Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus, Vol. 1

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Customer Reviews:

MUCH BETTER THAN THE FILM THAT'S FOR SURE! [Posted on 2007-11-09]
With Marvel and DC Comics having enjoyed so much success with their Essentials/Showcase Presents Omnibus reprints, Dark Horse Comics has jumped on the bandwagon with their own massive tomes of reprint material. One of the things that really made Dark Horse a success when they started out over twenty years ago was the licensing of popular characters from film into comics format such as Aliens, Predator, and Star Wars. They continue to enjoy enormous success with these licensed properties today.

Aliens Vs. Predator Vol. 1 is one of the first of these omnibus editions presenting 456 pages of story and art. Now the Dark Horse Omnibus books are a bit smaller than their Marvel and DC counterparts, and they are also a bit more expensive. But, the Dark Horse books are the only one of the three being presented in color. The biggest complaints the people seem to have about the Essentials/Showcase Presents books is that they are in black and white. The material in this book was originally presented in the previous graphic novels: Aliens Vs. Predator; Aliens Vs. Predator: War; Aliens Vs. Predator: Eternal, as well as stories from Dark Horse Presents.

What we will learn is that the Predator race, known going forward as the Hunters, have been hunting the Xenophobes for a long, long time. In fact, the presence of the bugs on so many worlds, and in so many different climates, is basically the fault of the Hunters who have basically colonized worlds throughout the galaxy with the Alien's eggs for the sole purpose of hunting them when they've matured. Now that's quite a sport!

The best story in the book is Aliens Vs. Predator: War and the events take place directly following the Aliens Vs. Predator lead story. Machiko Noguchi is a human female who helped a hunter kill an alien and was accepted into Hunter society. Well, accepted is the wrong term...more like she's tolerated, but she is trained in Hunter lore and combat skills by the clan chief, Topknot, and even accompanies them on their hunts for the bugs, including the capturing of an Alien Queen. The Hunter's regular plans entail capturing queens and keeping her prisoner as they harvest her eggs and place them on various worlds. When the Hunters bring the eggs to a human outpost, Noguchi has to decide if her loyalty is to her new society or to her species.

Aliens Vs. Predator: Eternal is another excellent storyline, taking place on modern day Earth. A wealthy man has exploited the finding of a Hunter spacecraft, even unlocking the secrets of their cloaking ability. After many years his scientists have finally managed to open the ships cargo bay...that is filled with egg-like objects...

It's interested to note the difference in art styles in the book, or perhaps more accurately, the difference in printing. The earliest story dates to 1989 - 1990 and was still done in traditional panel style comic art. Moving up to the more recent stories where the art is printed right to the edge of the page and is without borders. It's really quite a difference when you have the two to compare side-by-side.

For 460 pages of full color material, these omnibus editions are a great value and present some of Dark Horse's finest work.

REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON

Awesome [Posted on 2007-11-12]
This book brings back some serious nostalgia, as I had an issue of the first comic in this book. After reading the entire collection front to back I have to say that the first one and the last are pretty good, with Eternal being my second favorite. But if you are a fan of the two franchises this is worth a pickup.

AVP Omnibus, Vol. 1 [Posted on 2008-01-27]
This book has everything that i wanted to find without having to buy twenty different comics. I recommend this to anyone that wants the story from the beginning with out having to search to hard.

Great extremely poor shippin [Posted on 2008-03-29]
I would give more stars on this review, cause the contents of AVP are very good. Excellent artwork decent story arcs, but poor packaging is what ruined my experience. When I received the order, the book looked as though it had been dropped, the edges were bent badly and a little torn, even though I had paid for a new book, this is what I got. I dealt with customer service and received a meager ten dollar discount for an over fifty dollar order, I am less than pleased.

Forget Hollywood, these are the real AvP stories [Posted on 2008-06-02]
Great artwork and stories, a collection of works on par with Dark Horse's excellent quality. The main story is a fantastic read, and the short stories offer a lot of variety ("the Web" is downright creepy).

Plus, this bad boy is over 400 pages (all of these omnibuses are). No advertisements, just pure story. Well worth every penny.

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