Starship Troopers is a graphic novel which adapts the film of the same name and expands upon it by adding two complete stories which are set in the period before the invasion, before mankind was embroiled in battle with the insect-like creatures from another world. It all begins with Insect Touch when Earth sends its first line of defense to Klendathu, a remote planet in the far reaches of space. If their instruments are correct, this backwater planet is exhibiting signs of life. And while the scientists are debating whether or not that life would be intelligent, the crew aboard the spaceship Cortez discovers that it is, at the very least, deadly.
The story continues in Brute Creations. Having survived the Cortez ordeal, Jean travels to the distant planet Dantana to teach a course on History and Moral Philosophy -- but it's the invading arachnid aliens that learn the lesson! Rasczak leads the civilians against a surprise attack, and it's up to the uninitiated crew to protect Port Joe Smith until the Mobile Infantry can arrive!
It all comes to a mind-bending climax when Johnny Rico joins the mobile infantry to see the galaxy and defeat the "bugs", the big, stupid insectoids from another planet. But it looks like the creatures are smarter than he expected, and it looks like the fight will take him straight back to Earth! Follow this classic sci-fi thriller from the first contact with the alien species through the first intergalactic war of all time!
