Aliens Volume 1: Outbreak (Aliens (Dark Horse)) [Paperback]

Mark Verheiden (Author), Mark A. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Aliens (Dark Horse)

Wilks was a space marine with a near-fatal flaw: he had a heart. Billie was a child, the only survivor of a far-flung colony outpost. Thrown together in the last hellish night of an Alien invasion, Billie and Wilks helped each other get out alive. Thirteen years later, Wilks is in prison and Billie lives in a mental institution, the nightmare memories of the massacre at Rim seared into her mind. Now the pair get a chance to be reunited. To go back to that outpost where it all happened, to finally end the business between themselves . . . and the Aliens. This is the very first of the remastered Aliens trade paperbacks! Dark Horse is going back through each of its past Aliens graphic novels and revising images and text to bring the entire story into a single line of continuity with the motion pictures and the wildly popular Bantam novels. Once a black-and-white collection, this remastered edition boasts full-color art, an updated script, a new John Bolton cover, and a gallery of never-before-seen Mark A. Nelson art! Get ready for the remastered line!

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse; 2nd edition (September 17, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569711747
• ISBN-13: 978-1569711743
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,407,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best, June 30, 2002

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Stavros (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aliens Volume 1: Outbreak (Aliens (Dark Horse)) (Paperback)

This is one of the best Aliens graphic novels ever. In Outbreak, the government brings Wilks, (supposed to be Hicks) out of prison to lead an expedition to the Alien planet in order to secure a specimen. Wilks in the process decides to free Billie (newt) from the mental hospital she's in. In the midst of all this, various cults form around the worship of the alien, conspiracies are abound, and there is fierce competition of who will get the Alien specimen to Earth first. The story is extremely well crafted, it has great plot surprises everywhere and in the conclusion it actually teaches us something about human nature. The art wasn't the best, but it was good nevertheless for such a lengthy comic. Well done dialogue, well crafted characters and a great story make this a must buy for every alien fan.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a very good comic with interesting characters., December 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Aliens Volume 1: Outbreak (Aliens (Dark Horse)) (Paperback)

Out of all the aliens comics and books i have read this is the best.It tells about the new sightings of xenomorphs and also about Hicks and newt 13 years after the second movie. There names are changed though because of complications around the third movie. it has more plot and less aliens which is actually better. the aliens are hardly even seen until the end. the very end of the comic is amazing. it's really nice how it revolves around many different characters who are all important to the plot but mainly don't interact with eachother. it's a great opening to the aliens series and completly surpasses the movies. choose this comic above all.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Read, But..., July 29, 2004

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J. Gualtieri "Joe Gualtieri" (Saugus, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aliens Volume 1: Outbreak (Aliens (Dark Horse)) (Paperback)

Editing the names is silly. The story of "Wilkes" and "Billie" isn't the story the creators originally told. Still, it's a decent read for a spin-off comic.