Phoenix [Ed Tyler] (astronaut, first appearance, origin); Jim (astronaut, last name Price or Stock, death); Burt (astronaut, last name Price or Stock, death); Leslie Tyler (Ed's wife, first appearance); Carmine Russo (NASA director, first appearance); Steve; Mitch; Eric (off-panel, man watching through rifle scope); the Deiei [Nerei; Hars (death); Lei (death); Daelin (apparent death); Garin (apparent death); Neia (apparent death); Setra (apparent death); others]
Synopsis
In 1977, a space lab named the Threshold I suffers a disaster, and the three astronauts aboard must abandon their mission. However, only one makes it back to Earth alive. He is abducted by aliens named the Deiei, who take him to their secret Arctic base.