Killdozer! (TV Movie Adaptation) Comic
Worlds Unknown Presents The Thing Called… Killdozer (April 1974) Issue # 6. Marvel Comics
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Dick Ayers
Inker: Ernie Chua (Ernie Chan)
Colorist: P. Goldberg
Letterer: Artie Simek
Editors: Roy Thomas & Len Wein
Cover by: Gil Kane w/ Ernie Chan & John Romita Sr.
The Official Comic Adaptation of the 1974 ABC cult classic sci-fi TV movie based on
the 1944 short story by Theodore Sturgeon!
Killdozer! is a 1974 made for TV science-fiction horror movie, adapted from a 1944 novella of the same name by Theodore Sturgeon. The movie was directed by Jerry London and starred Clint Walker & Robert Urich. A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when some strange alien/spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer and goes on a killing rampage. A comic book adaptation appeared the same year, in Marvel Comics' Worlds Unknown #6 (April 1974). The film has since gained a cult following.
Story/Spoilers:
A meteorite crashes onto the Earth's surface on an island off the coast of Africa. Countless years later, after natural forces have buried it and restored the local environment, six construction workers are boated to the island to begin work building an airstrip for an oil drilling company at the crash site, the uninhabited island. Foreman Kelly (Clint Walker) and bulldozer driver Mack (Robert Urich) uncover the meteorite (though they do not know what it is), which emits a strange sound. When the bulldozer (a Caterpillar D9 in the movie, a Caterpillar D7 in the novella) is used to try to shift the meteorite, it emits a blue light that moves to, and seems to possess, the bulldozer. Mack, standing nearby as this occurs, falls ill and then dies some hours later. Chub (Neville Brand), the team's mechanic, cannot find anything wrong with the inoperative bulldozer, but can hear the odd sound from the blade. Kelly orders that the bulldozer not be used. Beltran (James A. Watson, Jr.) ignores the prohibition and starts the bulldozer, bringing it to malevolent life. It destroys the camp's only two-way radio and begins a rampage, killing the workers one by one. It seems to run indefinitely in spite of a limited fuel capacity. The machine has some rudimentary intelligence and guile and hunts down the men. The crew is soon reduced to just Kelly and Dennis (Carl Betz). Running out of options, with the expected relief crew not due to arrive just yet, they amuse themselves by convicting the bulldozer of murder, then consider methods of "execution": too heavy to hang, too big for the gas chamber...until they realize it might be able to be electrocuted. They lure it to a trap consisting of steel Marston Matting (used for constructing temporary runways during World War II) connected to a generator. As the bulldozer is electrified, the alien entity emerges as an aura around the machine, then finally fades. The men shut down the power and check the blade: no sound. Though Kelly realizes his story will not be believed as he is a recovering alcoholic, and this job was his last chance to redeem himself, he intends to tell the truth.
Comic is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.
First Printing
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publication Date: April 1974
Format: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25" x 6.5"
UPC: None Stated
Collectible Entertainment note: Comic is in Fine condition. Nice! Please See Scans!! A must have for any serious Killdozer TV movie and/or Horror collector / enthusiast. A fun & entertaining read. Recommended.
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