Weird Science-Fantasy #24
In "… For Posterity," a chilling tale from EC's Weird Science-Fantasy #24 (1954), a disgraced professor's obsession with space flight spirals into tragedy. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with haunting artwork by Bernie Krigstein and vivid colors by Marie Severin, the story follows Professor Lathem as his brilliant mind fractures under isolation and delusion. The cover, by Al Feldstein, captures the eerie tension of a man caught between genius and madness—no spoilers, just a masterful blend of science fiction and psychological dread.
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Professor Lathem gets injured during an experiment in space flight during one of his college classes. After he recovers, he is warned by the college Dean to not engage in these experiments again. Lathem resigns and builds a new rocket engine in a barn he purchased out in the country. After he kills the nosy farmer Hiram Jenkins, he's arrested. He thinks that he is a hero and that the government wants his engine even strapping him to a chair so he can test fly one of their rockets. The now mad Lathem doesn't realize that he is being strapped to an electric chair to be executed for the murder.
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