Isso soa muito como Pictures Don't Lie de Katherine MacLean. Esta sinopse dos livros do Google parece muito com o seu enredo.
The aliens were friendly. There was no doubt about that, communication via radio and video made that clear. The decision was made to direct the aliens to a landing spot on Earth. During the landing something goes terrible wrong and the aliens crash land in a swamp and are attacked by hostile creatures. Humanity rushes to find the aliens before it's too late, but will they be in time?
Uma versão cómica desta história, adaptada do original, chamada Chewed Out! foi impressa na revista Weird Science na sua edição de Março-Abril de 1952. Do Wiki da EC Comics, eles têm essa sinopse.
Herold Setiker has made contact with aliens who he directs to earth. However they report landing in a murky lake which contain acid are being attacked by giant white monsters. The general arrests Herold but finds the pebble he feels in his mouth is actually the space ship.
Você pode ler as histórias em quadrinhos completas com sua história aqui .