2.5 stars. It's listed as #2 in the Fire and Stone series, but it actually comes before the Prometheus volume chronologically. It wasn't bad, but not a whole lot really happens and the people who land on LV-223 end up dying before you can really form any connection to them. Derrick is around a little longer, and is responsible for the writings + diary Francis and Elden find in the cave in the Prometheus volume, but? even his character seemed somewhat underdeveloped.It felt a little bit pointless...

Okay, I see now. This is a continuation of the world of Aliens the same way that Prometheus: Fire and Stone is a continuation of Prometheus.Unlike Aliens, which is a great movie but which I think suffered a bit due to having marines as protagonists, the protagonists of Aliens: Fire and Stone are a group of colonists from Hadley's Hope, aka Acheron, aka LV-426, who manage to escape on a mining transport to the neighboring moon of LV-223. Due to shenanigans from Prometheus, it is not a barren, lif...

Ugh...I really think with any type of horror/suspense (in film, comics, literature etc.), to make it effective there needs to be a slow building of dread, punctuated by moments of humor and then have the scares go straight for the old jugular. It doesn’t hurt to also have characters that, if not completely developed, are at least likeable and somewhat memorable. We do not get that here. As other reviews have noted in so many words, this is as boring as it gets for an aliens franchise spin-off. D...

Just finished the first two issues in the series. Can't wait to see how everything is all tied together.

This was of course the "Aliens" volume of the Fire and Stone series. This one is actually a prequel to the Prometheus volume, but I think that wanted you to read it after. It ties into the first volume nicely and expands on the story. This one also reads like a traditional Aliens comic, but a good one. Story and art are both very nice. Another great volume in the Fire and Stone series.

hard to judge when this is part of a larger whole, but it's a decent Aliens comic that connects directly to the Alien antics on LV-426, back when Newt was there and Ripley had just finished snoozing in the shuttle.

The drawings are nice enough but the story itself it`s an incoherent mess without any meaning whatsoever.

I read this particular story as it came out each month. The story supposedly ties into some kind of comic event, Fire and Stone, which deals with several different aspects of the Alien, Predator, Prometheus and Aliens vs. Predator mythos. I'm judging this book entirely on its own merit, because I didn't look into any of those other titles.The Fiona Staples cover for the first issue was gorgeous, and got me flipping through the book. The issue was intriguing enough to commit to the rest of the se...

Should be 3.5 stars. Would have gone 4 but the ending left me a little wanting. An interesting continuation of Cameron's film, though, and a nice companion piece to Prometheus as well. Definitely worth the read.

As much as I’ve enjoyed the Alien(s) series, I’ve been a little disappointed with the franchise Prometheus onward. Disappointingly, this tale of Stone and Fire and Aliens follows this downward trend into the abyss. Why you might ask?Let’s jump in!Right off the hoof, the art succeeds as a hook. Like a small mouth bass snatched by the latest tackle, I couldn’t resist against Patric Reynold’s art. It clearly riffs of R.M. Guerra’s crunchy style yet, has its own take: Pleasant to the eyes and evocat...

So I heard there was a big hooha about Fire and Stone, a big event spanning across multiple franchises such as Promethus, Alien, Predator and AVP. I got this to see what it was all about. All it is people running from xenomorphs... BORING!

Cash-grab trash. Tries to be canon but fails. Tries to be scary and doesn't succeed. Reduces the xenomorph to mindless beasts instead of the terrifyingly cunning, silent hunters that have been depicted so well in (some of) the films. Pointless, unlikable characters that simply act as fodder for alien snacking. *snore*

I want to give this four stars, I really do, but it was just too light on action and the characters make such bad decisions that it was frustrating to read. That said, it's still a fairly solid inclusion to the Aliens/Predator mythos. The backup story featuring Hicks that puts this arc into better perspective with the movie Aliens was a welcome addition.

Probably not as good as I thought it was, but I've read some pretty bad alien comics, so when I come across a merely competent story it can feel fresh and exciting. Aliens: Fire and Stone is short and sweet, with a relatable and interesting main character who I wanted to know more about. I definitely want to know what happens next in the story. I subtracted one star because the alien attracts are a bit too frequent to be surprising or scary, and the author probably should've let us get to know s...

Vote: 3,5Storyline/artworks are sometimes confusing, but it was just great coming back to LV-426/Acheron again.

A prequel showing how the Onager (the ship where the Aliens are hiding in Prometheus: Fire and Stone) made it to LV-423 from LV-426 (the planet from Aliens) and what happened to everyone aboard. The art's not very good and the story isn't very exciting. This one felt phoned in.

I know that this is second volume of the Fire and Stone series but it's actually a prequel before Prometheus... which places this volume in an interesting timeline against the other two.Not much of a story line due to the way it's been set up but again it's early on still so I'm reading this as a filler volume to get the ball rolling for the next two volumes.

One of the greatest challenges in crafting a tale within an established franchise property is successfully meeting the needs of the established readership while also delivering something fresh, bold, and new. As you can imagine, fans come to a property like ALIENS with certain expectations: there should be a mix of known elements like Xenomorphs, trapped humans, and ratcheted-up tension (these things are requisite in any adventure set within this universe). Still, the trick for any writer is “Wh...

Quite enjoyed this one. This is much more like what I'd hoped to be seeing from the Aliens comics as a whole: great art and interesting story lines that explore more of the 'world', etc. I understand that this was "the second" in a larger interconnected story arc. But chronologically it was first, so I read it first. It did have that 'you should already know some things, so we won't explain them' feel, but that was fine. I may be one of the few people in the world who actually liked the movie "P...

No complaints about the artwork, it looks good.I also like the concept of the story - classic 'Alien' franchise.However, the end is sudden, and rather a let-down - left me unsatisfied and wondering what the point of it was.