Mars Attacks High School

    (Topps, 1997)
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In 1996, Tim Burton, (notable to comic fans as the director of the movies Batman and Batman Returns), directed an unusual movie based on a bubblegum card set from the 1960s. Mars Attacks was a high camp send-up of science-fiction movies, and Topps adeptly transferred the fun-filled weirdness to the comic page.

Continued fan support prompted Topps to publish Mars Attacks High School, a two-issue black-and-white mini-series that continues stories interrupted when the full-color Mars Attacks was put on hiatus. The mini-series features a bizarre mix of horror and humor as the invading Martians continue their sometimes-grisly, sometimes-absurd experiments.

— George Haberberger
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#1

May, 1997
Cover Price: $2.95
7 copies available from $2.13 		Dwight Jon ZimmermanHugh Haynes
#2

September, 1997
Cover Price: $2.95
2 copies available from $1.95 		Dwight Jon ZimmermanJean-Claude St. Aubin