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When I posted the Bradbury story the other day I was asked if EC ever adapted his short story 'The Emissary'. The answer is yes... and no. While they didn't officially adapt it, they did rip it off.

EC would at various points look for 'inspiration' for their stories and they famously cribbed from Ray Bradbury on a number of occasions. Bradbury eventually sent the following note to editor Bill Gaines: "Just a note to remind you of an oversight. You have not as yet sent on the check for $50.00 to cover the use of secondary rights on my two stories ‘The Rocket Man’ and ‘Kaleidoscope.’ . . . I feel this was probably overlooked in the general confusion of office work, and look forward to your payment in the near future.”

Fortunately after this was cleared up Bradbury lent his stories for EC to officially adapt.

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Warning for child abuse

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For Halloween here is EC's adaptation of one of Ray Bradbury's most (in)famous stories.

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Here's another Christmas story from EC.

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