Henrique Alvim Corrêa's Martian Panic Scene, War of the Worlds 1906

Created in 1906 at the height of Edwardian anxiety about imperial vulnerability and extraterrestrial invasion, this pen-and-ink illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa depicts a chaotic stampede of terrified civilians fleeing an unseen Martian threat. Published in the landmark Belgian edition of H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds,' Corrêa's frenzied crowd scene — bodies falling, figures scrambling — captures the raw panic Wells described with visceral, expressionistic energy that would define sci-fi illustration for decades.