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Name
Year
Category
Mars by Percival Lowell
1895
Mars
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
1898
Books
Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P Serviss
Fighters from Mars: The War of the Worlds in and near Boston
Lieutenant Gullivar Jones by Edwin Lester Arnold
1905
A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
1912
Broadcasting the Barricades (Ronald Knox)
1926
Radio
Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis
1938
The War of the Worlds (Orson Welles)
Invasion from Mars by Hadley Cantril
1940
Batman #1 (DC)
Comics
The War of the Worlds (Santiago, Chile)
1944
The War of the Worlds (Quito, Ecuador)
1949
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
1950
Superman 62: Black Magic on Mars (DC Comics)
The War of the Worlds (Ray Harryhausen)
Film and TV
The War of the Worlds (BBC)
Weird Science #15 (EC)
The War of the Worlds (George Pal)
1953
Classics Illustrated #124: The War of the Worlds (Gilberton)
1955
The War of the Worlds (Lux Radio Theatre)
The Night America Trembled.
1957
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein
1961
1967
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1968
The War of the Worlds (WKBW, Buffalo)
Sherlock Holmes The War of the Worlds by Manly and Wade Wellman
1969
The Panic Broadcast by Howard Koch
1970
Killraven, War of the Worlds (Marvel)
1973
The War of the Worlds (Now Age, Pendulum Press)
1974
The Night that Panicked America
1975
The War of the Worlds TV Series (George Pal)
UFO Flying Saucers #5 (Gold Key)
Marvel Classic Comics #14: The War of the Worlds (Marvel)
1976
Creepy Magazine #87 (Warren)
1977
The War of the Worlds (Jeff Wayne)
1978
Music
Alfa #4 (KLA)
Buckaroo Banzai
1984
Radio Days
The Crimson Avenger #5 (DC)
1986
The War of the Worlds (Eternity)
1988
The War of the Worlds TV Series
Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Missing Martian (Eternity)
1990
Spaced Invaders
The Shadow Stikes #7 (DC)
Adventures in Reading starring: The Amazing Spiderman (Marvel)
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
1992
The Martian War by Gabriel Mesta
1996
Voyage by Stephen Baxter
The Searchers
The War of the Worlds: The Haven And The Hellweed (Caliber)
Superman: War of the Worlds (DC)
1998
The War of the Worlds: The Memphis Front (Arrow)
The Complete War of the Worlds
2001
Mapping Mars by Oliver Morton
2002
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Scarlet Traces (Dark Horse)
2003
Panic Attacks by Robert E Bartholomew and Hillary Evans
2004
Dying Planet by Robert Markley
2005
The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives by Various
The War of the Worlds: Script by David Koepp and Josh Friedman
Best Sellers Illustrated - War of the Worlds (Best Sellers)
Graphic Classics, H.G. Wells (Eureka Productions)
Little Book of Horror: War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds (Dark Horse)
H.G. Wells and The War of the Worlds (Delta)
The War of the Worlds (Steven Spielberg)
The War of the Worlds (Tim Hines)
The War of the Worlds, AKA Invasion (Asylum)
Scarlet Traces, The Great Game (Dark Horse)
2006
The War of the Worlds: Second Wave (Boom Studios)
Guardians of the Galaxy #18 (DC)
2010
The Broadcast (NBM)
See also
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Marvel Classic Comics: The War Of The Worlds. The novel gets a more extreme and faithful comic book makeover from Marvel.
Best Sellers Illustrated. The Martians invade in the early years of the 21st century in this post 9-11 re-imagining of The War Of The Worlds.
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