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Title: WEIRD FANTASY No. 17
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: I. C. Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: January-February, 1953
Description: CGC certified: Fine (6.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Light creasing to cover; moderate staining to cover.

CGC Census: 118 graded copies (109 Universal, 4 Signature, 5 Restored).

GPAnalysis: A 6.0 sold for $410 in 4/21; a 7.0 sold for $749 in 6/22.

Credits: Cover: Al Feldstein. Scripts: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, and Ray Bradbury. Art: Joe Orlando, Bill Elder, Al Williamson, Roy Krenkel, and Wally Wood. Overstreet: "Feldstein dinosaur cover; classic sci-fi story 'The Aliens'."A Williamson Winner: "'The Aliens' hits the mark, allowing Williamson to perform a well-paced comedy skit with a justly famous punch line. Further developing his repertoire of humanistic, if lizardly, aliens, the story could have almost fit into an early issue of MAD. Williamson is clearly having great fun, successfully layering fine line pen work, photostatted 'infinity' images, and Zip-A-Tone screens over big foot cartooning." – Mark Schultz, "Triumph of a Romanticist," 50 Girls 50 and Other Stories Illustrated by Al Williamson. Fantagraphics: 2013, p. xi.______________________________________________________________

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