Aliens: Salvation Hardcover – September 15, 2015

This would get 5 stars if only the color was a bit more vibrant.This is a repackaged tale from 22 years ago, just before Mike Mignola (the artist) had his break out hit Hellboy. The book itself is bound in a nice, affordable hardcover. The tale is one the THE best Alien tales from Dark Horse. Dave Gibbons writes this story of a religiously devout cook, Selkirk, on a space freighter who manages to survive an escape with an injured captain when the freighter's jeopardized by the cargo it's carrying. The planet fall was rough but they survive. The captain's a mean and wounded wretch of a bully who puts the smaller, less physical Slekirk to task at every step of the the way. But something else arrived on the wrecked freighter that also crashed to that planet's surface.3 guesses what it is. What drives the story so well is the growing development of Selkirk who is made to be more than he thinks he's capable of being. This story's focus on the (albeit, flawed) human element coupled with the dynamic art which works unusually well for this SF horror story.Surviving is not always a blessing.Dave Gibbons get's the characterization and the situation down and lets the artist do his job. Mike Mignola's pencilled line art is expertly inked by Kevin Nowlan. It's an easy story to enjoy repeatedly.

As a fan of Aliens and Mignola and Mignola drawing Aliens, I had, of course, read this before, but when I saw this nice new deluxe hardcover, with utterly jaw-dropping contemporary Mignola cover art, I was excited to pick it up, especially given how cheap it is.And it's a pretty glorious book. It looks great, of course, and the story, written by Dave Gibbons, remains one of the better Aliens comic stories, strengthened throughout by early Mignola art that does much to lend weight to the words and scenes. Fans of either Mignola or Aliens have probably already experienced this story, but this is a great volume to pick up as a refresher.

Wow. I wasn't expecting too much from this hardback comic, but even though the story is a bit twitchy, the feeling of oppression lasts for a while after finishing it...when I first thumbed through before settling down to read, I wasn't too impressed with the art style. However, I noticed my dislike less and less as I went through, until it had become merely different instead of unlikable. As far as the Alien series of stories, this one is at least presented in a more original way, and even though there is a major plot hole that annoyed me a bit, on the whole it is well worth the money for any fan of xenomorphs and their universe. I would buy it again.

Love it or hate it - and how can you not love it? - Mike Mignola's inky style finds a perfect match in H.R. Giger's xenomorph in this superstition-tinted take on the famous sci-fi monster.A half-crazed survivor runs into the beast in your typical Aliens scenario: ship crashes, survivors encounter the creature, everything goes haywire... What makes this worth discovering and treasuring is the religious slant, much better integrated here than in Alien 3, and Mignola's art. Mignola's deep shadows and silhouettes accomplish a miracle previously only produced on screen: suggesting the monster without showing too much of it, making it all the more terrifying.You have to see this for yourself.

Mignola himself admits that this book was created in an attempt at commercial success. But what we the readers ended up with is a timeless masterpiece of both comic book writing and artistry. Dave Gibbons does his best work with this short tale of a marooned soldier and his insane captain, alone on an island with a horde of xenomorphs.Mike Mignola's artwork is so beautiful that to try and describe it almost feels like a crime. But know that it matches, and in many ways surpasses that of his classic Hellboy franchise in this sense.Easily the best $10 you'll spend all month.

Art is of course amazing Mignola is the man this is creepy and wonderful. Gibbons rules and this action packed tale is great and if you like the alien universe check this out

I'm not sure if other readers have experienced the same issue, but my copy of this book has what appear to be some low resolution pages featured within. I bought this new hardcover as I am a fan of the original publication. The original has much crisper reproductions of the story pages. It's a shame because this story features some fantastic artwork by the legendary Mike Mignola. This new edition could have been a great forum to introduce this art to a new audience and re-introduce it to older readers.There also could have been more bonus material. Some concept sketches, original uncolored pages, pencils etc etc would have been nice to see.

This comic was originally written in 1993, and then collected in trade paper back form in 2001. I have not always liked the Alien comics from Dark Horse Comics. I feel that a lot of them are just not very well written. But this comic is a completely different story. This just might be the best comic book ever about Aliens. With Dave Gibbons (artist of the acclaimed 12 issue Watchmen series) writing it, and Mike Mignola (the creator of Hellboy) illustrating it, whats not to like? This comic was a blast to read from start to finish.

Even though I massively love anything by Mignola, I had never given this story the credit it deserved before being collected as a graphic novel. It is short, due to the nature of it. It is an alien planet version of Treasure Island had been overrun by the Alien Xenomorphs. (Also I can guess this story is possibly what had influenced the PREDATORS movie).It has this blunt but character driven narrative from Dave Gibbons, of course great horrific and stylistic art from Mike Mignola (Inks by Kevin Nowlan).If you've read Mignola's Hellboy collections- I would say Mignola's art style here in time when this was original published would be Hellboy's 'Wake The Devil'. The colouring and lettering seems to be spot on and Mignola's usual collaborators.Probably due to the original sources, there are slight artifacts here and there. I must stress, an observation and is not a problem at all.The loose imagery of Catholicism (both art and writing) works well. It is of course, like how Mignola drops Gothic imagery into Batman and it works superb. The hinted backstory of Weyland-Yutani as 'The Company' which again sees humans as a mere mercenaries to line their own pockets, transport or pawns of fate, doing mostly 'unknown services' for the man above. Also, the female character is amazing... enough said for spoilers.As a final, this is also proof that Alien is one of the some great franchises out there. Dark Horse may have lost with it's Star Wars/Indy franchise switching over to Marvel/Disney. But I'm sure and from what I've seen DH have a lot more tricks up their sleeve.If you are new to the Alien comics AVOID the Terminator/Predator/Alien/Human hybrids (aka or, what-ever-the-hell-it-is-title) it is awful.Other non Hellboy stuff by Mike Mignola is a Hellraiser story that is really worth checking out.

Absolutely gorgeous story and style but again didn't expect less from Mike Mignola. Would recommend to Alien fans, horror fans and comic book fans of course!

Familiar and excellent Mignola art work and an interesting Alien story. Really enjoyed it.

Good looking but with a rubbish story and poor writing.

Written and drawn by the master himself. wonderful twist to the 'Alien' universe.