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</style><table class="infobox ib-comic-book-title ib-comics"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><i>Alien Encounters</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Cover to <a href="Eclipse_Comics" title="Eclipse Comics">Eclipse Comics</a>' <i>Alien Encounters</i> #1, art by <a href="Joe_Chiodo" title="Joe Chiodo">Joe Chiodo</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="FantaCo_Enterprises" title="FantaCo Enterprises">FantaCo Enterprises</a> <br> <a href="Eclipse_Comics" title="Eclipse Comics">Eclipse Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="One-shot_(comics)" title="One-shot (comics)">One-shot</a> <small>(FantaCo)</small><br><a href="Ongoing_series" title="Ongoing series">Ongoing</a> <small>(Eclipse Comics)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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<ul><li><a href="Science_fiction_comics" title="Science fiction comics">Science fiction</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">January <a href="1981_in_comics" title="1981 in comics">1981</a> <small>(FantaCo)</small><br>June <a href="1985_in_comics" title="1985 in comics">1985</a> - August <a href="1987_in_comics" title="1987 in comics">1987</a> <small>(Eclipse Comics)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of issues</th><td class="infobox-data">1 <small>(FantaCo)</small><br>14 <small>(Eclipse Comics)</small></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><i><b>Alien Encounters</b></i> is an American <a href="Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> <a href="Comics_anthology" title="Comics anthology">anthology</a> <a href="Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> published by <a href="FantaCo_Enterprises" title="FantaCo Enterprises">FantaCo Enterprises</a> and then <a href="Eclipse_Comics" title="Eclipse Comics">Eclipse Comics</a>. The comic debuted with FantaCo in 1981, and in 1985 was taken over by Eclipse.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2></div>

<p>The original FantaCo <i>Alien Encounters</i> was a 36-page 1981 <a href="One-shot_(comics)" title="One-shot (comics)">one-shot</a> black-and-white comic containing short, self-contained stories by <a href="Steve_Bissette" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Bissette">Steve Bissette</a>, <a href="Steve_Stiles" title="Steve Stiles">Steve Stiles</a>, <a href="Fred_Hembeck" title="Fred Hembeck">Fred Hembeck</a>, <a href="Mike_Zeck" title="Mike Zeck">Mike Zeck</a> and <a href="Howard_Cruse" title="Howard Cruse">Howard Cruse</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="Pacific_Comics" title="Pacific Comics">Pacific Comics</a> went bankrupt in 1984, their titles were taken over by Eclipse Comics, including <a href="Bruce_Jones_(comics)" title="Bruce Jones (comics)">Bruce Jones</a>' <i><a href="Alien_Worlds" title="Alien Worlds">Alien Worlds</a></i>, a similar science fiction-themed anthology. They decided to replace <i>Alien Worlds</i> with a new title that would feature a wider range of creators,<sup id="cite_ref-AH064NF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH064NF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and purchased the rights to the <i>Alien Encounters</i> title from FantaCo, with <a href="Ken_Steacy" title="Ken Steacy">Ken Steacy</a> designing the new series' logo.<sup id="cite_ref-AH066NF_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH066NF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Eclipse's version was a similarly sized <a href="Bimonthly" title="Bimonthly">bimonthly</a> <a href="Ongoing_series" title="Ongoing series">ongoing series</a> edited by <a href="Cat_Yronwode" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat Yronwode">Cat Yronwode</a>, and would run for 14 issues from June 1985 to August 1987; it was effectively replaced by a short-lived irregular revival of <i>Alien Worlds</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-AH118NL_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH118NL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AH131NL_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH131NL-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Creators who worked on the Eclipse series included Bissette, Cruse, Jones,<sup id="cite_ref-AH101NL_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH101NL-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zeck, <a href="Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a>, <a href="John_Bolton_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bolton (comics)">John Bolton</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AH064NF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH064NF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Joe_Chiodo" title="Joe Chiodo">Joe Chiodo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AH064NF_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH064NF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Richard_Corben" title="Richard Corben">Richard Corben</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AH082NF_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH082NF-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Chuck_Dixon" title="Chuck Dixon">Chuck Dixon</a>, <a href="Gardner_F._Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Gardner F. Fox">Gardner F. Fox</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AH082NF_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH082NF-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Rick_Geary" title="Rick Geary">Rick Geary</a>, <a href="Peter_Ledger" title="Peter Ledger">Peter Ledger</a>, <a href="David_Lloyd_(comic_artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Lloyd (comic artist)">David Lloyd</a>, <a href="David_Mazzucchelli" title="David Mazzucchelli">David Mazzucchelli</a>, <a href="Gray_Morrow" title="Gray Morrow">Gray Morrow</a>, <a href="Ray_Nelson_(author)" title="Ray Nelson (author)">Ray Nelson</a>, <a href="Timothy_Truman" title="Timothy Truman">Timothy Truman</a><sup id="cite_ref-AH082NF_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH082NF-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Thomas_Yeates" title="Thomas Yeates">Thomas Yeates</a>. The title featured painted <a href="Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp magazine</a>-inspired covers by a variety of artists.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div>

<p><i>Alien Encounters</i> was sometimes criticized for featuring gratuitous nude scenes.<sup id="cite_ref-PEB_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PEB-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewing the fourth issue for <i><a href="Amazing_Heroes" title="Amazing Heroes">Amazing Heroes</a></i>, R.A. Jones was largely unimpressed by the lack of originality shown by the contents.<sup id="cite_ref-AH088AE_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AH088AE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_media">Other media</h2></div>

<p>The story "Nada" by <a href="Ray_Nelson_(author)" title="Ray Nelson (author)">Ray Nelson</a> and <a href="Bill_Wray" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Wray">Bill Wray</a>, from <i>Alien Encounters</i> #6 (April 1986), was an adaptation of the story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Nelson that was the inspiration for the 1988 <a href="John_Carpenter" title="John Carpenter">John Carpenter</a> film <i><a href="They_Live" title="They Live">They Live</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Swires,_Steve_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swires,_Steve-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/series/18766"><i> Alien Encounters </i>(1981 series)<i></i></a> at the <a href="Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/series/3072"><i> Alien Encounters </i>(1985 series)<i></i></a> at the <a href="Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></li></ul>

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</style><div id="Eclipse_Comics250" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Eclipse_Comics" title="Eclipse Comics">Eclipse Comics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>

<ul><li><a href="Dean_Mullaney" title="Dean Mullaney">Dean Mullaney</a></li>

<li><a href="Cat_Yronwode" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat Yronwode">Cat Yronwode</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Eclipse_Comics_publications" title="List of Eclipse Comics publications">Titles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Adolescent_Radioactive_Black_Belt_Hamsters" title="Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters">Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Airboy" title="Airboy">Airboy</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Alien_Worlds" title="Alien Worlds">Alien Worlds</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Appleseed_(manga)" title="Appleseed (manga)">Appleseed</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Aztec_Ace" title="Aztec Ace">Aztec Ace</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Black_Terror" title="Black Terror">Black Terror</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Brought_to_Light" title="Brought to Light">Brought to Light</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="California_Girls_(comic)" title="California Girls (comic)">California Girls</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Captain_EO" title="Captain EO">Captain EO</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coyote_(comics)" title="Coyote (comics)">Coyote</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Crossfire_(Eclipse_Comics)" title="Crossfire (Eclipse Comics)">Crossfire</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Destroyer_Duck" title="Destroyer Duck">Destroyer Duck</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Detectives_Inc." title="Detectives Inc.">Detectives Inc.</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Dirty_Pair" title="The Dirty Pair">The Dirty Pair</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_DNAgents" title="The DNAgents">The DNAgents</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Doc_Stearn...Mr._Monster" title="Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster">Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Eclipse_(magazine)" title="Eclipse (magazine)">Eclipse</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Eclipse_Monthly" title="Eclipse Monthly">Eclipse Monthly</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Espers_(comics)" title="Espers (comics)">Espers</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Floyd_Farland_-_Citizen_of_the_Future" title="Floyd Farland - Citizen of the Future">Floyd Farland - Citizen of the Future</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Fusion_(Eclipse_Comics)" title="Fusion (Eclipse Comics)">Fusion</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Groo_the_Wanderer" title="Groo the Wanderer">Groo the Wanderer</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Liberty_Project" title="The Liberty Project">The Liberty Project</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Masked_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="Masked Man">The Masked Man</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Miracleman" title="Miracleman">Miracleman</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Miracleman_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Miracleman Family">Miracleman Family</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Miracleman%3A_Apocrypha" title="Miracleman: Apocrypha">Miracleman: Apocrypha</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Mr._Mystic" title="Mr. Mystic">Mr. Mystic</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Mysterious_Traveler" title="The Mysterious Traveler">The Mysterious Traveler</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Night_Music_(comic)" title="Night Music (comic)">Night Music</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Official_DC_Index" title="Official DC Index">Official DC Index</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pigeons_from_Hell#Adaptations" title="Pigeons from Hell">Pigeons from Hell</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Portia_Prinz_of_the_Glamazons" title="Portia Prinz of the Glamazons">Portia Prinz of the Glamazons</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Metamorphosis_Odyssey" title="Metamorphosis Odyssey">The Price of Life</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Prowler_(Eclipse_Comics)" title="Prowler (Eclipse Comics)">The Prowler</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Rocketeer_(character)" title="The Rocketeer (character)">The Rocketeer</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Sabre_(Eclipse_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabre (Eclipse Comics)">Sabre</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Scout_(comics)" title="Scout (comics)">Scout</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Sisterhood_of_Steel" title="Sisterhood of Steel">Sisterhood of Steel</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Somerset_Holmes" title="Somerset Holmes">Somerset Holmes</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Spider_(pulp_fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spider (pulp fiction)">The Spider</a></i></li>

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<li><i><a href="Strike!_(comic_book)" title="Strike! (comic book)">Strike!</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Total_Eclipse_(comics)" title="Total Eclipse (comics)">Total Eclipse</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Twisted_Tales" title="Twisted Tales">Twisted Tales</a></i></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Eclipse_Comics_publications" title="List of Eclipse Comics publications">Others</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i><a href="Tales_of_the_Beanworld" title="Tales of the Beanworld">Tales of the Beanworld</a></i></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i><a href="Axel_Pressbutton" title="Axel Pressbutton">Axel Pressbutton</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Miracleman" title="Miracleman">Miracleman</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Warrior_(comics)#The_Spiral_Path" title="Warrior (comics)">The Spiral Path</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">with <a href="VIZ_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="VIZ Communications">VIZ Communications</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><i><a href="The_Legend_of_Kamui" class="mw-redirect" title="The Legend of Kamui">The Legend of Kamui</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Mai%2C_the_Psychic_Girl" title="Mai, the Psychic Girl">Mai, the Psychic Girl</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Xenon_(manga)" title="Xenon (manga)">Xenon</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">with <a href="Acme_Press" title="Acme Press">ACME Press</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="List_of_James_Bond_comics" title="List of James Bond comics">James Bond 007 - Permission to Die</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Powerman_(comics)" title="Powerman (comics)">Power Comics</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Avengers_(TV_series)#Comics" title="The Avengers (TV series)">Steed and Mrs. Peel</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Creator_ownership_in_comics" title="Creator ownership in comics">Creator ownership in comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Graphic_novel" title="Graphic novel">Graphic novel</a></li>

<li><a href="Pacific_Comics" title="Pacific Comics">Pacific Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Epic_Comics" title="Epic Comics">Epic Comics</a></li></ul>

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