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Mars Attacks #1 - Martian Deathtrap

By: Del Rey Books

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Graphic Novels - Science Fiction (Del Rey Books)


Product Info

Title
Mars Attacks #1 - Martian Deathtrap
Publisher
Category
Author
Ray W. Murrill
Publish Year
1996
Pages
244
Dimensions
5.75x8.5x1"
NKG Part #
2148121765
Type
Hardcover

Description

In 1962, at the height of the cold war, the Brooklyn-based Topps Chewing Gum Company released a set of trading cards that combined a classic, H.G. Wells-style alien invasion with the graphic atrocities of war. The result was the legendary Mars Attacks cards, and the reaction was immediate.

National uproar: Deemed too gruesome for innocent young minds, the cards were quickly suppressed.

But even as they disappeared from the market, their cult status grew. . . and grew. Finally, in 1995, Topps re-released the set, adding new--and equally gruesome--cards. The invasion began anew, leading to comic books, novels, a major motion picture deal (with Tim Burton directing), and other insidious means by which the Martian wave would spread across the land.