The Outer Limits #17 (Dell)
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The Outer Limits was one of my favourite shows on TV and despite some corny costumes and story lines, like it's cousin The Twilight Zone entertained a whole generation. A show for all the family which is probably why Dell picked up the publishing licence in 1964.
This issue was the penultimate one and a reprint of the very first comic (#18 was a reprint of #2) so it had already been demoted to being a reprint title before it's cancellation the following year. There was for some strange reason a year between issues and Image wasn't on the scene yet!
The story is a classic sci-fi story with disappearing people, a records department man realising there was a pattern and a scientist whose machine brought aliens to Earth. Enter a panicked civilian and the inevitable shooting begins.
Unharmed by bullets or tank shells our intrepid heroes, a newspaper man, scientist and bespectacled clerk try to save the day but only at first bring the aliens enemies to Earth. The ensuing battle sees the city torn apart. However the evil aliens get defeated by the scientists ray and the benign aliens go home.
Then the missing people from the past century are all returned. Not sure how the UN building got rebuilt,maybe I wasn't paying attention. OK all a bit corny but these comics were really aimed at kids in a more simple age.
Sometimes I wish the world was still that way.
Just sometimes.....
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