The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #6

In "Things from Outer Space," a scientist and his assistant uncover strange metal in the desert, leading them to suspect a crashed alien spacecraft. When one of the extraterrestrials appears—human-like but marked by a hidden third eye—they learn a chilling truth: alien beings have already infiltrated Earth, and their plan to take over is well underway.

In "Am I Man Or Machine?", Diane is startled by a visit from Roger, the man she once loved—now resurrected not as flesh and blood, but as a man whose brain survives in a mechanical body, preserved by scientists after his death in a car crash. The reunion stirs long-buried emotions, but as the night unfolds, the line between memory and reality begins to blur.

In "The Flying Saucer Invasion," the Secretary of Defense dismisses reports of flying saucers from across America—unaware that a fleet of actual saucers is already descending upon the planet. As he speaks, the skies darken with alien craft, and the nation's disbelief becomes its greatest vulnerability.

In "Martian Infiltration!", the Secretary of State and his trusted associate Don uncover a chilling truth: Martians have been living among humans all along. With calm resolve, they devise a plan to track down the alien headquarters and eliminate the leadership before the public finds out. But when the identities of the Martians are revealed, the two men have a surprise of their own—ready to strike back.

In "Panic!", a frantic radio broadcast warns of an alien invasion from Jupiter—just as real extraterrestrials begin their assault. As the line between fiction and reality blurs, terrified listeners scramble to respond to the hoax, unaware they're living through the very crisis they thought was staged.

In "The Last City," a scientist’s desperate attempt to shield Earth from atomic annihilation backfires when his invention creates an unstoppable protective bubble—trapping the planet and its inhabitants in an inescapable dome of isolation. As the machine’s influence grows, the line between salvation and entrapment blurs, leaving the world sealed in a fragile, self-contained world.

In "Made of the Future!", a heartbroken man stumbles upon a group of time-traveling tourists from 2150 exploring the 1950s. Drawn into their world, he journeys to the future, where he uses their advanced technology to craft an ideal companion—then brings her back to his own time, forever changing what he thought possible.

In the depths of a distant mine, a mining engineer emerges to find a world shattered by atomic fire, its skies darkened and its people changed by unseen forces. As he struggles to understand the aftermath of a war that ended in days, he confronts a terrifying truth: the radiation has altered life itself, and even his own child bears the mark of a future no one could have foreseen.

In "Spawn of Venus," a team of astronauts returns from a mission to Venus with a seemingly harmless flower, unaware that its delicate bloom will unleash a terrifying creature upon Earth. The story unfolds with quiet dread as the crew confronts the consequences of their discovery, blurring the line between wonder and horror.

In "Space-Warp!", Frank prepares for a two-year journey to Altair, trusting the revolutionary Space-Warp Drive developed by Professor Hartlow—a device that promises to shortcut space by bending into the fourth dimension. But as the engines hum to life and the stars stretch into impossible lines, Frank begins to wonder if the universe has other plans for his voyage.

A quiet dairy farmer finds his life upended by a strange, pulsating blob that drifts through his barn, defying gravity and reason. When his brother—a scientist—arrives and reveals the creature is from a dimension beyond our own, he builds a machine to confront it, knowing the journey may cost him everything.

In "7 Year Old Genius!", a child prodigy with an IQ of 250 is recruited by the government to help develop an H-bomb, only to confront the terrifying consequences of his work. Horrified by the potential destruction, he walks away from the project and shares his story with the editors of EC Comics, who vow to publish his account in the next issue of Weird Fantasy.

In "Seeds of Jupiter!", a meteor from Venus crashes onto an aircraft carrier, scattering strange seeds across the deck. When one of the seeds is soaked, it hatches into an octopus-like creature that swells in size with every exposure to water—sparking panic as it grows beyond control.

In "Across the Sun!", a lone spaceship returns to Earth after a year-long mission to Mars, its crew pale and shaken. They warn the base not to send any more ships into space, having encountered a parallel world called Bamuno—hidden on the other side of the sun—where the inhabitants remember Earth's past destruction of their civilization and vow to prevent it from happening again.

In "The Escape," a lone man aboard a failing spacecraft makes a desperate choice to survive—sacrificing his fellow travelers to claim the only means of escape. His journey ends on Earth, where a farmer’s bullet cuts short his arrival, mistaking him for an intruder from the stars.

In 1839, a group of slave runners capture enslaved people from Africa, planning to sell them in America. When a coast guard ship approaches, they brutally toss their human cargo overboard—still chained—into the ocean to avoid detection. Soon after, alien creatures seize the slave runners and transport them into space, where they face a similar fate when confronted by a cosmic patrol: the men are cast into the void, still bound together, as the aliens seek to hide their own illicit cargo.

In "The Connection," a middle-aged scientist rents a basement from a young woman, secretly building a time machine while growing close to her. As their bond deepens, he becomes obsessed with bridging the age gap, attempting to alter time to remake himself—only to find his experiment spirals into something far stranger. When he emerges from the machine, he’s confronted by a little girl in the very same basement, her eyes wide with the same quiet wonder he once felt.

In the year 2152, a group of aliens abduct a man, steal his brain, and study his thoughts to plan Earth’s conquest—only to be misled by his delusions. Believing he’s Napoleon Bonaparte, the man’s fractured mind paints a picture of a primitive, warlike Earth, leading the aliens to underestimate humanity. When they launch their attack, Earth’s defenses respond with ease, revealing the fatal flaw in their strategy.