Invaders from Gallas

Invaders from Gallas
aka The Invaders from Gallas (The Collection)
Bezoekers uit Gallas (Dutch title)
Visitors from Gallas (Dutch title, translated)

Written by Mike Butterworth
Illustrated by Don Lawrence

Invaders from Gallas was originally published in 9 instalments in issues 38 (4 June 1966) to 40 (18 June 1966) of Ranger magazine & issues 232 (25 June 1966) to 237 (30 July 1966) of Look and Learn magazine.

It was reprinted in 1975 in Vulcan comic.

An abridged version was reprinted in 7 instalments in issues 970 (11 October 1980) to 976 (22 November 1980) of Look and Learn magazine.

It is reprinted in Volume 1 of The Trigan Empire—The Collection (the Don Lawrence Collection).

It is reprinted in Volume 1 of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire (Rebellion).

Plot summary

A year has passed since the moon Gallas crashed into the sea Mara. A small part protrudes above the water. A strange machine in the shape of a beetle emerges from the moon. The monsters from this beetle can impose their will on others using radiation. They make everyone kill each other. A deaf man, who is unaffected by it, wants to warn Trigo. The guard does not allow him to see Trigo. When the beetle reaches Trigan City, everyone there also starts killing each other. Trigo flees after drugging his people. He meets the deaf man and now knows that the buzzing sound from the strange machine is deadly. Since weapons cannot damage the beetle, the fight seems hopeless. But by flipping the beetle onto its back, they defeat the monsters. The people of Gallas already knew the moon would crash and had prepared this conquest of Elekton.