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Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn]
In "The Flying Saucers: Spawn of Terror," a 2012 Vanguard Productions release, Wally Wood delivers a striking sci-fi tale where a lone man’s telepathic connection with mysterious aliens reveals a haunting truth: these extraterrestrials were once Earth’s ancient inhabitants, preserved in suspended animation after a catastrophic atomic test erased all life. The story unfolds as Ross, the unwitting awakener, is entrusted with devices meant to prevent future nuclear devastation—before the aliens depart for another galaxy. Illustrated with bold, classic flair by Wally Wood, whose distinctive art defines the issue’s cover and interior, this issue stands as a unique, thought-provoking entry in the Strange Worlds of Science Fiction series.
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Communicating telepathically with the aliens, Ross learns that the aliens once inhabited Earth, but a test of an advanced atomic weapon wiped out all life on the planet except for twelve alien beings who went into suspended animation in the underground Quhaltec cavern. They had been waiting for the day when life would evolve so that someone would find them and awaken them, which Ross had done. The aliens provide Ross damper ray boxes to be planted around to world to prevent the atomic blasts that ended their civilization, then leave another galaxy.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).