Blue Book 1947 Delivers More Than Your Standard Thrills! There Be Chills Too!

Anyone wanting a different take on the famous case of Kenneth Arnold’s sightings of UFOs will find Blue Book 1947’s examination refreshing.

Blue Book 1947 #1 Comic Book CoverDark Horse Comics
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James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming‘s exploration into all that’s alien is back, and I couldn’t be any happier! With Blue Book 1947, I surmise that this second series will be about those alien sightings that made that year impactful! Their stylized retelling of the most famous cases in UFO history gets right to the story that started the craze. And what I find fascinating is in how this writer connects the dots that I feel have not been explored elsewhere! I don’t even recall a lot of shows doing that. What’s presented draws on more than one story in order to make it serialised for a comic book readership.

It wasn’t just Kenneth Arnold finding something unusual navigating the skies over Washington State that day, on June 24th, 1947. Instead, there were Fred Johnson and Ethel Wheelhouse, to name a few, and perhaps even more! Some people may have even taken what they’ve witnessed to the grave, but we’ll never know.

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