SIGNAL FROM SPACE

This is a revised edition appearing in color for the first time. Originally published in Will Eisner's Spirit Magazine as Life On Another Planet. It is a science fiction graphic novel by Will Eisner dealing with the social and political consequences of a first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. It was first serialized in The Spirit and later collected into a single volume.

An artificial radio signal from Barnard's Star Listing prime numbers is received at the mesa radio astronomy observatory. one of the radio-astronomers is a Russian spy and tries to inform his superiors; however he is uncovered by his fellows and subsequently killed. The CIA hires James Bludd, a prominent astrophysicist, to try to understand what is going on.

Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine.