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  • Predator: Fire And Stone #3




    Predator: Fire And Stone #3
    Published by: Dark Horse Comics
    Published on: December 17th, 2014.
    Written by: Joshua Williamson
    Art by: Christopher Mooneyham

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    Picking up directly where the first two issues left off, this penultimate chapter of Dark Horse Comics' four issue Predator: Fire And Stone series requires a bit of back story explanation - Security Chief Galgo Helder bailed on his mission for Weyland-Yutani and went off to LV-223. He left the rest of the crew there to fend for themselves, knowing full well that they'd probably be killed off by the aliens. What he didn't count on was a Predator stowing away on his ship. This Predator wants to know more about what's happening on LV-223 and has forced Galgo to reverse course where he finds that those he left behind haven't all been eliminated by the alien threat… yet.

    This issue picks up with a flashback, Galgo is racing against time - the ship's core is melting and Angela needs him to get back in sixty seconds or they're taking off without him. He's looking for money though, he doesn't want to go back to Earth empty handed. He blasts open the door and finds not cash but a few more survivors, hiding out and in need of help. He rushes back with them to the ship and Angela gets if out of there just in time.

    Cut to the present and Galgo has been leashed to the Predator. Angela sticks around to help him and sends the rest of her crew away for their own safety but she hasn't forgotten her past with Galgo. They walk back to the camp with the Predator in tow and he explains things to her. She wants him to fly everyone off of the planet, but he won't… the Predator won't let him. Angela allows them to spend the night in the cave they've set up in, but only for the night. She makes it clear that it he's not going to fly them off the planet, that in the morning he's gone. So Galgo and the Predator set up a camp fire and the next morning, they're off, sans Angela or anyone from her crew, to find a certain engineer.

    This issue is, in a sense, the calm before the story. At the same time, it's pretty action packed. The flashback scene elaborates on the past that exists between Galgo and Angela which then quite logically ties into their collective present but it plays out with excitement and tensions. Once we get into the present, the presence of the Predator ensures that there will at least be some hunting and after a few dialogue heavy pages that again expand on character relationships, we get to it in a big way. Understandably, with next month's fourth issue being the final chapter, we end this one on a big cliffhanger - we know that the Predator, and Galgo, are going to find the Engineer, it's what will happen next that keeps us wanting more. So full marks for Joshua Williamson's writing. It might be more action intensive than the other Fire And Stone runs, with less emphasis on horror, but that makes sense. This is a Predator story, after all.

    Christopher Mooneyham's artwork continues to impress. Again, there's a Walter Simonson influence evident here, but that's a good thing. There are also times where you can kind of see some Klaus Janson and Bill Sienkiewicz in this style too, but he doesn't ape these guys - his work is definitely his own. There are some really nice panel layouts here too, the compositions are interesting and unique and the art fits the story very nicely. Throw in a great painted cover by Lucas Graciano and this issue scores high marks all the way around. Bring on issue four!






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