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Summary: Would the Alien have "superpowers"?
Review: At first, I wasn't really certain if an "Alien vs. Superman" title would work. I pictured the "man of steel" bumbling into the standard hive situation only to tear through those poor xenon as they tried to protect their own. That seems to be the favorite in crossovers such as this, with the superheroes simply going in a "romp" those poor unfortunates without superpowers. ( Personally, if I wanted to throw my money away, I'd do something constructive like burn it.) In this case, however, the situation was hardly in Superman's favor.
From the beginning, the creators found a way to level the playing field a bit, putting Superman on an all "too human" playing field for him to simply overwhelm. In fact, he seemed to be having problems just matching up with our beloved Aliens. The situation, as it was laid out, worked for me, too, and wasn't really too far of a stretch, either. I would go into more detail, but that's what the book is for. From there, it just got worse and worse for everyone's favorite kick-around boy, leading to Superman actually getting a bit touchy-feely with one of those wonderful throat molesters.
I liked the title alot and would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the Aliens (I would say the Aliens movies, but we all know that some were a bit lacking). Buy it for your kids and give them nightmares worth remembering!
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Summary: SUPER/ALIENS
Review: I haven't read the book, but it seems starnge to put Superman agianst Aliens. I like the aliens books, but i'v seen how weak they can be, plus acid isn't going to hurt Superman I meen the guy dived into volcanos for crying out loud!
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Summary: Verrry Interesting
Review: I must admit that I did enjoy seeing Superman in this battle with the ultimate virus. Superman's gradual loss of power on a sunless planet and his victory using wits instead of brawn are the only way to make this story possible . Superman with all his power could clean house on these Alien scum. Without his power I'm afraid Superman would stand about as much chance as any of the other mortals who have faced these quintessential killing machines. Many parts of the story were very weak, well let's face it Superman is usually a little more intelligent when he has time to plan ahead. I'm sure Superman could have found a better way to handle many of the situations he got himself into, but since I wasn't there how would I know. I would recommend this book to anyone, though not on the merits of the story. I recommend it more on the novelty of the subject. I think Ironman v.s. Aliens would have been a more realistic contest
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Summary: What A Tease!
Review: I usually avoid crossover books between companies. And I've never had much interest in "Aliens" or "Predators"... or movie tie-in comic creations for that matter. "Superman/Aliens", however, is a whole different thing altogether.Firstly, it is a "real" Superman story set in the continuity of time when it was published. Most crossovers are too light-weight because you know that ultimately it's all "just an imaginary story" and you can always go back to your beloved character next month and nothing's changed. Not so with this book. This story matters on many levels. There were many references made to previous Superman storylines like the "Exile" story where Superman regrets having to commit murder and the "Doomsday" stories. Not surprising since this book is also by Dan Jurgens, the man responsible for guiding the Superman books for close to a decade. (Note: The only other crossover that "mattered" was "Aliens/WildC.A.T.S" wherein the whole Stormwatch team was killed and that set the ground for "The Authority" series.) Secondly, we get a great Silver-Age concept - Superman is depowered. Before reading this, I was apprehensive. I mean, what can the Aliens do to the near-invulnerable Man of Steel anyway? I thought it was going to be a one-sided fight with the odds on Superman. Turned out it was the other way round. We have a depowered Superman against a whole horde of acid-dripping, man-eating Aliens and he's not even armed like Sigouney Weaver in the movies! The result is a great Die-Hard style story. Thirdly, we see the return of Kara. I'm a huge fan of the original Supergirl since watching the movie as a kid. And I was devastated by her death in 1985 during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths". In fact, George Perez's drawing of that infamous cover where a teary Superman carries Kara's lifeless body in his arms is one of the images that has been forever burned into my subconscious mind. Granted, there was a Supergirl in the comics - but like all purists, the Matrix/Linda/Supergirl just wasn't the real McCoy to me! Thus, in this book, we have a Kara of Argo City who may or may not be the One... Dan Jurgens writing is solid as usual and his artwork is even more amazing here when inked by the talented Kevin Nowlan - though I must admit that it takes some getting used to. But then, Nowlan's darker inks are perfectly suitable for this story. It's a lot more violent and bloody than the typical Superman tale and we have a Supes debating within himself the dark act of unavoidable-murder as a "final solution" - thus making a far darker Superman tale than we're used to.
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Summary: What A Tease!
Review: I usually avoid crossover books between companies. And I've never had much interest in "Aliens" or "Predators"... or movie tie-in comic creations for that matter. "Superman/Aliens", however, is a whole different thing altogether. Firstly, it is a "real" Superman story set in the continuity of time when it was published. Most crossovers are too light-weight because you know that ultimately it's all "just an imaginary story" and you can always go back to your beloved character next month and nothing's changed. Not so with this book. This story matters on many levels. There were many references made to previous Superman storylines like the "Exile" story where Superman regrets having to commit murder and the "Doomsday" stories. Not surprising since this book is also by Dan Jurgens, the man responsible for guiding the Superman books for close to a decade. (Note: The only other crossover that "mattered" was "Aliens/WildC.A.T.S" wherein the whole Stormwatch team was killed and that set the ground for "The Authority" series.) Secondly, we get a great Silver-Age concept - Superman is depowered. Before reading this, I was apprehensive. I mean, what can the Aliens do to the near-invulnerable Man of Steel anyway? I thought it was going to be a one-sided fight with the odds on Superman. Turned out it was the other way round. We have a depowered Superman against a whole horde of acid-dripping, man-eating Aliens and he's not even armed like Sigouney Weaver in the movies! The result is a great Die-Hard style story. Thirdly, we see the return of Kara. I'm a huge fan of the original Supergirl since watching the movie as a kid. And I was devastated by her death in 1985 during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths". In fact, George Perez's drawing of that infamous cover where a teary Superman carries Kara's lifeless body in his arms is one of the images that has been forever burned into my subconscious mind. Granted, there was a Supergirl in the comics - but like all purists, the Matrix/Linda/Supergirl just wasn't the real McCoy to me! Thus, in this book, we have a Kara of Argo City who may or may not be the One... Dan Jurgens writing is solid as usual and his artwork is even more amazing here when inked by the talented Kevin Nowlan - though I must admit that it takes some getting used to. But then, Nowlan's darker inks are perfectly suitable for this story. It's a lot more violent and bloody than the typical Superman tale and we have a Supes debating within himself the dark act of unavoidable-murder as a "final solution" - thus making a far darker Superman tale than we're used to.
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Summary: Aliens vs Penn Jillette
Review: In the graphic novel Superman Aliens by Dan Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan, the Man of Steel travels to a remnant city from Krypton. But when he gets there he finds a city in ruins with only a handful of survivors. He sends some back in his ship before he finds out that the place is overrun by a malevolent alien life form. Realizing that the survivors he sent to Earth were hosts for the Aliens Superman must find a way to survive and return to Earth before his diminishing powers are completely drained. A very well written tale for either fans of Superman or Aliens. The art is another matter. Fro his first appearance, the long-haired Clark Kent resembles Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller more than he does any previous depiction of his character. And if that wasn't enough, Lois Lane appears to be a sixteen-year-old with an attitude and a Veronica Lake haircut (for you younger readers that means her hair is pulled forward to cover half her face). Then the evil scientist from Lexcorp looks just like a cousin of mine (and I don't think she would be flattered by the comparison). So if you like Superman or Aliens then this is an entertaining story. You just have to try and not pay too much attention to some of the character depictions. If you can manage that I am sure you will enjoy the story.
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Summary: Aliens vs Penn Jillette
Review: In the graphic novel Superman Aliens by Dan Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan, the Man of Steel travels to a remnant city from Krypton. But when he gets there he finds a city in ruins with only a handful of survivors. He sends some back in his ship before he finds out that the place is overrun by a malevolent alien life form. Realizing that the survivors he sent to Earth were hosts for the Aliens Superman must find a way to survive and return to Earth before his diminishing powers are completely drained. A very well written tale for either fans of Superman or Aliens. The art is another matter. Fro his first appearance, the long-haired Clark Kent resembles Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller more than he does any previous depiction of his character. And if that wasn't enough, Lois Lane appears to be a sixteen-year-old with an attitude and a Veronica Lake haircut (for you younger readers that means her hair is pulled forward to cover half her face). Then the evil scientist from Lexcorp looks just like a cousin of mine (and I don't think she would be flattered by the comparison). So if you like Superman or Aliens then this is an entertaining story. You just have to try and not pay too much attention to some of the character depictions. If you can manage that I am sure you will enjoy the story.
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Summary: Weak story and bad idea.
Review: Some years ago, when I first heard that they were doing this story, I thought it was pretty strange. These were characters that came from two different backgrounds. One was born in the comic pages and the other from gothic drawings in a book. I did not think that Aliens translated that well to a comic, where as Superman did, and the resulting story from Dan Jurgens just proves it out, it is badly written and plotted.
This bears out by viewpoint even more now that we have DVDs and we can see the background story on how Aliens and Superman were done as movies. the Aliens production team barely used any storyboards at all for the film's production where as the Superman film used tons of storyboards to map out the world that the Man of Steel lived in. End result was that both stories came out to be very different and did not mix well as a crossover.
Rating:
Summary: Weak story and bad idea.
Review: Some years ago, when I first heard that they were doing this story, I thought it was pretty strange. These were characters that came from two different backgrounds. One was born in the comic pages and the other from gothic drawings in a book. I did not think that Aliens translated that well to a comic, where as Superman did, and the resulting story from Dan Jurgens just proves it out, it is badly written and plotted.
This bears out by viewpoint even more now that we have DVDs and we can see the background story on how Aliens and Superman were done as movies. the Aliens production team barely used any storyboards at all for the film's production where as the Superman film used tons of storyboards to map out the world that the Man of Steel lived in. End result was that both stories came out to be very different and did not mix well as a crossover.
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Summary: Nicely done
Review: Superman vs. Aliens? Say what? Yep, and it works well thanks to Jurgens' competent story-telling. Clark Kent and Lois Lane, as guests of Lex Corp., witness the landing of a probe seemingly of Kryptonian origin. Supes then jets off in a hyper-craft to investigate....only to discover the probe was from a civilization *similar* to Krypton's -- and has been decimated by the Alien scourge. As Supes' power wanes, he and a girl that he has encountered must find a way off the corrupted asteroid. Neat ending which should not disappoint.
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