# Tomorrow Midnight

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***Tomorrow Midnight*** is a [mass-market paperback](/source/Mass-market_paperback) collection of comic adaptations of eight short science fiction stories by [Ray Bradbury](/source/Ray_Bradbury), gathered from the pages of the [EC Comics](/source/EC_Comics) [comic books](/source/Comic_books) of the 1950s. It is one of five EC collections published by [Ballantine Books](/source/Ballantine_Books) between 1964 and 1966 (the others are *[Tales from the Crypt](/source/Tales_from_the_Crypt_(book))*, *[The Vault of Horror](/source/The_Vault_of_Horror_(book))*, *[Tales of the Incredible](/source/Tales_of_the_Incredible)* and *[The Autumn People](/source/The_Autumn_People)*), 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](/source/Weird_Fantasy)* and *[Weird Science](/source/Weird_Science_(comics))*. The adaptation was not credited in the original publications but was probably by [Al Feldstein](/source/Al_Feldstein), the editor of the books. The artists were such EC stalwarts as [Bill Elder](/source/Will_Elder), [Jack Kamen](/source/Jack_Kamen), [Joe Orlando](/source/Joe_Orlando), [John Severin](/source/John_Severin), [Al Williamson](/source/Al_Williamson) and [Wally Wood](/source/Wally_Wood).

The cover painting by [Frank Frazetta](/source/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](/source/The_Martian_Chronicles#The_Long_Years_(April_2026/2057))" (Orlando)
- "[There Will Come Soft Rains](/source/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story))" (Wood)
- "[Mars Is Heaven!](/source/Mars_is_Heaven!)" (Wood)
- "[Outcast of the Stars](/source/Outcast_of_the_Stars)" (Orlando)

## References

- Contento, William G. ["Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070106080446/http://contento.best.vwh.net/t16.htm#A365). Archived from [the original](http://contento.best.vwh.net/t16.htm#A365) on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). *The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy*. Chicago: [Advent](/source/Advent_(publisher)). p. 63. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

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