Planet Story HC (1979 A&W Publishers) comic books

1st Printing - Written by Harry Harrison, Illustrated by Jim Burns. Planet story is an ebullient space opera in which the world of Strabismus is invaded by an immense automatic track laying robot which slams down railway lines across the planet through the city, forest, and steppelands and rolling farmland, providing access for the United States of Earth to a rich mineral deposit. A gold-plated Union Pacific "Big Boy" engine, the modified toy of Admiral Soddy, tears down the track pulling it's carriages and a motley crew of troopers, with young Private Parrts and his delectable girlfriend Styreen, providing the heroic and love interest. Their heart-stopping adventures and close shaves as they encounter the unpredictable and dissembling natives of Strabiismus, carry the story along at a cracking pace, but beneath the action-packed surface is the darker seam of parable of the crassness of invading forces everywhere and the infectiousness of violence. Hardcover, 11" x 11", 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.