Alien Encounters (Eclipse)

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

Jun 1985

Cover: $1.75

W: Buzz Dixon, Eric Dinehart, Ken Macklin, Marc Hempel · A: Marc Hempel, Mike Gustovich, Mike Hoffman, Toren Smith

8 copies from $4.95
#2

Aug 1985

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W: Christy Marx, Kevin Farrell, Mark Borax, Buzz Dixon · A: Peter Ledger, Kevin Farrell, Chuck Austen, Nicholas Koenig

7 copies from $4.00
#3

Oct 1985

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W: Buzz Dixon, Jim Baikie, Paul Alexander, James Brock · A: Attilio Micheluzzi, Larry Elmore, Pedro Henry, James Brock

7 copies from $3.95
#4

Dec 1985

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W: Charles Wagner, Gardner Fox, Tim Conrad, Timothy Truman · A: Larry Elmore, Tim Conrad, Timothy Truman, Bill Wray

7 copies from $3.95
#5

Feb 1986

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W: Dave Dorman, Craig Boldman, David Lloyd, Simon Revelstroke, Tim Burgard · A: Dave Dorman, David Lloyd, Richard Corben, Chuck Austen

Nudity

4 copies from $4.95
#7

Jun 1986

Cover: $1.75

W: Bruce Jones, Doug Wheeler, Rick Geary · A: Bo Hampton, Chuck Austen, Richard Howell, Rick Geary

4 copies from $7.95
#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

5 copies from $13.00
#9

Oct 1986

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W: Bruce Jones, Doug Wheeler, Howard Zimmerman, Tom Field · A: John Bolton, John K. Snyder, Larry Elmore, Lee Weeks

3 copies from $9.00
#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

1 copy for $21.00
#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

2 copies from $13.00
#12

Apr 1987

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W: Buzz Dixon, Nicola Cuti, Ruby · A: Doug Medved, Karl Waller, Mark A. Nelson

3 copies from $7.00
#13

Jun 1987

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W: Chuck Dixon, Doug Wheeler, Ruby · A: Doug Medved, Graham Nolan, Hilary Barta, Peter Ledger

4 copies from $4.50
#14

Aug 1987

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W: Beppe Sabatini, Chuck Dixon, Eric Dinehart, Jack Butterworth · A: Graham Nolan, John Ridgway, Tom Wimbish, Tom Lyle

Final Issue

4 copies from $5.25