Alien: The Illustrated Story

Name: Alien: The Illustrated Story
Brand: Simon & Schuster NZ
SKU: 9781781161296
Price: 29.99 NZD
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By Archie Goodwin

Series: Alien

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Alien: The Illustrated Story adapts Ridley Scott's iconic 1979 sci-fi horror film into a graphic novel format. This edition reunites the original talents of Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson, delivering a meticulously restored visual narrative that captures the terror and suspense of the classic motion picture.
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781161296

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Titan Books Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Walt Simonson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 207.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 278g

Pages: 64

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Adult Graphic Novels Archie Goodwin Fiction General Fiction Graphic Novels Horror & Supernatural Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: Alien

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Archie Goodwin was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He is best known for his Warren and Marvel Comics work. For Warren he was chief writer and editor of landmark horror anthology titles Creepy and Eerie, and for Marvel he set up the creator-owned Epic Comics as well as adapting Star Wars into both comics and newspaper strips.

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