Quote from: Born Of Cold Light on Nov 18, 2015, 03:51:24 AM
This is one of the greatest comics series' based off a movie of all time, rivaled by the first Crimson Empire. The authors were really trying to flesh out a truly cinematic, mature story, not just crank out something easily discarded in order to get some quick cash off Aliens' popularity. I honestly think that no other Aliens comic story is quite on the same level as Volume 1.
Hear, hear. Within just six issues, this book introduced us to some of the most memorable characters in the Aliens universe. Each one seemingly received just a few panels yet it feels like you learn enough to write a compelling book about each one:
The traitorous Stephens,
the sociopath Massey,
the android Butler, unaware of his nature as an android,
the pragmatic and cynical Dr. Orona,
the religious zealot Salvaje,
the greedy, evil corporate psychopaths Horner and Ted Ostrow
the freelancer cable guy/ chestburster victim Maris,
and not to be forgotten, Hicks and Newt.
It was a stellar ensemble. We need more books of this calibre. I hope Verheiden, Nelson, and Beauvais come back to working on Aliens books soon...