Description

Alien vs Predator: Thicker than Blood                 Comics Lot
Features issues #1,2 of the “Alien vs Predator: Thicker than Blood” Comic Series.
Writer: Jeremy Barlow
Artist: Doug Wheatley
Colorist: Rain Beredo
Letterer: Michael Heisler
Editors: Judy Khuu & Randy Stradley
All Covers by: Chun Lo

Predators attack a luxury spaceship and the two remaining survivors – a teenage girl and her synthetic companion – must either find a way off the ship for themselves, or a way to boot the Predators off. But mere survival becomes the issue when an Alien is turned loose on the ship. Hope is lost-unless bravery and love can triumph over programming.

Story/Spoilers
In issue #1, The luxury spacecraft USSC Double Down enters an unknown sector of space and is subsequently boarded by a Yautja Mother Ship for entering their territory. Child-android Tyler is contacted by captain of the ship and ‘mother’, Lydia, to retrieve his sister, Maria, take her to the escape shuttle Tender and then meet with them in the forward lounge, before being briskly cut off. Tyler enters the artificial beach lido-deck and finds Maria. Tyler was initially created as a playmate for Maria when she was an infant, but Maria, now a precocious and bratty adolescent, has grown tired of Tyler’s company and finds his presence annoying. Before Tyler could finish explaining himself, a maroon-skinned Predator emerges on the beach and begins slaughtering the civilians with a plasma-whip. The two pseudo-siblings run from the lido-deck and into the forward lounge where they reunite with their parents. Whilst discussing their options, an Elder Predator suddenly emerges from the shadows and kills the father. Lydia, shocking the creature with a stun-baton, buys the children enough time for them to enter the elevator and escape before being killed. The Predator suddenly jams its arm and leg into the elevator door and attempts to pry it open, but after the siblings work together, they bisect the creatures’ limbs by closing the door. After an argument, the two escape and reach the airlock to the Tender which is being inconveniently blocked off by the Predator ship’s boarding ramp. Elsewhere, a captured and bound Xenomorph waits for an opportune time…

Next in issue #2, The two decide to board the Predator ship and encounter a Predator with a wrist-mounted flamethrower gleefully torturing a captive Xenomorph. Tyler and Maria enter the ship’s deck and Tyler attempts to access the controls, before being electrocuted by its handprint countermeasures, alerting the Predator. With its back turned, the chained Xenomorph pounces onto the Predator and brutally kills it, before managing to free itself from its constraints. Tyler deduces that they would need one of the Predator’s arms to properly access the ship and could use the one bisected from the elevator. Meanwhile, the maroon Predator encounters the fallen Elder, still alive. He subsequently uses his whip to amputate and seal the mangled limbs. The children leave the ship and briefly encounter Lieutenant Denver, who intends to blow up the ramp with explosives from the geo-lab. They return to the forward lounge, where they witness the maroon Predator battle the loose Xenomorph. As they drag the unconscious body of the amputated Predator into the elevator, the Xenomorph defeats and decapitates its foe. The siblings take the amputated hunter to the lido-deck and try to reason with him…

*** Incomplete story (cliffhanger / to be continued… at the end of issue #2)…. Nonetheless, Alien vs Predator: Thicker than Blood issues 1 & 2 artwork is still awesome from cover to interior. Recommended for Doug Wheatley & Chun Lo art enthusiast… as well as Aliens & Predator enthusiast. It’s good stuff. ***

… “comic series incomplete” story continues in Alien vs Predator: Thicker than Blood Trade Paperback.  Dark Horse Books (2020)

Collectible Entertainment comment: Alien vs Predator: Thicker than Blood (2019-2020) is an ill-fated “comic” title that was originally to have run for four issues instead of just the 2 that were published. The first two issues of Alien vs. Predator: Thicker Than Blood were later collected alongside the unreleased issues 3 and 4 and released as a trade paperback on December 3, 2020. The collected edition was edited by Randy Stradley and Judy Khuu and reuses Chun Lo’s cover artwork from issue 1.

Comics lot contains: Alien vs Predator: Thicker than Blood (2019 – 2020) 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: 2019 – 2020
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: 761568005837

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

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