Description

ID4 – Independence Day                                    Comics Lot w/ Special Edition Variant
Featuring the Official 1996 Movie Adaptation.  Awesome!!
Adapted by: Ralph Macchio
From the screenplay by: Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich
Writer: Phil Crain
Artists: Leonard Kirk, Terry Pallot, Steve Erwin, Rod Whigham & Gabriel Gecko
Inkers: Terry Pallot, Philip Moy, Larry Welch & Steve Moncuse
Colorist: Moose Baumann
Letterer: Edd Fear
Editors: Mark Robert Bourne, Mark Paniccia & Dan Shaheen
Covers by: Kevin Nowlan & Moose Baumann

Relive the adventure… the nostalgia of 1996’s “Independence Day”. “Independence Day” is an American science fiction disaster film written and directed by Roland Emmerich along with Dean Devlin. The film stars Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Vivica A. Fox, and Harry Connick, Jr. ID4: Independence Day was without a doubt the science-fiction blockbuster of 1996. Audiences around the world were astonished at the sight of huge alien ships casting shadows over New York, London, Moscow, and other major cities. In the story, the aliens waited just long enough to move all their ships into position, then they began an awesome wave of destruction with the ultimate goal of exterminating humanity…

Within days most of earth’s major cities were gone, and even nuclear weapons proved useless against the invaders. The president, having narrowly escaped the destruction of the White House, traveled to Area 51, where an alien craft had been secretly been held since it crashed in the 1950s. From there, he hoped to launch a counterassault against the invaders and win back the planet. The date was July 4th: Independence Day for America—and now hopefully for the world as well.

Issue #0 features an original prequel story that takes place before events of movie Independence Day.

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full ID4 – Independence Day 1996 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
On July 2, a 500 km wide alien mothership enters Earth’s orbit and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped “destroyer” spacecraft, each 15 miles (24 km) wide. As they take position over some of Earth’s major cities, David Levinson, an MIT graduate working for a cable company in New York City, discovers hidden satellite transmissions which he believes to be a timer counting down to a coordinated attack by the aliens. With the support of his estranged wife Constance Spano, a White House employee, he and his father Julius gain entrance into the Oval Office to notify President Thomas J. Whitmore about the attack. Whitmore orders large-scale evacuations of the targeted cities, but the aliens attack with advanced directed energy weapons before these can be carried out. Whitmore, portions of his staff, and the Levinsons narrowly escape aboard Air Force One as Washington, D.C. is destroyed.

On July 3, the Black Knights, a squadron of Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets, participate in an assault on a destroyer near the ruins of Los Angeles. Their weapons fail to penetrate the craft’s force field. Dozens of “attacker” ships are launched by the aliens in defense, and a one-sided dogfight ensues in which nearly all the Hornets are destroyed. Afterwards, many American military installations, including NORAD, are destroyed. Captain Steven Hiller is the only man to survive and lures a single attacker to the Grand Canyon. Their aircraft crash into the desert. He subdues the injured alien and is rescued by Russell Casse, who is traveling across the desert with a group of refugees. They take the alien to nearby Area 51, where Whitmore and his remaining staff have also landed. Area 51 conceals a top-secret facility housing a repaired attacker and three alien bodies recovered from Roswell in 1947.

When scientist Dr. Brackish Okun attempts to autopsy the alien, it regains consciousness and attempts to escape. When questioned by Whitmore, it reveals that its species travels from planet to planet, destroying all life and harvesting the natural resources. The alien attempts a psychic attack against Whitmore, but is killed by his security detail. Whitmore orders a nuclear attack on the destroyers, but the first attempt fails to penetrate the force field of the destroyer and the remaining strikes are aborted.

On July 4, Levinson devises a plan to use the repaired attacker to introduce a computer virus and plant a nuclear missile on board the mothership, theorizing that this will disrupt the force fields of the destroyers. Hiller volunteers to pilot the attacker, with Levinson accompanying him. With not enough military pilots to man all available aircraft, volunteers including Whitmore and Casse are enlisted for the counterstrike.

With the successful implantation of the virus, Whitmore leads the attack against an alien destroyer approaching Area 51. Although the force field is deactivated and the fighters are able to inflict damage, their supply of missiles become quickly exhausted. As the destroyer prepares to fire on the base, Casse has one last missile to spare but his attempt of firing it jams, leaving him no choice but to sacrifice his own life. He flies his aircraft into the alien weapon with a kamikaze attack, destroying the craft. Human resistance forces around the world successfully destroy the other craft, while the nuclear device destroys the alien mothership as Hiller and Levinson escape. They return unharmed and reunite with their families. The whole world then celebrates its heroes’ victory as well as its true ‘Independence Day’.

Comics lot contains: ID4 – Independence Day (1996) Issues #0-2 & #0 Special Edition Variant.  Marvel Comics

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

All First Printings
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publication Date: 1996
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: 009281036524 (Issue #0) 704294049218 (Issues #1,2)

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 0,1,2 & Special Edition Variant are in Fine condition.  Nice Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Independence Day, Science Fiction and/or Alien Invasion collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

Please read return policy.