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There's an alien race called the Invid heading toward the Earth right now. They're inhuman, merciless fighters, and they want all the Protoculture left on Earth.

Invid War

Regular series / May 1992 - October 1993 / Story by Tim Eldred & Bill Spangler

THE LOWDOWN

In the chaos that followed the Second Robotech War, the people of Earth stood divided. The Army of the Southern Cross was in shambles, the United Earth Government held little more than a tiny piece of the Rockies, and the most powerful force remaining on Earth was the untrustworthy and still heavily-armed Global Military Police, headed by Nova Satori.

That is, until the Invid arrived. They came seeking their Flowers of Life, and took control of the entire planet along with them. But after standing more or less victorious after two previous alien invasions, mankind was not ready to lose its mother planet. So began the greatest struggle of mankind, the Third Robotech War ... the Invid War ...

BACKGROUND INFO

Invid War #2 Bill Spangler, teaming up with Captain Harlock and Lensman artist Tim Eldred, followed-up Cyberpirates with what was going to be another four-issue mini-series, covering the early days of the war with the Invid and starring one of the most tragic characters of the entire Robotech saga, Jonathan Wolff. It was only fitting; Spangler had covered what was essentially Wolff's introduction to the Robotech saga in The Malcontent Uprisings, and now he would be covering the events that would lead to his departure. Interestingly, though, the idea to cover these years was originally Tim Eldred's. Eldred's idea was to do three Invid War series--the first covering the time shortly before the Invid struck, the second covering the first attempt to drive the Invid from Earth, and the third re-adapting the events of episodes 61-85 of Robotech. However, Eternity Comics editor Chris Ulm would only commit to four issues of material and thought the plan for the first series wasn't action-packed enough, so the Invid's arrival had to take place in the first issue. Essentially, Eldred's "Invid War II" was going to be produced.

Overwhelming fan response led to the planning of a second series around the time issue 3 was on the stands. However, rather than a second series, what happened was that Invid War was extended to a regular series, plotted for fourteen more issues. During the course of the extended run, Spangler started Return to Macross, which he planned for twelve issues; Eldred would also handle art chores on a few issues of the new series, meaning both men were doing two monthly books for a short time there. This may have led to Spangler and Eldred's decision to hand over Invid War to Bruce Lewis after issue eighteen and let the newcomer handle the aftermath of their story.

The eighteen issues of Invid War bounce around the events of the human race's war against the Invid for control of Earth quite a bit, and in total cover most of the major events of the Third Robotech War (give or take most of the events of episodes 61-85 of the TV series). It breaks down into four seperate parts, with issues 1-4 and 5-8 running parallel, 9-12 covering the ramifications of those events, and 13-18 covering events parallel to the Invid conflict depicted in the TV series. (Issue 14 is, in fact, an adaptation of the TV series episode "Eulogy"--a taste of what might have been had Eldred's initial proposal actually been followed.) Issue 18 coincides with the final episode of the Robotech TV series, "Symphony of Light", and paves the way for the second actual Invid War series, Bruce Lewis's controversial Invid War: Aftermath.

Invid War #9

INVID WAR

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