Zero hour and other stories
- Fantagraphics Books, 2014
- xiii, 152 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 27 cm.
Only human Shrinking from abuse — The last man — A lesson in anatomy — Saving for the future — The trip — Close call — Miscalculation — He who waits — Given the heir — What he saw — Off day — The parallel — Zero hour-- Hot-rod — Conquers all — Surprise package — Punishment without crime — Planely possible — The freaks — 4th degree — Round trip.
With his wholesome approach, Jack Kamen stood out amongst the grunge, gritty realism or futuristic dazzle of his fellow EC cartoonists - but his brilliant editor/writer Al Feldstein found a way to exploit the surface innocence of his style with seemingly nice stories of romance gone horribly wrong, or future fantasies with an unexpectedly brutal twist. Fantagraphics reprints 22 of their classic sci-fi yarns from the EC Comics Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, with biographical, historical and critical essays to support the original material.