradbury and Otto Binder.

Publisher

Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2014.

Edition

First Fantagraphics books edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Fantagraphics EC artists' library ; volume 9

The EC library

Fantagraphics EC artists' library ; v. 9.

EC library.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Note

PREV. PUB. GRAPHIC SHORT STORIES (COMICS) ALL DRAWN BY JOE ORLANDO.

Added Author

Feldstein, Albert B., author.

Oleck, Jack, author.

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012, author.

Binder, Otto O. (Otto Oscar), 1911-1975, author.

Research Call Number

JFF 19-190