H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (comics) H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (comics) H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds is a comic adaptation of H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli. The same team earlier created the comic "Scarlet Traces", and several characters from it can be seen in this series, as well as this series reusing the designs of the Martians and their machines. In July 2006, Pendragon Pictures announced in a press release that the comic possessed visual similarities to Pendragon's film "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds". Pendragon set up a website
The War of the Worlds Pacific islands. While Invasion Literature had provided an imaginative foundation for the idea of the heart of the British Empire being conquered by foreign forces, it was not until "The War of the Worlds" that the reading public was presented with an adversary completely superior to themselves. A significant motivating force behind the success of the British Empire was its use of sophisticated technology; the Martians, also attempting to establish an empire on Earth, have technology superior to their British adversaries. In "The War of the Worlds", Wells depicted an imperial power as the victim of imperial aggression, and thus