The Best of Horror and Science Fiction Comics #1
In "The Brain-Bats of Venus," farm girl Chick Little takes a literal hit on the head—literally, an acorn—and suddenly the world feels unhinged. As she stumbles through surreal encounters with quiz show hosts, psychiatrists, and even the United Nations, the line between reality and delusion blurs. Cover by Basil Wolverton, with art by Richard Doxsee, this 1987 oddity blends absurdity and cosmic dread in a story that leaves Chick Little staring up at a looming Mars and her father vanishing into the unknown.
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Farm girl Chick Little is hit on the head by an acorn. She thinks the sky is falling. She runs off and has encounters with hipsters, United Nations, psychiatrists, quiz shows, etc. At the end, the planet Mars looms over her farm; she and her father are grabbed by Martians.
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