Unwelcomed Visitor and Spoken For by William Morrison

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This guy has an incredible bio. He graduated from Rutgers University, then earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale at the age of 23. He was an assistant professor at the College of Medicine, at the University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Chicago. Samachson worked as a research chemist for the American Molasses Company until 1938, leaving to become a "freelance technical writer".

Then in 1941 his first short sci-fi story was released. Writing as William Morrison, for reasons unknown, "Bad Medicine"appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine in February 1941. He would go on to write about 80 short sci-fi stories over the next 17 years. If that’s not enough, he started writing for DC Comics sometime around 1942. Contributing to stories for both Batman and Superman, he even created a character of his own. That character would appear in the 4-hour epic, Zach Snyder’s Justice League released in 2021. Played by veteran Hollywood actor Harry Lennix, the character Samachson created 66 years earlier appeared on the big screen. John Johns, aka Martian Manhunter is a shapeshifter stranded on Earth originally from Mars.

Joseph Samachson also found time to write scripts for a science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network. Captain Video and His Video Rangers aired from 1949 to 1955. If you’re curious you can watch several full-length episodes on YouTube.

Samachson received special thanks credits in Zach Snyder’s Justice League and The Lego Batman movie.

A legendary sci-fi writer himself, Frederik Pohl once remarked that Samachson was "one of the most shamefully neglected writers in the history of science fiction." That’s high praise. Samachson died of complications from Parkinson's disease on June 2, 1980 in Chicago.

Xhanph was the fully accredited ambassador from Gfun, and Earth's first visitor from outer space.History and the amenities called for a tremendous reception. But earth people are funny people....Taken from the pages of “If Worlds of Science Fiction” in October 1954, Unwelcomed Visitor by William Morrison...

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