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  • Aliens Vampirella #2



    Aliens Vampirella #2
    Released by: Dynamite Entertainment
    Released on: October 7th, 2015.
    Writer : Corinna Bechko
    Art : Javier Garcia-Miranda
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    Picking up where the first issue left off, we learn of a ship heading towards the Mars colony where the events of that preliminary chapter took place - Lars' wife is onboard and she and the others are looking forward to reconnecting with the crew.

    On the ground, however, things aren't so hot - they've gone into that underground chamber with Vampirella and those that were hit by facehuggers are now giving birth to chestbursters - that includes Vampirella. She tells Lars to strip Jake because he's got the longest suit. He does what he's told and they fasten a bandage around her rib cage to slowdown the bleeding and that allows her to heal, but she needs blood to get back into prime shape. Lars can give that to her. They need her to be able to put a stop to the alien menace to prevent it from spreading to the base above ground.

    In that base the rest of the science crew wait. When they get a video transmission and see what happened they start to suspect that the carnage was caused by Vampirella. They say they're sending a team down, but Vampirella and Lars want to stop that… and then Lars realizes his wife is on her way to the same base that lies just above them, and just above the aliens.

    The team head into the underground chamber, find Lars and Vampirella trying to get them to go back, and draw their weapons on them. As heavily as armed as they are though… there's aliens down there, aliens that have had enough time to get to full size - this could get messy.

    Corinna Bechko is spinning a pretty good yarn here. This second issue builds nicely off of what was laid down in the first one and it offers up a nice mix of action, suspense and gory sci-fi horror. At the same time, it's got a bit more going on under the surface, as it deals with themes of prejudice and xenophobia - but not in such a judgmental way. The human characters are understandably afraid of someone who might want to drink their blood, some of them expect the worst from Vampirella, but at the same time some of the others in the group realize she's the only chance they've got at getting out of this alive.

    Javier Garcia-Miranda's artwork is once again pretty solid, assisted quite nicely by some solid digital coloring from InLight Studios. There's some good detail here in the close ups and he draws the aliens and chestbursters really well. Some of the backgrounds look a little sparse and maybe a bit rushed but overall this is a good looking book. And again worth mentioning is the fantastic cover art from Gabriel Hardman and colorist Jordan Boyd - great stuff!








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