Hollywood ideas that British comics did first

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Hollywood sometimes visits ideas that the imaginative writers and artists of British comics got to first.
Stephen King's book and subsequent TV series had a Dome suddenly appear cutting off an American town.

Under the Dome (TV series) - Wikipedia

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A strip with a similar title appeared in Buster comic.

Dome of Doom

Dome of Doom. Love that title! Art by Mike Western for Buster dated 20th July 1963.

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The original Star Trek series had an episode involving a Planet killing spaceship.

The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series) - Wikipedia

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Some years earlier TV Comic had Fireball XL5 face a similar menace.

 

[shedofdread]

There's bound to something from the august pages of 'Viz' that presages the work of Hollywood's scriptwriters....


Probably

 

[Hood]

I love how they slotted four Sea Slug launchers onto the bows of a Town-class cruiser!