Marvel Special Edition Featuring Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Marvel’s 1978 one-shot adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind captures the wonder of first contact through a comic-book lens. Written by Archie Goodwin with art by Walter Simonson, this special edition expands on the film’s awe-inspiring story of human-alien communication. It stands as a faithful, visually striking tribute to a landmark sci-fi movie, showcasing Marvel’s mid-late 1970s approach to translating cinematic spectacle into sequential art.