It tells a new story other than a simple survival horror. This is the first of the series to feel like someone new and fresh. Up until now, the stories have looked like tired eighties comics, and were written as retreads of Aliens and Predator stories, but with a few interesting new ideas thrown in. This is Volume 4 of Aliens vs Predator, and the first not written by the series creator, and Dark Horse bigwig, Randy Stradley. Alex Maleev, one of my favourite comics artists, illustrated this volume and kept me reading. This is the first of the s I was ready to give up on this series before this volume. I was ready to give up on this series before this volume. Not bad at all but it could have been far better.more Edginton totally nailed the AVP mood, sadly characters are a realįirst issues of this miniseries hooked me for good with his start (you just need a lot of willing suspension of disbelief to believe in a mortally wounded guy finding out a Yautja spaceship and learn how to survive in the few time left him to live.), a wonderful V-Visitors(1983) tv-series episode #1 reference/easter egg, and excellent artworks (Maleev drawns a particularly evocative japanese metropolis setting here).Įdginton totally nailed the AVP mood, sadly characters are a real Cliché Fest, storyline goes quickly downfall and fight scenes were sometimes confusing to say the least. Vote: ☆☆☆1/2 First issues of this miniseries hooked me for good with his start (you just need a lot of willing suspension of disbelief to believe in a mortally wounded guy finding out a Yautja spaceship and learn how to survive in the few time left him to live.), a wonderful V-Visitors(1983) tv-series episode #1 reference/easter egg, and excellent artworks (Maleev drawns a particularly evocative japanese metropolis setting here). Then there's this tech-billionaire who is 700 years old. But when I just read the blurb on Goodreads it mentions this being in the future. They were still driving around normal cars, fashion was from the 90s, everything about this screamed current day. But visually this seemed to be current day Tokyo. The previous AvP comics were all set in the future of the Aliens universe.
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