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Tie-Ins Toy Story #1 Either I’m in a bad mood or this comic is extremely lazy “Untitled” Adaptation – Bob Foster Letters – John Costanza Book Designer – Sheryl O’Connell Editor – Hildy Mesnic Editor Director – Katy Dobbs December 1996   This is the ultimate in cash-in books. By that I mean that aside from Bob Foster having to cut the movie content down to where it will fit into two issues and poor John Costanza having to letter this 23 page mess, there is little actual work that went into this comic. Let me spin this back just a bit. When I was a kid, I loved Sci-Fi movies. And I was a Collector. So when Alien came out, I was in HOG-FRICKEN HEAVEN with the number of books that were out about Alien. I got the movie program, Walt Simonson’s Alien: The Illustrated Story, Alan Dean Foster’s Alien novelization… …and the Alien Photonovel, edited by Richard J. Anobile (Avon 1979) The book was MASSIVE, containing stills from the movie and clocking in at 192 pages. I loved that book, as it too

Tie-Ins Rocket Ranger #3 A punishing Amiga title is turned into a passable comic "Captured!”, “Escape!”, and “Sandwiched!” Script – Roland Mann Art – Khato Letters – Gail Beckett Editor – Kim Scholter Editor-in-Chief – Dan Danko April 1992 Cinemaware began publishing videogames in the mid-80’s with graphics that were considered extraordinary at the time. By current standards, they wouldn’t hold most teenager’s attention, but for those of us who grew up used to the static shots used in text-based adventure games, they seemed like an evolution. The company started with the swashbuckling Defender of the Crown , then it dipped into TV Sports titles before spiraling back around to making movie-themed titles such as The King of Chicago , The Three Stooges , Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon , and It Came from the Desert . The game Rocket Ranger appeared in 1988, three years after the release of the big budget movie The Rocketeer came out. The Rocketeer was based off of Dave Stevens