Alien Encounters (Eclipse)

    (Eclipse, 1985-1987)
™ and ©1985 Eclipse Comics. Cover art ©1985 Joe Chiodo. Stories © their respective authors.

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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  • 1
    #1
    Jun 1985
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Buzz Dixon, Eric Dinehart, Ken Macklin, Marc Hempel  ·  A: Marc Hempel, Mike Gustovich, Mike Hoffman, Toren Smith
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Aug 1985
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Christy Marx, Kevin Farrell, Mark Borax, Buzz Dixon  ·  A: Peter Ledger, Kevin Farrell, Chuck Austen, Nicholas Koenig
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Oct 1985
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Buzz Dixon, Jim Baikie, Paul Alexander, James Brock  ·  A: Attilio Micheluzzi, Larry Elmore, Pedro Henry, James Brock
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Dec 1985
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Charles Wagner, Gardner Fox, Tim Conrad, Timothy Truman  ·  A: Larry Elmore, Tim Conrad, Timothy Truman, Bill Wray
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Feb 1986
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Dave Dorman, Craig Boldman, David Lloyd, Simon Revelstroke, Tim Burgard  ·  A: Dave Dorman, David Lloyd, Richard Corben, Chuck Austen
    Nudity
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Apr 1986
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Bruce Jones, Toren Smith, Bill Wray, Len Wein, James P. Hogan  ·  A: Chuck Austen, Ken Macklin, Lee Weeks, Bill Wray
    Story Nada used as basis for movie They Live
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Jun 1986
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Bruce Jones, Doug Wheeler, Rick Geary  ·  A: Bo Hampton, Chuck Austen, Richard Howell, Rick Geary
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Marilyn Monroe/Atomic Bomb cover by Mick Austin
    Aug 1986
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Bruce Jones, Buzz Dixon, Charles Wagner, Ken Macklin, Toren Smith  ·  A: Attilio Micheluzzi, Dan Day, Jim Sullivan, Ken Macklin
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Oct 1986
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Bruce Jones, Doug Wheeler, Howard Zimmerman, Tom Field  ·  A: John Bolton, John K. Snyder, Larry Elmore, Lee Weeks
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    Dec 1986
    Cover: $1.75
    W: Beppe Sabatini, Rafe Negrete, Ray Bradbury, Tim Smith III  ·  A: Denis McFarling, Gray Morrow, Rafe Negrete, Tom Sutton
    Includes “Exiles” Ray Bradbury adaptation
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Feb 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Chuck Dixon, Mark Kneece, Scott Hampton, Steve Oliff, Timothy Truman  ·  A: Karl Waller, Peter Ledger, Scott Hampton, Steve Oliff
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Apr 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Buzz Dixon, Nicola Cuti, Ruby  ·  A: Doug Medved, Karl Waller, Mark A. Nelson
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    Jun 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Chuck Dixon, Doug Wheeler, Ruby  ·  A: Doug Medved, Graham Nolan, Hilary Barta, Peter Ledger
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Aug 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Beppe Sabatini, Chuck Dixon, Eric Dinehart, Jack Butterworth  ·  A: Graham Nolan, John Ridgway, Tom Wimbish, Tom Lyle
    Final Issue
    No copies available