''Tomorrow Midnight'' is a
mass-market paperback collection of comic adaptations of eight short science fiction stories by
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...
, gathered from the pages of the
EC Comics
Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-195 ...
comic books
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of the 1950s. It is one of five EC collections published by
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
between 1964 and 1966 (the others are ''
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt may refer to:
* ''Tales from the Crypt'' (album), by American rapper C-Bo
* ''Tales from the Crypt'' (comics), published by EC Comics during the 1950s
** ''Tales from the Crypt'' (film), a 1972 Amicus film starring Ralph Ric ...
'', ''
The Vault of Horror'', ''
Tales of the Incredible'' and ''
The Autumn People
''The Autumn People'' is a mass-market paperback collection of comic adaptations of eight short horror and crime stories by Ray Bradbury, gathered from the pages of the EC Comics comic books of the 1950s. It is one of five EC collections published ...
''), and one of two made up of comic adaptations of Bradbury's work (the other is ''The Autumn People''). The presentation of the material is problematic at best, since the color comic book pages are represented in black and white and broken into horizontal strips to fit the mass-market paperback format. Still, the collections are historically important. They were the first attempt to resurrect the EC comics, only a decade after public outcry had driven them off the racks. They were the first introduction of those comics to a generation of readers too young to remember them in their first run.
The stories are drawn from the comic books ''
Weird Fantasy'' and ''
Weird Science Weird Science is the name of:
* ''Weird Science'' (film), a 1985 film directed by John Hughes
** ''Weird Science'' (TV series), a television series based on the film
** "Weird Science" (song), the theme song to the film and the TV series by Oing ...
''. The adaptation was not credited in the original publications but was probably by
Al Feldstein, the editor of the books. The artists were such EC stalwarts as
Bill Elder,
Jack Kamen,
Joe Orlando
Joseph Orlando (April 4, 1927 – December 23, 1998) was an Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist during a lengthy career spanning six decades. He was the associate publisher of '' Mad'' and the vice president of DC Comics, ...
,
John Severin,
Al Williamson and
Wally Wood.
The cover painting by
Frank Frazetta, himself an EC alumnus, is original to this collection.
Contents
* Foreword
* "Punishment Without Crime" (Kamen)
* "I, Rocket" (Williamson)
* "King of the Gray Spaces" (Severin & Elder)
* "The One Who Waits" (Williamson)
* "
The Long Years" (Orlando)
* "
There Will Come Soft Rains" (Wood)
* "
Mars Is Heaven!" (Wood)
* "
Outcast of the Stars" (Orlando)
References
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External links
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EC Comics publications
Comics based on fiction
Short story collections by Ray Bradbury
1966 short story collections
Ballantine Books books