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

June, 1985
Cover Price: $1.75
7 copies available from $4.00 		Buzz Dixon, Eric Dinehart, Ken Macklin, Marc HempelMarc Hempel, Mike Gustovich, Mike Hoffman, Toren Smith
#2

August, 1985
Cover Price: $1.75
6 copies available from $4.00 		Christy Marx, Kevin Farrell, Mark Borax, Buzz DixonPeter Ledger, Kevin Farrell, Chuck Austen, Nicholas Koenig
#3

October, 1985
Cover Price: $1.75
7 copies available from $3.95 		Buzz Dixon, Jim Baikie, Paul Alexander, James BrockAttilio Micheluzzi, Larry Elmore, Pedro Henry, James Brock
#4

December, 1985
Cover Price: $1.75
5 copies available from $3.95 		Charles Wagner, Gardner Fox, Tim Conrad, Timothy TrumanLarry Elmore, Tim Conrad, Timothy Truman, Bill Wray
#5

February, 1986
Cover Price: $1.75
4 copies available from $4.95 		Dave Dorman, Craig Boldman, David Lloyd, Simon Revelstroke, Tim BurgardDave Dorman, David Lloyd, Richard Corben, Chuck Austen
#7

June, 1986
Cover Price: $1.75
3 copies available from $7.95 		Bruce Jones, Doug Wheeler, Rick GearyBo Hampton, Chuck Austen, Richard Howell, Rick Geary
#8 (Marilyn Monroe/Atomic Bomb cover by Mick Austin)

August, 1986
Cover Price: $1.75
4 copies available from $10.00 		Bruce Jones, Buzz Dixon, Charles Wagner, Ken Macklin, Toren SmithAttilio Micheluzzi, Dan Day, Jim Sullivan, Ken Macklin
#9

October, 1986
Cover Price: $1.75
3 copies available from $9.00 		Bruce Jones, Doug Wheeler, Howard Zimmerman, Tom FieldJohn Bolton, John K. Snyder, Larry Elmore, Lee Weeks
#11

February, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
2 copies available from $13.00 		Chuck Dixon, Mark Kneece, Scott Hampton, Steve Oliff, Timothy TrumanKarl Waller, Peter Ledger, Scott Hampton, Steve Oliff
#12

April, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
3 copies available from $6.50 		Buzz Dixon, Nicola Cuti, RubyDoug Medved, Karl Waller, Mark A. Nelson
#13

June, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
4 copies available from $3.75 		Chuck Dixon, Doug Wheeler, RubyDoug Medved, Graham Nolan, Hilary Barta, Peter Ledger
#14

August, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
3 copies available from $5.25 		Beppe Sabatini, Chuck Dixon, Eric Dinehart, Jack ButterworthGraham Nolan, John Ridgway, Tom Wimbish, Tom Lyle