Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65057 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

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Customer Reviews

Not a patch on volume 1
I felt compelled to write a brief review of this title. I previously read volume 1 of the Aliens Omnibus, and I was pleasantly surprised by it. I guess I wasn't expecting too much from it, but it got better the more I got into it. This second volume however was a big disappointment. For the most part the artwork is pretty mediocre, even compared to volume 1's adequate artwork. Secondly, the stories are paper thin and repetitive. I guess there are only so many storylines that you can run with in the Aliens universe. Sadly there are no great characters to latch on to. In the main it's just guys blasting randomly at wave after wave of badly rendered aliens. There are three stories in total. Two short ones and one long one. The first two are quite similar; go to the alien homeworld and see your plans to harvest royal jelly go badly wrong etc, and the third story is an 'epic' sapce marine affair which was the biggest disappoinment of the book. I hope the collection of stories in volume 3 turns out to be more in line with the collection of stories of volume 1.

More Alien stories...
Volume 2 carries on with the tales of human interaction with the Alien species. In this omnibus there are three stories. Unfortunately, they all follow the same overall theme. Humans, consisting of marines, scientists and businessmen, all try to to get their hands on something called Royal Jelly, produced by the Alien queen. The book does not explain clearly why it grants humans strength or why it is addictive. The very last story also becomes vague and unclear, with poorly explained plot developments. Maybe I should read the whole omnibus again but then again, reading Dark Horse comics shouldn't be rocket science.
Art work was okayish, however I did not really like the art work for the second tale, dealing with the use of a robot Alien to steal Royal Jelly. I suppose everyone has their own tastes.
In conclusion, I felt that more imagination could have been used with regards to the storylines, like they are in the Predator series. Hopefully, the next volume will pick up.