Mark Verheiden

Celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of one of the great action movies of all time with this collection of original comics sequels to the film. Before Predator 2 was ever conceived as a film, writer Mark Verheiden and artist Chris Warner created an acclaimed comic-book sequel to Predator that took the alien trophy hunters from the jungles of Central America to the concrete jungle of New York City--where they face Dutch Schaefer's big brother, who's an NYPD detective! Also included in this volume are Verheiden's two subsequent Predator stories--Cold War, which finds the Predators crash-landed in Siberia, and Dark River, in which the hero of Concrete Jungle traces the path of his younger brother to find out what really happened to him after the events in the movie Predator. Three now-classic tales in one over-sized, deluxe hard cover volume designed to sit on your bookshelf beside the Aliens 30th Anniversary edition! Collects: Collects Predator: Concrete Jungle (#1-#4), Predator: Cold War (#1-#4), and Predator: Dark River

These are the comics stories that kept fear alive. Since 1988, whether there was an Alien film on the horizon or not, Dark Horse Comics delivered scares that audiences demanded. From the depths of space, to bizarre alien worlds, and even to surface of our own dear Earth, in the pages of comic books there were dozens of sequels and spinoffs to the films, as well as original stories that carried the monsters and the mythos to new heights. These are the Aliens Essential Comics--stories which have stood the test of time . . . and kept readers awake at night. In this first volume is the initial Aliens trilogy--Outbreak, Nightmare Asylum, and Earth War, in which Hicks and Newt--and eventually Ripley--join forces to battle an infestation of Aliens both on Earth and in the wider galaxy (all of these stories were written before the film Alien3 chronicled the deaths of the heroes of Aliens). Written by Mark Verheiden (who went on to write The Mask, Timecop, Battlestar Galactica, Daredevil, and many other films and television shows), and beautifully illustrated by Mark A. Nelson, Den Beauvais, and Sam Kieth, these stories are the perfect starting point for readers new to the Aliens mythos, and a volume to be treasured by longtime fans.

The essential introduction to Predator in the comics! Brutal, invisible, nearly unstoppable. He is the hunter from the stars . . . the Predator. They seek the strongest, the most dangerous game--good or evil. They come in the hottest years (unless they crash land in the middle of a Siberian winter), and they don't leave until they've taken their quota of trophies (usually human skulls). But if NYPD detectives Schaefer and Rasche have anything to say about it, the hunt if over! From the Big Apple to the Russian steppes to the jungles of Central America, the detectives and their allies pursue their quarries. And they always get their . . . alien. Before the film Predator 2, there were these comics--a four-color sequel to one of the greatest action films of all time. Written by Mark Verheiden (before he went on to write The Mask, Timecop, Battlestar Galactica, Daredevil and more of your favorite films and TV shows), and illustrated by comics mainstays Chris Warner (creator of Barb Wire) and Ron Randall (creator of Trekker).

Přiletěli na naši zemi lovit… a tentokrát si jako svůj cíl vybrali rušné velkoměsto. Jsou nebezpeční… ale proti nim stojí stejně nebezpečný a nelítostný policista, bratr hrdiny Predátora, Dutche Schaefera. To je ale jen první souboj, jen rozehřívací kolo před tím, co teprve přijde. V první knize kompletních sebraných predátorských komiksů, které vycházeli v nakladatelství Dark Horse, se podíváte i do amazonské džungle, do ruské tajgy a na další místa, na kterých se země zbarví krví. A je jedno, jestli je ta země pokrytá trávou nebo sněhem.

Čekali jsme, že až narazíme na mimozemskou civilizaci, bude mnohem vyvinutější než my. Možná nám pomůže ve vývoji, možná nás zotročí… ale rozhodně jsme nečekali, že nás prostě jen bude chtít sežrat. První kniha přímo navazuje na události filmů… jen se tentokrát hrozba přenese přímo na Zemi. Přeživší hrdinové z filmových dílů, pohybující se na samém pokraji šílenství, musí znovu zasáhnout a pustit se do boje. Jak proti vetřelcům, tak proti sektám, které je uctívají, tak korporacím, které z nich chtějí mít dokonalou zbraň.

As Marvel prepares for a xenomorph invasion, rediscover the comic book legacy of ALIENS! Familiar faces star in tales that expand on the movie mythos! As Hicks and Newt undertake a deadly mission to find and destroy the creatures' homeworld, a deadly outbreak leaves the Earth overrun with Aliens! Billionaire Daniel Grant sets his sights on an Alien Queen - and scientist Stanislaw Mayakovsky must retrieve one of the galaxy's most precious substances: Alien royal jelly! But can even Earth's finest fighting force, the Colonial Marines, hold off the most frightening, relentless creatures in all of film? Aliens (1988) 1-6, Aliens (1989) 1-4, Aliens: Earth War (1990) 1-4, Aliens: Genocide (1991) 1-4, Aliens: Hive (1992) 1-4, Aliens: Tribes (1992) 1, Aliens: Newt's Tale (1992) 1-2, Alien 3 (1992) 1-3, Aliens: Space Marines (1992) 1-12; material from Dark Horse Presents (1986) 24, 42-43, 56; Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (1991) 1; Dark Horse Insider (1989) 14-27

Přiletěli na naši zemi lovit… a tentokrát si jako svůj cíl vybrali rušné velkoměsto. Jsou nebezpeční… ale proti nim stojí stejně nebezpečný a nelítostný policista, bratr hrdiny Predátora, Dutche Schaefera. To je ale jen první souboj, jen rozehřívací kolo před tím, co teprve přijde. V první knize kompletních sebraných predátorských komiksů, které vycházeli v nakladatelství Dark Horse, se podíváte i do amazonské džungle, do ruské tajgy a na další místa, na kterých se země zbarví krví. A je jedno, jestli je ta země pokrytá trávou nebo sněhem.

Čekali jsme, že až narazíme na mimozemskou civilizaci, bude mnohem vyvinutější než my. Možná nám pomůže ve vývoji, možná nás zotročí… ale rozhodně jsme nečekali, že nás prostě jen bude chtít sežrat. První kniha přímo navazuje na události filmů… jen se tentokrát hrozba přenese přímo na Zemi. Přeživší hrdinové z filmových dílů, pohybující se na samém pokraji šílenství, musí znovu zasáhnout a pustit se do boje. Jak proti vetřelcům, tak proti sektám, které je uctívají, tak korporacím, které z nich chtějí mít dokonalou zbraň.

The hunt begins! As the Predators make their Marvel debut, experience their original comics legacy! Nowhere is safe when the remorseless alien killers stalk the concrete jungle of New York City, leave a trail of death across the American Southwest and ignite the Cold War in Siberia! And did Predators come to Earth during Vietnam and World War I? The hunters make a new enemy in Dutch's brother Detective Schaefer! Predator takes on psychotic Predator in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey! And in 1950s Hollywood, only a child with special glasses can see the monster in the midst of Tinseltown! It's total carnage, Predator-style! COLLECTING: Predator (1989) 1-4, Predator 2 (1991) 1-2, Predator: Big Game (1991) 1-4, Predator: Cold War (1991) 1-4, Predator: The Bloody Sands of Time (1992) 1-2, Predator: Bad Blood (1993) 1-4, Predator: Invaders from the Fourth Dimension (1994) 1, Predator: Dark River (1996) 1-4, Predator: Strange Roux (1996) 1, Predator: Kindred (1996) 1-4; material from Dark Horse Presents (1986) 46, 119; Dark Horse Comics (1992) 1-2, 4-7, 10-14, 16-18, 20-21; A Decade of Dark Horse (1996) 1

The galaxy's most terrifying creatures are coming for Earth! Years after the first two Aliens films, a Xenomorph attack in space leads the Colonial Marines to take action. Soon, the badly scarred Hicks and the now-grown Newt find themselves swept up in a dangerous mission to locate and destroy the creatures' homeworld! But when Earth itself is overrun by a Xenomorph outbreak, Hicks and Newt must join a renegade group fighting to reclaim the planet. Can an obsessed military man train Aliens to wipe out their own kind? And can an old friend help Hicks and Newt turn the tide - by capturing an Alien Queen Mother? Plus: An outer-space treasure hunt becomes a battle for survival when Aliens attack! Collecting ALIENS (1988) #1-6, ALIENS (1989) #1-4, ALIENS: EARTH WAR #1-4 and material from DARK HORSE PRESENTS (1986) #24 and #42-43.