Incredible Science Fiction #30 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: EC Comics
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Publication Date: July–August 1955
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Editor: Albert B. Feldstein
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Cover Artist: Jack Davis
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Genre: Science Fiction
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Pages: 36
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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First issue under the title Incredible Science Fiction, continuing the numbering from Weird Science-Fantasy #29.
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Marks a significant change in EC's publishing history as William Gaines renamed the pioneering science-fiction title amid the company's struggles with the Comics Code Authority.
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First EC science-fiction comic produced under the Comics Code Authority, and the first issue to display the Comics Code seal on its cover.
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Features artwork by four notable EC artists: Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein, and Joe Orlando.
📖 Story Highlights
- “Clean Start” – 8 pages
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Script by Jack Oleck; art by Wally Wood.
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Astronauts discover that the other planets have somehow been reduced to the size of toys.
- “Marbles” – 5 pages
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Script by Jack Oleck; art by Bernie Krigstein.
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A science-fiction tale featuring astronauts and a startling discovery involving miniature planets.
- “Conditioned Reflex” – 6 pages
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Script by Jack Oleck; art by Joe Orlando.
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The advance agent of an alien invasion disguises himself as a human.
- “Barrier” – 7 pages
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Script by Jack Oleck; art by Jack Davis.
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Future Earth empires discover a mysterious barrier on the moon that prevents their struggle for domination.
📌 Additional Details
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Text Story: “Not Even a Sparrow Shall Fall...” – 1 page, written by Jack Oleck.
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Cover Coloring: Marie Severin.
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Interior Coloring: Marie Severin is credited on all four comic stories.
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Reprint History: The four comic stories were reprinted in Strange Planets #1 (1958) and the Russ Cochran edition of Incredible Science Fiction #8 (1994). The text story was reprinted in the 1994 edition as well.
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The cover was also reprinted in the 1994 Russ Cochran edition.
Incredible Science Fiction #30 is an important EC publishing milestone: a title change that retained the original numbering while marking the company's transition into the Comics Code era.
