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Alien: Resurrection                             Comics Lot
The Comics Adaptation of the Hit Alien Movie from 20th Century Fox Film.  Awesome!!
Writer: James Vance
Artist: Eduardo Risso
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Letterer: Gary Fields
Editors: Phil Amara & David Land
All Covers by: Dave McKean

Alien Resurrection is a 1997 American science fiction horror film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J. E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, and Michael Wincott. It is the fourth installment of the Alien franchise. Set 200 years after the preceding installment Alien 3 (1992), Ellen Ripley is cloned and an Alien Queen is surgically removed from her body. The United Systems Military hopes to breed Aliens to study and research on the spaceship USM Auriga, using human hosts abducted and delivered to them by a group of mercenaries. The Aliens escape their enclosures, while Ripley and the mercenaries attempt to escape and destroy the Auriga before it reaches its destination.

Now Dark Horse presents, “Alien Resurrection”. Adapting the multimillion-dollar Alien film. Two hundred years ago, Ellen Ripley died in a blazing inferno. But the government has need of her again. So they’ve rebuilt her. And now she’s going to be tested against a hive of Aliens. But as horrific as the Aliens are, nothing will prepare you for the newest Alien hybrid… and the truth about the reappearance of Ripley!

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full Alien: Resurrection 1997 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
Two hundred years after the events of Alien 3, United Systems Military scientists on the space vessel USM Auriga create a clone of Ellen Ripley, designated Ripley 8, using DNA from blood samples taken before her death. The Xenomorph queen’s DNA has been combined with Ripley’s, so the clone grows up with an embryo inside it. The scientists extract the embryo, raise it, and collect its eggs while keeping Ripley 8 alive for further study. As a result of the Xenomorphs’ DNA inside her, the clone has enhanced strength and reflexes, somewhat acidic blood, and a psychic link with the Xenomorphs. Additionally, the Xenomorph’s genetic memory allows the clone to have some of Ripley’s memories. A group of mercenaries consisting of Elgyn, Johner, Christie, Vriess, Hillard, and Call arrives at Auriga on their ship Betty. They deliver several abducted humans in stasis. The military scientists use the humans as hosts for the aliens, raising several adult Xenomorphs for study. The Betty crew soon encounters Ripley 8. Annalee Call recognizes her name and tries to kill her, suspecting that Ripley 8 may be used to create Xenomorphs, but the creatures have already been cloned. The now mature Xenomorphs, being aware of their blood’s acidic properties from the aforementioned genetic memory, escape confinement by killing off one of their own to use its acidic blood to burn through their enclosures. They then capture Dr. Jonathan Gediman and kill a second scientist. They damage the Auriga and kill some of those people who failed to evacuate, including General Perez and Elgyn. Another crew member is captured and cocooned for eggmorphing. Military scientist Dr. Wren reveals that the ship’s default command in an emergency is to return to Earth. Realizing that this will unleash the Xenomorphs on Earth, Ripley 8, the mercenaries, Wren, a Marine named Distephano, and surviving Xenomorph host Purvis, decide to head for the Betty and use it to destroy the Auriga. Along the way, Ripley 8 discovers a laboratory containing the grotesque results of the previous seven failed attempts to clone Ellen Ripley. The surviving one begs Ripley 8 to euthanise her; she complies and then incinerates the lab and its contents. As the group makes their way through the damaged ship, they swim through a flooded kitchen. They are chased by two Xenomorphs. One is killed, while the other snatches Hillard. As they escape the kitchen, the Xenomorph returns and blinds Christie, who sacrifices himself to kill the Xenomorph, so the others can escape. After Wren betrays the group, Call is revealed to be an auton, an improved version of a human created by synthetics. Using her ability to interface with the Auriga’s systems, Call sets it on a collision course with Earth, hoping to destroy the Xenomorphs in the crash. She cuts off Wren’s escape route and directs the Xenomorphs towards him. Ripley 8 is captured by a Xenomorph, while the others head for the Betty. Wren, who is already aboard, shoots Purvis, takes Call hostage and demands that she abort the collision. An injured Purvis attacks Wren and forces Wren’s head to his chest just as the Xenomorph embryo that he is carrying bursts through his ribcage, causing it to go through Wren’s head too, killing them both. The survivors shoot and kill the juvenile Xenomorph. Ripley is taken to the Alien nest, where she finds Gediman, still alive and partially cocooned. The Alien Queen, having developed a uterus as a result of her genetic contamination with Ripley 8, gives birth to a Xenomorph with overtly human traits. Unable to bond with the Queen, the hybrid Xenomorph recognizes Ripley 8 as its mother, so it kills the Alien Queen and Gediman. Ripley 8 takes advantage of the distraction to escape and makes her way to the Betty. The Betty crew struggle to take off, which gives Ripley 8 enough time to reach the ship and jump on. While they further struggle, the hybrid boards, unbeknownst to the crew. The Betty can’t take off because the computer says the hatch is still open, Call goes to close the hatch. When she attempts to close the hatch she runs into the hybrid, who closes the hatch while she runs and hides. Distephano goes to check on her and is killed by the hybrid. Ripley 8 goes to check on them and runs into the hybrid, she saves Call by distracting the hybrid. Using her acidic blood, Ripley 8 melts a hole in a window and pushes the hybrid towards it. The decompression violently blows the creature through the hole and out into space, killing it as Ripley 8 tearfully watches on. The countdown on the Auriga continues as the survivors escape in the Betty. The Auriga collides with Earth, causing a large explosion. As they look down at Earth, Call asks what Ripley 8 wants to do next. “I don’t know. I’m a stranger here myself,” she replies.

Comics lot contains: Alien: Resurrection (1997) Issues #1-2.  Dark Horse Comics

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printings
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication Date: 1997
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: 070989325043

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 1,2 are in Fine to Fine + condition.  Nice Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Aliens and/or Movie Adaptation collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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