{"id":250575,"date":"2023-09-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=307240"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:09:42","slug":"bulldozers-alien-killers-in-comic-format-the-extraneous-story-of-killdozer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bulldozers-alien-killers-in-comic-format-the-extraneous-story-of-killdozer\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien killer bulldozers in comic book format: the incredibly strange story of ‘Killdozer’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In November 1944, Theodore Sturgeon, one of the most renowned science fiction writers in history, known for, among other things, writing several scripts for ‘Star Trek<\/a>,’ wrote a story for ‘Astounding’ magazine called ‘Killdozer.’ <\/strong>Its plot, to say the least, was bizarre: an alien weapon possesses a construction bulldozer, and it starts killing anyone it encounters. It may sound silly, but it fascinated at least two people.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The first person, a certain Jerry London, a relatively unknown director and producer, premiered the adaptation of ‘Killdozer!’ directly on television in 1974, with a twist to make it more sinister<\/strong>. In this case, the evil force came from a meteorite rather than an ancient alien<\/a> race that once dominated us, as in the original novel. The book is better than the movie, as always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TV movie was a notable critical and commercial failure but has managed to become a cult classic among a certain type of trash-loving audience<\/strong> (among whom, I must admit, I am included). Twelve years later, Stephen King<\/a> would take the idea to make his only film as a director, the utterly psychedelic ‘Maximum Overdrive.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Right after the movie, its corresponding – and quite unexpected and unnecessary – comic book adaptation arrived<\/strong> in issue #6 of ‘Worlds Unknown.’ On its cover, the bulldozer spoke (“You dared to defy me\u2026 and now you must die!”), and it had a fabulous design\u2026 which wasn’t found within the comic<\/a>‘s pages itself. It didn’t speak either. Nor did it have, while we’re at it, a female character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerry Conway, a veteran author for both Marvel<\/a> and DC, best known for his work on ‘Spider-Man,’ scripted this adaptation, which differed completely from its source material, both as a book and as a movie<\/strong>. In fact, they ultimately defeat the killer bulldozer simply by connecting a cable. There’s nothing like being an expert. The comic has gone down in history as one of the weirdest things to ever receive an adaptation (a loose adaptation of a movie that loosely adapted a short story). And of course, it’s worth knowing about, even if only for its curiosity value.<\/p>\n\n\n

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