Judgment Day and Other Stories

Joe Orlando was a mainstay at EC, especially on science fiction, and this collects 23 of his best sf stories. All of them, most scripted by Al Feldstein, serve up classic O. Henry-style endings, such as oeI, Robot,  and oeFallen Idol.  The title story is one of EC (TM)s most famous, with its blunt anti-racism message. When it was printed during the era of the Comics Code, publisher Bill Gaines and Feldstein had to fight to keep the story (TM)s final panel oereveal  (and thus its whole point) intact. It was a Pyrrhic victory, however, as oeJudgment Day  became the last story in the last comic book EC published. This volume also features two of Orlando (TM)s outstanding adaptations of classic Ray Bradbury science fiction stories: oeThe Long Year  and oeOutcast of the Stars.  Also included are all of EC (TM)s oeAdam Link  adaptations, a series which was later also adapted for The Outer Limits TV show and featured Leonard Nimoy.