Posted by Jonesy Not Expendable
- May 16, 2023, 08:50:13 PMI picked up my copy today. Hoping we get some word on more Predator/Aliens vs Predator volumes soon.
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Posted by Engineer
- Mar 26, 2023, 03:18:54 PMQuote from: HuDaFuK on Mar 26, 2023, 06:56:51 AMQuote from: Engineer on Mar 25, 2023, 10:40:14 PMI just got my copy.
It's missing this:
https://twitter.com/avpgalaxy/status/1303710263754067973?s=46&t=7Hw57af4Vx-8BX46Zoeo0g
Tbf it does say right there that was unpublished.
So far as I'm aware the only previously unreleased stuff in these collections is the conclusion to Crusade.
They included a cover from "Music of the Spears" that was never used... well, a more explicit version of a cover anyway.
Edit:
I went back and double checked. Yea, volume 2 has the original/unrevised versions of a cover from "Music of the Spears" and "Labyrinth," as well as two unused cover arts from a "Music of the Spears" TPB that was never published.
Edit 2:
Volume 1 also included an unused cover art for "Aliens Hive."
Volume 3 included unused cover art for "Aliens: Apocalypse – the destroying angels" issue #3. It also included the original version of a panel from "Aliens: Mondo Pest" (or maybe it was Mondo Heat??) that mistakenly used a facehugger instead of a chest burster.
I didn't see any unused cover arts, or previous versions of panels/covers in the Predator Omnibus or the Aliens Volume 4 book...
My best guess as to why they didn't include the unused isolation cover is that maybe it wasn't something Dark Horse had any sort of ownership over, so Marvel didn't either when they took over the license meaning they weren't permitted to print the artwork.
Now that I'm thinking about it more though, I'm kinda bummed out they didn't include the previously revealed but ultimately unused cover arts from the cancelled "Rising Threat" series... some of those were fantastic!
Posted by HuDaFuK
- Mar 26, 2023, 06:56:51 AMQuote from: Engineer on Mar 25, 2023, 10:40:14 PMI just got my copy.
It's missing this:
https://twitter.com/avpgalaxy/status/1303710263754067973?s=46&t=7Hw57af4Vx-8BX46Zoeo0g
Tbf it does say right there that was unpublished.
So far as I'm aware the only previously unreleased stuff in these collections is the conclusion to Crusade.
Posted by Engineer
- Mar 25, 2023, 10:40:14 PMI just got my copy.
It's missing this:
https://twitter.com/avpgalaxy/status/1303710263754067973?s=46&t=7Hw57af4Vx-8BX46Zoeo0g
Also it does have the full pinup gallery at the end of the ACM prequel comic that the digital copy is missing.
It's missing this:
https://twitter.com/avpgalaxy/status/1303710263754067973?s=46&t=7Hw57af4Vx-8BX46Zoeo0g
Also it does have the full pinup gallery at the end of the ACM prequel comic that the digital copy is missing.
Posted by Engineer
- Mar 19, 2023, 05:18:48 PMQuote from: Xiggz456 on Mar 19, 2023, 10:35:59 AMI'll be getting this soon but one thing that the "Dead Orbit" trade had over the oversized hardback release was a more Aliens inspired pitch that was 3-4 pages long but still really good. So I've been wondering if that will be included in the omnibus or not.
That's in the oversized deluxe hardcover cover. I own that version and look at those original concept pitches pretty often because of how hyper detailed they are (like all of Stokoe's work).
Posted by Xiggz456
- Mar 19, 2023, 12:46:04 PMQuote from: HuDaFuK on Mar 19, 2023, 10:47:11 AMIt's in the bonus section at the back.
Noice!
Posted by HuDaFuK
- Mar 19, 2023, 10:47:11 AMIt's in the bonus section at the back.
Posted by Xiggz456
- Mar 19, 2023, 10:35:59 AMI'll be getting this soon but one thing that the "Dead Orbit" trade had over the oversized hardback release was a more Aliens inspired pitch that was 3-4 pages long but still really good. So I've been wondering if that will be included in the omnibus or not.
Posted by Engineer
- Mar 17, 2023, 07:08:00 PMDamn
That's a shame
That's a shame
Posted by HuDaFuK
- Mar 17, 2023, 06:50:22 PMAfraid not.
Posted by Engineer
- Mar 17, 2023, 06:07:11 PMDid they get Stokoe's queen sketch in there?
Posted by HuDaFuK
- Mar 17, 2023, 05:55:12 PMCan confirm the omnibus has the altered version of Extravehicular and I didn't notice anything about the original version in the back. Tons of concept art from Defiance, Dead Orbit and Resistance though.
Posted by Engineer
- Mar 17, 2023, 03:01:13 PMI always thought of "extravehicular" as a deleted scene because clearly they went another way with it lol
Once I found out about the artistic change to that one though, I sought out a physical copy. I found one on Amazon for $4. Not bad, even if I didn't get it free lol maybe it'll be worth something one day, maybe not. But honestly, I think the big chap version is far better.
Once I found out about the artistic change to that one though, I sought out a physical copy. I found one on Amazon for $4. Not bad, even if I didn't get it free lol maybe it'll be worth something one day, maybe not. But honestly, I think the big chap version is far better.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Mar 17, 2023, 11:31:05 AMJust enjoy the first 8 or so issues and leave it at that. lol
Posted by HuDaFuK
- Mar 17, 2023, 10:34:31 AMQuote from: Engineer on Mar 16, 2023, 07:35:37 PMWhich cover did you go for? I was really torn on this one. I love Stokoe's artwork but I went for the variant because I grabbed the variant for all the others and decided to stay consistent...
I got the variant, mostly because I got the original covers for the first three (sorry re:Land) and the Stokoe art is just too ingrained in my memory as the cover for Dead Orbit, whereas the variant seemed more like an omnibus cover. Kind of annoyed they crapped out on doing an original cover for this one.
Quote from: Engineer on Oct 25, 2021, 04:28:33 PMI wonder which version of the 2016 free comic book day issue they're including... they original version with the Big Chap or the one with the pretorian-thing instead...
My copy's supposed to be arriving in a couple of hours so I'll let you know.
(Sorry, Engineer, didn't see your second post at the time of writing. But I'll have a look at whether the unedited art is in there anywhere.)
Quote from: Engineer on Mar 17, 2023, 12:46:26 AMThen I know Tristan jones had an alternate version of that free-comic-Book-day issue of defiance where that praetorian creature was more like the big chap; at the time fox thought it was too similar to something ridley Scott was doing in Covenant so they sent it back and asked Tristan to change it. The change is what you'll find in every digital copy of that comic and every reprint of it, but a few hard copies had already gone to print before they could make the change so there's a few of those issues out in the wild with the original big chap art.
One of the few physical comics I had before these collections was the original version of that short with the unedited Big Chap artwork.
That story was so bizarre. It was clearly intended as a sneak peak of what was to come in the series, but then it never came. Kinda sums up what a mess I found that comic to be.
