I got Prometheus #1 in digital format
The art is solid, very good...but not incredible as some reviewers have been claiming. I do like the style though and I don't think it's that different from Roger Robinson's style (Civilised Beasts)
The story takes place over 120 years after the events of the movie. It's mentioned that most people believe that Weyland died on Earth. This isn't elaborated any further.
This begs the questions...
Was the rest of the Company ignorant of Weyland's mission?
Did Weyland fake his own death before even undertaking the mission? This would make sense if he didn't want people to know of his participation in the mission.
Has LV-223 had no contact with the Company since the end of Weyland's mission? Has the Company been completely in the dark all this time? Perhaps the Company has been doing things on LV-223?
120+ years is a long time and I want this issue to be addressed.
What are the relative positions of LV-223 and LV-426? Are they orbiting the same planet or do they orbit different planets orbiting the same star?
As has been mentioned in previous reviews, the first issue is mainly dedicated to introducing the characters. Clara, Angela, Galgo, Francis, Elden, and blonde guy with glasses form the core cast. A few other names are thrown around but I don't think the other crew members will have major roles to play. No action in this issue but it ends with a massive cliffhanger...which I think alien fans should like.
Spoilers and my theories:
Spoiler
- There's been a jungle on LV-223 for quite a while.
- There are aliens on LV-223. They've apparently made their lair in an escape vessel from Hadley's Hope (connected to Aliens Fire and Stone)
- However, I'm fairly certain they haven't been trapped in the ship (i.e. they've been roaming about, reproducing).
- Captain Angela Foster is trying to open a door into the grounded vessel. The aliens lurk on the other side. I believe the aliens have other ways of ingress and egress. Thus, I don't believe she'd be "releasing" the aliens even if she manages to open the door. She'd only be immediately exposing herself and her crew to them.
- I believe the Hadley vessel crashed a number of years before Angela and her crew arrive
- Perhaps the predators have been visiting LV-223 during this 120+ year period
- Numerous large quadrupedal alien beasts are found butchered. Most likely the aliens' work...but perhaps the work of deacons or predators?