Alien Encounters
$3.91 – $13.99
Published by Eclipse Comics from 1985 to 1987, Alien Encounters rose from the ashes of Pacific Comics’ Alien Worlds, offering up some very respectable stories of science-fiction and the unexpected.
To the great disappointment of many, Pacific Comics ceased publishing in 1984. Eclipse picked up a few of their more popular series, including Alien Worlds, continuing that title’s run until issue #9 when its owners decided to cancel it. A year later, Eclipse decided to offer its own version of that series with Alien Encounters.
Running fourteen issues in all, Alien Encounters offered up some very respectable stories of science-fiction and the unexpected. A two-page quickie by Marc Hempel shows a man with a bionic replacement hand worrying about fitting in—but when he looks out the window, we see that the planet is populated by robots! More involved stories show people dreaming of families and children on the brink of doomsday, running from alien police, and going to outrageous (and deadly) extremes to remake bad robot movies from the 1950s.
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| Weight | N/A |
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| Issue | #1 (Jun 1985), #2 (Aug 1985), #3 (Oct 1985), #4 (Dec 1985) John Bolton cover, #5 (Feb 1986) Dave Dorman cover, #6 (Apr 1986) Story "Nada" basis for movie "They Live", #7 (Jun 1986), #8 (Aug 1986) Marilyn Monroe/Atomic Bomb cover, #9 (Oct 1986) |
