SPAWN OF VENUS AND OTHER STORIES HC (MR) (20 Aug Release)

This mouth-watering collection features the finest (and rarest!) science fiction stories Wallace Wood ever drew — more than two dozen! Wood’s meticulously detailed¸ genre-defining brushwork introduces you to breathtaking planetary vistas¸ terrifying aliens¸ and sleek rocket ships surging with the power to conquer the stars.Our title story is a rarity that never appeared in any EC comic. Writtenand drawn for a 3-D comic that was canceled before it could be printed¸ we present it here in easy-on-the-eyes 2-D. Then¸ Wood’s most iconic story¸ “My World” is a stunning showcase of the preternatural talent and technique he brought to all his stories. Also included are his trilogy of Ray Bradbury adaptations — “Home to Stay¸” “There Will Come Soft Rains…” and “Mars Is Heaven!” — plus “He Walked Among Us¸” a “what if…?” variation on Bradbury’s “The Man” from The Illustrated Man.But that’s not all! An incredible science fiction bonus: Al Feldstein wrote many stories of people reaching from the beyond to right a wrong¸ but with this volume¸ in a twist worthy of the best of EC¸ he does the same himself! In 1955¸ the Comics Code rejected the second page of “You¸ Rocket” and forced EC to completely rewrite and redraw it. When the original art for that rejected page was rediscovered¸ one panel was missing. But Feldstein¸ in a middle-finger gesture to the Code and its heavy-handed censorship¸ wrote a new panel¸ restoring “You¸ Rocket” to what it was always meant to be. Sadly¸ he passed away before his final EC writing assignment was published. But here it is now¸ for the first time anywhere. Justice from beyond the grave.26 stories in all¸ most scripted by EC legend Al Feldstein¸ plus in-depth commentary by EC experts Thommy Burns¸ Grant Geissman¸ and Jon Gothold. TheSpawn Of Venus And Other Stories is the ultimate EC Wallace Wood science fiction collection.