The Silent Invasion (comics)

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The Silent Invasion was an American series of black and white comic books written by Larry Hancock and drawn by Michael Cherkas.

The story was set in the early 1950s and combined McCarthy-era Cold War-type paranoia with flying saucers and alien abductions. It followed the adventures of Matt Sinkage, newspaper reporter and main character as he tries to solve the conspiracy and the powerful people trying to stop him.

First series was 12-issue series published by Renegade Press between 1986 and 1988. [1]

Reprints were printed in the 1980s (sorted by date):

In 1996, Caliber Comics published a six-issue series (May 1996-December 1996) which reprinted the first six issues published by Renegade, [2] but with new covers and extra material. [3]

In 1998, Caliber published The Silent Invasion, Abductions #1, dated May 1998, [4] which didn't get past the first issue, but was reprinted & continued as Secret Messages in 2001 by NBM. [5]

In 1999, NBM published Silent Invasion: Secret Affairs and Red Shadows TPB, October 1999 (reprinting first 6 issues of 1986 series). [6]

In 2001, NBM started publishing Secret Messages a five-issue series (May 2001-May 2002). The first issue being a reprint of The Silent Invasion, Abductions #1. [5] [7]

In 2018, NBM started publishing a series of new editions of Silent Invasion. [8] The first two books have reprinted the original volumes, the third book will collect "the never before collected third album" (presumably Secret Messages), and the fourth book will be "all-new". [9]

The books have received reviews from publications including Publishers Weekly , School Library Journal , and Midwest Book Review . [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 The Silent Invasion (1986) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original ). Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ The Silent Invasion (1996) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original ). Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ The Silent Invasion - From Caliber Comics webpage at official website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ The Silent Invasion, Abductions (1998) - #1 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original ). Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Secret Messages at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ The Silent Invasion: Secret Affairs * Red Shadows - TPB at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original ). Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Secret Messages - ongoing series published by NBM. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Series - SILENT INVASION GN at Previews World, a Diamond Comic Distributors website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Michael Cherkas & Larry Hancock". NBM Publishing website. NBM Publishing. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: The Silent Invasion by Michael Cherkas, Author, Larry Hancock, with Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing $8.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-918348-50-0".
  11. ↑ Hancock, Larry. "The Silent Invasion: Red Shadows". School Library Journal.
  12. ↑ "MBR: Wisconsin Bookwatch, September 2018". www.midwestbookreview.com.
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