Starstream Comic Set 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Feat The Thing From Another World - Who Goes There?
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:2647683 | Publication Date: 1976 |
| Product Type: Comics Lot | Publisher: Whitman Comics / Western Publishing Company |
| ISBN: None Stated |
Starstream (1976) ComicsLotWhitmanComics Complete Series Starstream is an amazing collection of science-fictionstories by the greatest science-fictionwriters and story-telling giants; Jack Williamson, BaringtonJ. Bayley, Joan Hunter Holly, John W. Campbell Jr., Raymond C. Banks, Howard Goldsmi...th, Chad Oliver, Dean R. Koontz, LarryNiven, Robert Silverberg, H. E. Arloff, Mary Schaub, Jack Williamson, HarryDawes, Theodore Sturgeon, A. E. Van Vogt, Anne McCaffrey, Poul Anderson, IsaacAsimov, Stephan Goldin, Roger Elwood, Robert Bloch, & Arnold Drake. With artwork featuring legends; Alberto Giolitti, FrankBolle, Jack Abel, Jack Sparling, Garcia-Lopez, Adolfo Buylla, Alden McWilliams, Jose Delbo, Giorgio Cambiotti, Don Heck, & Nevio Zeccara. With four amazingscience fiction art covers by; Richard Powers, Ron Miller, AlfredJarnow, & Kees Romer. WOW... What a line-up!!! Starstream, a comic book adaptationof a science-fiction anthology, features adaptations from some of the greatestscience-fiction writers. Starstream(1976) Full Run includes:
Starstream#1 Coverby: Richard Powers “Dominus” 14 pagesStoryby: Jack Williamson & Barington J. BayleyAdaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Alberto Giolitti On aplanet where the fittest survive by instant evolution, can humans cope withculture shock of ever-changing species! Subsequently, A crew of space explorersare slowly killed off after they land on a strange new planet. Adapted from thestory "Born of the Sun" first published in Astounding Stories (1934). “The Last Guinea-Pig!” 8 pagesStoryby: Joan Hunter HollyAdaptedby: G. Cruz-SantosArtist:Frank Bolle Whoselives should be sacrificed for the general good? With all animals exterminatedby mankind, humans are used for lab research. Adapted from the story "TheProper Study" first published in Long Night of Waiting (1974). “WhoGoes There?” 17 pages (see scans 10, 11, 12) Awesome!!!Storyby: John W. Campbell Jr.Adaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Jack Abel
Theoriginal un-Hollywoodized version of the story on which the classic horrormovie “The Thing” was based. And later, the remake - John Carpenter’s TheThing… also a classic!! Awesome!!! “Who Goes There?”, the original story of a groupof scientists who discover an alien being frozen in the ice in Antarctica. Adaptedfrom the story “Who Goes There?” first published (1938). “Rabbits to the Moon” 8 pagesStoryby: Raymond C. BanksAdaptedby: Steve SkeatesArtist:Jack Sparling Goomzooms to the Moon and business booms! Victor Webb has created a process totransport a being from Earth to the Moon. Adapted from the story “Rabbits tothe Moon” first published in Fantasy and Science Fiction (July 1959). “The Music of Minox” 6 pagesStoryby: Howard GoldsmithAdaptedby: Paul S. NewmanArtist:Garcia-Lopez Thesounds of the planet were mystifying, enchanting, frightening. What ominousfate did they portend? A group of space miners land on a planet of siliconlife-forms made of glass. Adapted from the story “Music of Minox” firstpublished in More Science Fiction Tales (1974). “Shaka” 10 pagesStoryby Chad OliverAdaptedby: Ed SummerArtist:Adolfo Buylla Culturalmanipulation backfires when merchants from Earth meddle in the tribal affairsof an alien planet! Space traders suffer the consequences when they interferewith a primitive culture. Adapted from the story “Shaka” first published inContinuum 1 (1974).----------------------------------------------------------- Starstream#2 Coverby: Ron Miller
“Night of the Storm” 13 pagesStoryby: Dean R. KoontzAdaptedby: Wallace I. GreenArtist:Frank Bolle Agroup of robots goes camping in the wilderness and encounters a mythical beast– Man! Adaptedfrom the story “Night of the Storm” first published in Continuum 1 (1974). “The Brain Traveler” 10 pagesStoryby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Alden McWilliams Hewas offered five million dollars to invade his brother’s living brain – andplunder the deadly secret buried within! The story “The Brain Traveler” ispublished in Starstream (1976). (Starstream original story) “Flight of the Horse” 9 pagesStoryby: Larry NivenAdaptedby: Allan MonizArtist:Jose Delbo TheDepartment sent Svetz through Time to bring back an extinct species. But whywere they so upset by what he brought back. Adapted from the story “Get a Horse” first published in The Magazine ofFantasy and Science Fiction (1969). “Collecting Team” 13 pagesStoryby: Robert SilverbergAdaptedby: Steve SkeatesArtist:Giorgio Cambiotti Theplanet was a zoologist’s paradise, populated by an uncanny variety of animallife. The they discovered its awful secret! Adapted from the story “CollectingTeam” first published in Super-Science Fiction (December 1956). “The Utopia Tree” 8 pagesStoryby: H. E. ArloffAdaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Jack Sparling
Itpromised a Garden of Eden but it bore bitter fruit! The story “The Utopia Tree”is published in Starstream (1976). (Starstream original story) “Phoenix Planet” 10 pagesStoryby: Mary SchaubAdaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Jose Delbo Hewas driven by the obsession that the mineral he sought was more precious thanlife itself. He never realized whose! Adapted from the story"Serpentine" first published in Survival from Infinity (1974).------------------------------------------------------------ Starstream#3Coverby: Alfred Jarnow “Born of the Sun” 18 pagesStoryby: Jack WilliamsonAdaptedby: Ed SummerArtist:Don Heck Were disintegrating while a religious fanaticwas destroying Man’s only chance for survival! Foster Ross and June Trevor findout that the Solar System is about to be destroyed. The only hope is the spaceark they have been building. Adapted from the story “Born of the Sun” firstpublished in Astounding Stories (1934).
“A Day in the Life of Dr. Moon” 10 pagesStoryby: Harry DawesAdaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Frank Bolle Afatal disease threatens to wipe out Lunar City unless the carrier can be foundand destroyed. An infected person must be found before a plague wipes out amoon base. The story “A Day in the Life of Dr. Moon” is published in Starstream(1976). (Starstream original story) “Microcosmic God” 10 pagesStoryby: Theodore SturgeonAdaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Adolfo Buylla Kidder’s“people” were a race of super beings created to solve Man’s problems – butcould theysolve the ultimate problem? Kidder creates life from scratch and thenselectively breeds them to become an ultra-intelligent race of beings. Adaptedfrom the story “Microcosmic God” (1940). “Last Voyage of the Albatross” 13 pagesStoryby: A. E. Van VogtAdaptedby: Geo KashdanArtist:Alden McWilliams Contactwith aliens leaves a trail of mysterious clues in this sea adventure from oneof science fiction’s most respected old-timers. Frank Wardell and his crew helpa stranded alien spaceship battle a space monster. Adapted from the story “NotOnly Dead Men” first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1942). “The Crystal Singer” 12 pagesStoryby: Anne McCaffreyAdaptedby: Dan WeissArtist:Frank Bolle
Acrystal singer could mine a fortune and live almost forever – unless a machstorm robbed her of her sanity! Killashandra learns how to mine"crystal". Adapted from the story “Milekey Mountain” first publishedin The Crystal Singer (1974).------------------------------------------------------------- Starstream#4 Coverby: Kees Romer “Call Me Joe” 13 pagesStoryby: Poul AndersonAdaptedby: George KashdanArtist:Adolfo Buylla Astrange symbiosis existed between the Jovian colonist and his human controller.But which was really the master? Adapted from the story “Call Me Joe” firstpublished in Astounding Science Fiction (1957). “Benjamin Franklin, Martian" 8 pagesStoryby: Pamela EckardArtist:Frank Bolle Whenthe “shot heard from around the world” was fired, was an alien intelligencelistening in? The story “Benjamin Franklin, Martian” is published in Starstream(1976). (Starstream original story). “Does a Bee Care?” 10 pagesStoryby: Isaac AsimovAdaptedby: Allan MonizArtist:Jack Abel Hammer, the chief Engineer, designed the ship dowm to the last detail. But it held asecret even he could not know! Adapted from the story “Does a Bee Care?” firstpublished in If: Worlds of Science Fiction (1957). “The City” 7 pages Storyby: Stephan GoldinAdaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Jose Delbo Thecity was a dream world that had swallowed sixteen of JV-10’s comrades! Wouldthis nightmare metropolis claim him too? Adapted from the story "Niceplace to Visit" first published in Vertex (1973) “Report to the Plenary Council” 15 pagesStoryby: Roger ElwoodAdaptedby: George KashdanArtist:Alden McWilliams Man’sancient cousins evolved into an advanced civilization. Now they had a grudge tosettle with us! The story “Report to the Plenary Council” is published inStarstream (1976). (Starstream original story). “And the Blood Ran Green” 10 pagesStoryby: Robert BlochAdaptedby: Arnold DrakeArtist:Nevio Zeccara Analien infection turns a routine exploration mission into a nightmare in thisthriller from the auther of “Psycho”. Adapted from the story "The FearPlanet" first published in Super Science Stories (February 1943).-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comics lotcontains: Starstream (1976) Issues #1- 4. Whitman Comics / Western PublishingCompany Comics arebagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped viaUSPS Priority Mail to insure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly. FirstPrintingsPublisher:Whitman Comics / Western Publishing CompanyPublicationDate: 1976Format percomic: FC, 68 pages, Comic, 10.2" x 6.65" ISBN:None Stated CollectibleEntertainment note: Comics 1, 2, 3, 4 are in Fine + to Very Fine condition. Very Nice Set!! Please See Scans!! A must have for any serious Science Fiction orThing from another World collector / enthusiast. A fun & entertaining read! Very HighlyRecommended!! Pleaseread return policy. Please check out all my other Star Trekor Horror or James Bond or Adventure Time or Movie Adaptations or Spider-Man orFlash Gordon or Richard Corben or Indiana Jones or Star Wars or Jurassic Parkor Dinosaurs Attack or Mars Attacks or Planet of the Apes or Godzilla orStarship Troopers or Thing or Robocop or Aliens or Predator or Terminatorlistings by visiting my store and typing Star Trek or Horror or JamesBond or Adventure Time or Movie or Spider-Man or FlashGordon or Richard Corben or Indiana Jones or Star Warsor Jurassic Park or Dinosaurs Attack or Mars Attacks or Planetof the Apes or Godzilla or Starship Troopers or Thingor Robocop or Aliens or Predator or Terminator inthe store search engine.
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