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Aliens: The Original Comics Series-Nightmare Asylum and Earth War Hardcover – April 25, 2017

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In 1986, James Cameron's Aliens brought to theaters the horrors of a new kind of war against a terrifying enemy. Long before Alien3 was even a glint in director David Fincher's eye, Dark Horse Comics was already crafting a terrifying post-Aliens continuity for Ripley, Hicks, and Newt.

Earth is overrun by xenomorphs with no hope of saving it for humanity. But that doesn't mean just leaving it to the Aliens. Ripley has a plan to capture, from what they believe is the Alien homeworld, a "Queen Mother"--a super queen that rules multiple nests--and bring it back to Earth. There the Queen Mother will command the xenomorphs to gather where they can all be destroyed by nuclear bombs.

Collects Aliens: Nightmare Asylum #1-#4 and Aliens: Female War #1-#4. Includes cover art for all issues.

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224 pages
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Dark Horse Books
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April 25, 2017
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8.3 x 1 x 12.4 inches
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1506703569
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978-1506703565
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Mark Verheiden is currently a producer on the Netflix series Daredevil. Previous TV work including Hemlock Grove, Falling Skies, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Smallville, The Strip, Time Cop (The Series), Caprica, Freaklylinks, Martial Law, and Perversions of Scoience. Screenwriter on #1 boxoffice movies Timecop and The Mask, and the not #1 but still fun feature My Name is Bruce starring Bruce Campbell. He has also put out nearly 125 comic books including The American, Aliens, Predator, The Phantom, Superman and Superman/Batman.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books; Illustrated edition (April 25, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1506703569
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506703565
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.74 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.3 x 1 x 12.4 inches

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RpF

One of my Favorite Comics (Nightmare Asylum)

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2021

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One of my all time favorite Aliens stories is Nightmare Asylum. The story continues Newt's and Hick's (or in other editions, Billie's and Wilk's) journey from Aliens: Book One. I'm not going to go into the stories here, but just know they are awesome "what if" stories, if Alien 3 wasn't part of the canon. This edition also collects Female War, which was not my favorite, but needed if you want to see how the story ends.

For the price and size of the book alone (Dark Horse's Library Editions are always well made), buying this story is worth it. However, my book was damaged upon arrival though sealed "new" in plastic. This is frustrating for collectors and really for people who pay money for a "new' product. Hence, the 3 start rating. I'd rate it lower, but that wouldn't be fair to the actual story.

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Waya5

Den Beauvais' art is beautiful, Sam Kieth, not so much.

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2018

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The first half of this book is awesome, beautifully and fully drawn, great story. The second half is drawn by a different artist who seemed to have spent most of his art time drawing for the geek males to drool over Ellen Ripley. There's a lot of inconsistency in the art, clothing changing colors and awkward, if not painful poses by the characters. Monica Livingston, the colorist on Earth Wars, needs to learn continuity badly. Most of it is drawn like a terrible attempt at drawing like Jack Kirby. The amazing picture of Ripley that finishes off Nightmare Asylum is destroyed by the second artist; whoever came up with the idea of changing artists midstream made a terrible decision. The story's okay, but the art kills it. The first half, 5 stars. The second, 2, and that's only because the writing is good.

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C. Hanecak

Hadn't read any of the comics before - very enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2021

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I bought this mainly to get some additional background outside of the movie franchise on the Alien universe in preparation for an Alien RPG campaign some ways down the road.

I found the book very enjoyable to read and the quality seemed to be very good though it's size and shape is a bit odd but not enough to take a star off the review.

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Noisyturtle

A beautiful collection

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2018

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The book is a huge blue hardcover tome with blue metallic gilding on the edge of the pages. The art is printed with very high quality ink that makes the colors vivid and every page feel like looking into a painting. Also Nightmare Asylum is arguably one of the best Alien story line ever penned in the comic world, and this is arguable the best way to experience it.

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Daniel John

What might have been...

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2017

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It's great to finally have these comics in their original form. That they are presented in a deluxe format like this is a great bonus. The story is a fun alternative to Alien 3. Fans of the film "Aliens" should find a lot to like in this volume and the one that preceded it!

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D B Ayler

A bit pricey for a graphic novel anthology, but ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2017

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A bit pricey for a graphic novel anthology, but I am a sucker for all things "Alien"! I am the same age as Segorney Weaver after all!

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Space Pharaoh

Love it

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019

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Great book, came in excellent condition

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polog90

Very good

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2017

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I'm getting hooked on this comics. Though I'm backwards on the storyline, but it's a great read.

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wayne v.

incomplete

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2019

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when comparing this alongside the "nightmare asylum" TPB I find a page of the story cut from this edition and a blank page inserted furthar along to compensate. it kind of interrupts the flow of the read, and why go to such lenghts to cut a page? also "nightmare asylum" has three more covers by dennis beavais not included here. perhaps all of these where not present in the original print run. whould be nice to add them at the end as extras? but it is a nice book that most will love, slightly lacking for me.

Kendo Hannen

Better story that Alien3 😏

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2021

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Quality is superb, blue metallic gilding on the edges and a throwback to the second cover in the series as the cover for this anthology. Beautiful.

Melkau

Il étais une deuxième fois "Aliens"

Reviewed in France on June 26, 2017

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En 1986 sort "Aliens" de James Cameron,la suite du "Alien" de Ridley Scott. Ce second film a pour sous-titre "cette fois c'est la guerre". Plus qu'une simple suite, il redéfinit ce qui était devenu une franchise. Il ne s'agit plus de civils qui affrontent un seul alien mais plutôt de marines puissamment armés qui font face à une myriade de créatures. Pour James Cameron il s’agit du Vietnam dans l'espace. Et comme pour ce qui est du conflit dans le sud est asiatique,ou plus exactement, de la façon dont il a été vécu aux USA, les marines sont sévèrement battus. A la fin d'Aliens, restent Ripley, bien sûr, Newt, une petite fille survivante du massacre des colons par les aliens et Hicks, le dernier survivant des marines. Le film a eu un tel succès que sans attendre Alien 3, Dark Horse, en 1988, a acheté les droits d'Aliens pour produire sa propre série de comics dans l'univers du film. L'attente avait été telle que la question de la suite des aventures de Ripley, Hicks et Newt ne se posait pas, c'est donc la suite "d'Aliens" que raconte ce livre. Une histoirenen trois story arcs (arcs narratifs) scénarisés par Mark Verheiden avec talent et en hommage au film de Cameron, . Le livre dont il est question ici, regroupe les deux dernières mini-séries, dessinées respectivement par Den Beauvais et Sam Kieth. Le style de Beauvais très coloré et réaliste, respecte les codes visuels et l'esthétique du film (c'était les années 80) tandis que celui de kieth, plus sombre et extrême voir caricatural clôt le story arc, avec la troisième série.
Il est a noter qu'a la suite de la sortie "d'Alien 3" en 1992, il n'était plus question des aventures de Ripley, Newt et Hicks qui décèdent tous les trois dans cet opus. Les noms des personnages des comics ont donc été changés,(Newt devient Billie, Hicks devient Wilks) dans les éditions postérieures à la sortie d'Alien 3. Et ce pour respecter la nouvelle histoire officielle. Ripley reste présente sans modification de son nom dans la version corrigée des comics mais elle devient un synthétique de la vraie Ripley. C'est seulement.avec cette édition, aussi plus grande, et plus luxueuse que les précédentes reliée et non brochée que les noms d'origine sont restaurés.

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Superb comic for all Sci-Fi geeks out there

Reviewed in Germany on October 6, 2021

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Even though it's a bit expensive, once it arrives, you'll see why. It's high quality hard cover, pages that are shinny blue from the outside and content itself is good 200 pages of Aliens greatness. Just get it, you won't regret it.

Olivier

Great quality all over

Reviewed in Germany on May 9, 2017

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Amazing build quality with classic Alien stories. Must have for fans of the franchise. This should have been Alien 3.

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