# Otto Binder's the Unwanted - Hardcover

by **Otto Binder** (Author), **Robert L. Reiner** (Adapted by), **Angelo Torres** (Artist)

_The Mastermen called it a "census," but it was so much more. If its citizens proved worthy, the Earth would join the interstellar confederation and reap the benefits of advanced alien technology, food, medicine, and educational resources the likes of which could scarcely be imagined._

_But first, there was the question of race ..._

Uncannily perceptive and prescient when it was written in 1953, EC writer Otto Binder's _The Unwanted_ went unsold for more than a decade until he finally gave it to a fanzine publisher who promptly got out of the fanzine business -- and so it languished, unread, in a yellowing file folder for decades.

Never before published and now unearthed, _The Unwanted_ is Binder's response to the 1950s McCarthy era, couched in metaphorical science fiction terms. Fantagraphics Underground Press ushers in this previously unknown mini-masterpiece by the writer of Captain Marvel, Superman, Captain America, and the "human" robot, Adam Link. Illustrated by EC artist Angelo Torres and his international collaborator Stefan Koidl, this edition pays homage to Binder's comics career. The result is a stunning tribute to Binder's lifelong commitment to comics and prose.

An unbelievable journey, unavailable no longer.

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8.4 x 7.4 IN

**Publication Date:** February 14, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 25.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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