is unknown if anyone else made it. The survivors find that Bronson Beta is habitable. They also find a road. The sequel, After Worlds Collide, details the fate of the survivors on Bronson Beta. Adaptations and influences When Worlds Collide had far-reaching influences on the science fiction genre. The themes of an approaching planet threatening the Earth, and an athletic hero, his girlfriend, and a scientist traveling to the new planet by rocket, were used by writer Alex Raymond in his 1934 comic strip Flash Gordon. Jack Williamson's 1934 short story "Born of the Sun" also used the concept of a scientist and his fiancée escaping the destruction of the Earth in a hurriedly constructed "ark of space". The 1940–1941 newspaper comic strip Speed Spaulding, an adaptation credited to the novel's authors, was more directly based on the novel. The themes of escape from a doomed planet to a habitable one also can be seen in Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's 1938 comic Superman. The novel was adapted as the 1951 film When Worlds Collide, produced by George Pal and directed by Rudolph Maté. In 2012, the British composer Nigel Clarke wrote a large-scale work for brass band inspired by the film and likewise titled When Worlds Collide. See also Worlds in Collision, a 1950 book of pseudoscientific speculation by Immanuel Velikovsky Footnotes References External links 1933 American novels 1933 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Post-apocalyptic novels Novels about impact events Works originally published in Blue Book (magazine) Novels first published in serial form American adventure novels adapted into films Rogue planets in fiction Novels by Edwin Balmer Novels by Philip Wylie Science fiction novels adapted into films Novels set in South Africa Collaborative novels Frederick A. Stokes Company books