#18

Synopsis

Ron and his dad are talking about Ron's desire to become a space pilot. While they talk, a space ship lands. When a weird alien alights from the ship, Ron's dad kills it with a blaster. After Ron graduates and becomes a pilot, he is tasked with investigating the planet where the ship originated from. He comes to an Earth-like world that rotates in the opposite direction as Earth. This causes time to move backward. While he is doing research he develops sores on his body that begin to mutate him. He returns to Earth and comes out of his ship only to be killed by his dad. He was the alien!

Reprinted in

• Incredible Science Fiction #33
• Tales of the Incredible #U2140
• Ray Bradbury Comics Special Edition #1
• The Amazing World of DC Comics #6
• Haunt of Fear #3
• Weird Fantasy #18
• Iskalde Grøss #2/1992
• Weird Fantasy #18
• Ilustración + Comix Internacional #42
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #3— Reprinted in black and white.
• Iskalde Grøss #3 [1988]
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #8— Reprinted in black and white.
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #9— Reprinted in black and white.
• Foul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! #[nn]
• EC Lives! #[nn]
• Weird Fantasy #4
• The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #18— Reprinted in black and white.
• Planète rouge #[nn]— N&B [B&W]
• Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn]
• Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories #[nn]

Credits

Script

Ray Bradbury, Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando

Inks

Al Feldstein, Roy Krenkel, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Kamen, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando

Colours

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Editor

Al Feldstein

Adaptation

Al Feldstein

Co-plotter

Bill Gaines

Co-plotter, script

Al Feldstein

Leroy lettering

Jim Wroten

Managing editor

Bill Gaines

On technological details

Roy Krenkel