WORLDS UNKNOWN "Black Destroyer"

WORLDS UNKNOWN "Black Destroyer"  Marvel Adaption

Art by Gil Kane & Frank GiacoiaA 1930s pulp story adapted into comic form in the 1970s.

pted into comic form in the 1970s...

...and a clear inspiration for aspects of movie and tv science fiction ranging from Forbidden Planetand Alien to Star Trek and Space: 1999 (among others)!

Will Coeurl deceive the crew and return with them to Earth?

Or will he simply kill the humans and commandeer the ship?

Find out tomorrow, and read some kool background info about the original story!

This tale from issue 5 of Marvel's short-lived science fiction anthology Worlds Unknown was adapted by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Dan Adkins & Jim Mooney.

It's based on "Black Destroyer", A E Van Vogt's first published story, which appeared as the cover story (a rare honor for a writer's premiere tale) in Astounding Science Fiction (July 1939).

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While exploring an alien world, the crew of the Space Beagle encounter Coeurl, who looks like a Terrestrial panther or lion with the addition of tentacles.

But this is not a friendly housecat!

It's a primitive, but sentient, being who can not only reason, but deceive...

This tale from issue 5 of Marvel's short-liThis tale from issue 5 of Marvel's short-lived science fiction anthology Worlds Unknown was adapted by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Dan Adkins & Jim Mooney.

It's based on "Black Destroyer", A E Van Vogt's first published story, which appeared as the cover story (a rare honor for a writer's premiere tale) inAstounding Science Fiction (July 1939).

You can read the complete short story HERE.

"Black Destroyer" was later incorporated with later short stories about the exploratory vessel Space Beagle into the novel Voyage of the Space Beagle.

Trivia: The Space Beagle's name is a tribute to Charles Darwin's ship, The Beagle.

Van Vogt sued 20th Century Fox over the 1979 movie Alien, claiming that it ripped off elements of both "Black Destroyer" and "Discord in Scarlet".

Fox settled out of court.


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