ID4: Independence Day #2
"Independence Day" #2, a 1996 Marvel comic written by Ralph Macchio, Dean Devlin, and Roland Emmerich with art by Leonard Kirk, Rod Whigham, and Steve Erwin, delivers a pulse-pounding continuation of the alien invasion saga. With the U.S. reeling from devastating attacks, humanity turns to a long-hidden alien vessel from Area 51, using a daring computer virus to cripple the invaders’ defenses and strike at their mothership, as the President coordinates a desperate aerial assault on Earth. The cover by Kevin Nowlan captures the chaos and stakes in bold, striking detail.
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Following the destruction of most of the major U.S. cities by alien invaders, the humans fight back using an alien ship that was kept in Area 51 since the 1950s. They disable the alien force fields by using a computer virus and destroy their mothership, while the President leads an air attack against the invaders on earth.
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