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Summary: Crappy
Review: Aliens Earth War is the third in the original Dark Horse trilogy following the movie, ALIENS. After the subsequent movies, the comics were redone, and the remasterd version of this particular comic is called The Female War. The remastered versions are a waste of time.
Aliens Earth War is a beautiful comic, living up to the standard the original two set. It brings full circle the continuing stories of Newt and Hicks, and ushers the return and full story of our hero, Ripley. This trilogy of comics, and this final one, are how the story should have ended (or continued...).
Aside from not coinciding with the movies, which you should be able to handle, this is a heck of an ALIENS story. A must have for ALIENS and especially ALIENS comics fans.
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Summary: Ripley came back, the way it should have been...
Review: Aliens Earth War is the third in the original Dark Horse trilogy following the movie, ALIENS. After the subsequent movies, the comics were redone, and the remasterd version of this particular comic is called The Female War. The remastered versions are a waste of time. Aliens Earth War is a beautiful comic, living up to the standard the original two set. It brings full circle the continuing stories of Newt and Hicks, and ushers the return and full story of our hero, Ripley. This trilogy of comics, and this final one, are how the story should have ended (or continued...). Aside from not coinciding with the movies, which you should be able to handle, this is a heck of an ALIENS story. A must have for ALIENS and especially ALIENS comics fans.
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Summary: Crappy
Review: What a discrace. The art work was terrible and the story was laughable. This Comic series marked the downfall of the Aliens comics that has yet to stop.
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Summary: There's a "war" here, all right....
Review: While the story is quite interesting, the artwork depicted in the
"Earth War" series is nothing short of ludicrous. Do not be fooled by the lovely cover artwork pictured here! Sam Kieth's artwork is laughably unsuitable for anything concerned with the "Alien" series. Instead of the streamlined androgynous grace Ripley should embody, here we get a haggard, false-eyelash wearing Ripley who resembles an ageing barfly. Her lack of undergarments is not titillating, just stupid. How out of character can you get?! The Colonial Marines are a disgrace to anyone remembering the realistic depictions in the film; not to mention they go into battle clad in t-shirts. No body armor, no uniforms. Ludicrous! Perhaps the best indication I can give you is to say this artist makes all the characters look like Neandertals or drunken shrews, depending upon the sex of the character. Den Beauvais, rest easy. There's no threat to your unforgettable
work here. My advice to readers? Take off and nuke this book from orbit: it's the only way to be sure. (Perhaps you might want to rip off the front cover first - it's the only thing worth saving.) I give this two stars only because of the storyline only. What a waste of a potentially wonderful series.
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