Len Brown, inspired by Wally Wood's cover for EC Comics Weird Science #16,
pitched the idea to Woody Gelman.
Gelman
and Brown created the story, with Brown writing the copy and rough sketches.
They enlisted Wood himself to flesh out the sketches and Bob Powell to finish
them.
Norman Saunders painted the 55-card set. (see bottom
of page for artwork examples)
The cards, which sold for five cents
per pack of five, were test marketed by Topps through
the dummy corporation
Bubbles, Inc. under the name Attack From Space. Sales were
sufficient to expand
the marketing and the name was changed to Mars Attacks.
The cards sparked parental
and community outrage over their graphic violence and
implied sexuality. Topps
responded initially by repainting 13 of the cards to reduce
the gore and sexuality,
then, following inquiries from a Connecticut district attorney,
agreed to
halt production.
... let's look at the kits surrounding this invasion...
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| Logo Plaque Screamin |
Attacking Martian Screamin |
Air Assault Martian Screamin |
Contemplating Conquest Screamin |
No Place To Hide Screamin |
Slaughter In The Streets Screamin |
Terror In The Sky Screamin |
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| Screamin Ad |
Screamin Trading Card Set |
Target Earth Screamin |
Martian Heads Screamin |
Action Hobbies |
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| Mooncrest Models |
Clay Guy | Joe Laudati |
Jimmy Flintstone |
Jimmy Flintstone |
Jimmy Flintstone |
Unknown | Quarantine Studio |
Moebius |
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| Killer Kits | Alternative Images | Mad Lab | MIM | Skyhook Models | Monster Fun | Jimmy Flintstone |
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| Joy and
Tom Studios |
Action Hobbies |
Unknown | Conversion
by Yasutoshi |
Flascinder Miniatures |
Joao Almeida |
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| Unknown | Herb
Stever (scratchbuilt) | Action Hobbies | Brian McGuire | Ralph
Sutter (WIP) | Cthulhu Gizzard |
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| copy
of the Production Maquette |
Paul Francis | Unknown |
Bullet 1:72 (OO |
Head scale AK) |
Chad Hindahl (ooak) |
Gioteya Designs |
Pete Rigsby |
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| Mad Labs | MIM | Dan Christlier |
John White |
Jessie Melero |
Chaosrealm Creations |
Killer Kits |
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| Unknown |
John Dennett |
Grant Cross (WIP) |
Skyhook Models |
Hex 3D | Cthulhu Gizzard |
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| Liang Haozhen |
Ranger | Simon Lee | B.C.I Models | PREY Collection Studio |
Luca Van Dorto |
Andrew Martin |
Darren Harvey |
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| Benjamin
Isitt 1:1 |
Kelly Mark 1:1 |
Inna Diklich | Masaki Naito |
MIM | Funko |
As soon as Topps owner Woody Gelman approved Len Brown's pitch for an
Invasion from Mars card set, Brown called in his inspiration for the concept,
WALLACE WOOD, to help him create and develop MARS ATTACKS.
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