H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds

From the pen of legendary science fiction author and futurist, H.G. Wells, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present their adaptation of the most famous science fiction novel of all time: "The War of the Worlds"! In the closing years of the 19th century, the genteel tranquility of Victorian England is shattered by the arrival of an invasion force from the red planet - Mars! Methodical and merciless, the Martians are intent on nothing less than the conquest and subjugation of the human race. Told from the point of view of an ordinary man caught up in the carnage and chaos, witness first-hand how the then greatest empire in the world is brought to its knees by the Martians' cool alien intellect and the implacable heat ray!

Having previously produced two sequel stories to H.G. Wells' classic SF novel in Scarlet Traces and Scarlet Traces: The Great Game, creators Ian Edginton and D'Israeli now adapt the original story. Though a faithful adaptation with no changes made to the original story to tie this to the sequels, a number of characters created for the sequel stories have unobtrusive visual cameos in this volume.