Aliens vs. Predator: Thrill of the Hunt

by Mike Kennedy and Roger Robinson

Book Overview

Crafted by acclaimed comics scribe Jason Hall, creator of Pistolwhip, and fan-favorite comics illustrator Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Nights), all in a value-priced original graphic novel. Cover painting by Society of Illustrators award-winner David Michael Beck.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593072570
• ISBN13: 9781593072575
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Dark Horse Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

great comic

thrill of the hunt does a great job of following the movie and the comic origins of avp. this perticullar comic has great art and an amazing original story.

Pretty and a good story

While it's not perfect, I think this comic is a good read and it's drawn beautifully. The human characters are all distinct, it has good atmosphere, and the Predators, especially the main one, are awesome. There is a lack of Predator/Alien interaction, except in the begining. It follows a similar plotline to the original Aliens Vs. Predator graphic novel, but the outcome is quite a bit different. I would recommend this one.

Same flaws as the film, possibly to a lesser degree

Plot synopsis: A Predator is captured on a hunting reserve in the distant future. Despite security measures the xeno-life-form escapes...and leaves a trail of Aliens for the pursuing humans to fight their way through. It seems oddly coincedental that a graphic novel which claims to borrow elements from the movie shares its flaws. To get things done quickly and conveinently: Pros: -Predators and Aliens have equal on-screen (on-paper?) time -Pred (yes, not predS, Pred) drawn well, Aliens okay -Interesting story, but not perfected -Pred executes hunting techniques frequently -Pred's lack of camouflage use explained well Cons: -Cut short -Aliens and Predator never fight (YES! YOU HEARD RIGHT! The Predator and Alien never engage each other in combat!) -Predator seems underpowered Well, that wraps it up as quickly as possible...

The thrill of the story

There has been a cataclysm in the future, and humanity has lost the worst thing possible to loose: It's history. A generation later, humanity had rebuilt. Records have been recovered but contact with many worlds has been lost. The head of a corporation, his brother and a government official embark on the first interplanetary expedition launched by humanity since the disaster. The goal is to establish a colony on what appears to be a uninhabited world, but two races cloaked in humanity's past will emerge on that planet to do battle, the humans (and their leader's true motivation for coming to the planet) will be caught squarely in the middle. The cliché is: "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it" but those who have forgotten history... are locked in the Thrill of the Hunt. This story came out late and was in digest format. So what? The story is good and I personally like a good digest sized-book every once in awhile. It's easy to carry around and it looks like you are reading a real book instead of a comic book. Bottom-line: Good story, good art and potential for a new series of Alien or Predator (or both) comics. After all, lots of colony worlds were cut off from Earth by the disaster and whatever happened to the Colonial Marines? This story brings you a great Aliens vs. Predator story while at the same time raising questions that will make you want a sequel.