Aliens: Book 3 : Earth War (ISBN 187857423X)

There's a "war" here, all right....:
While the story is quite interesting, the artwork depicted in the "Earth War" series is nothing short of ludicrous. Do not be fooled by the lovely cover artwork pictured here! Sam Kieth's artwork is laughably unsuitable for anything concerned with the "Alien" series. Instead of the streamlined androgynous grace Ripley should embody, here we get a haggard, false-eyelash wearing Ripley who resembles an ageing barfly. Her lack of undergarments is not titillating, just stupid. How out of character can you get?! The Colonial Marines are a disgrace to anyone remembering the realistic depictions in the film; not to mention they go into battle clad in t-shirts. No body armor, no uniforms. Ludicrous! Perhaps the best indication I can give you is to say this artist makes all the characters look like Neandertals or drunken shrews, depending upon the sex of the character. Den Beauvais, rest easy. There's no threat to your unforgettable work here. My advice to readers? Take off and nuke this book from orbit: it's the only way to be sure. (Perhaps you might want to rip off the front cover first - it's the only thing worth saving.) I give this two stars only because of the storyline only. What a waste of a potentially wonderful series.

Crappy:
What a discrace. The art work was terrible and the story was laughable. This Comic series marked the downfall of the Aliens comics that has yet to stop.

Totally skippable.:
Aliens "Book 1" (called Aliens) really worth, a truly and almost perfect comics in b & W, good story (with many surprises), good characters, good drawing (clear and good diagramed). Aliens Book 2 is a MASTERPIECE, a awesome drawing in a full color, and the story is really good. But Aliens Book 3 Earth War... stink!. Bad drawing (color but not full color like the previous aliens, only a "old fashioned colored comics"), bad story (nobody wants to visit Earths, even for rescue!). IMHO Skip this comics and go ahead for the rest of the serie. This comics give nothing for the complete plot of the story.

Ripley came back, the way it should have been...:
Aliens Earth War is the third in the original Dark Horse trilogy following the movie, ALIENS. After the subsequent movies, the comics were redone, and the remasterd version of this particular comic is called The Female War. The remastered versions are a waste of time. Aliens Earth War is a beautiful comic, living up to the standard the original two set. It brings full circle the continuing stories of Newt and Hicks, and ushers the return and full story of our hero, Ripley. This trilogy of comics, and this final one, are how the story should have ended (or continued...). Aside from not coinciding with the movies, which you should be able to handle, this is a heck of an ALIENS story. A must have for ALIENS and especially ALIENS comics fans.

An alternate sequel to Aliens:
In this reality, Newt and Hicks are still alive. Ripley, reunited with them, is as take charge as ever. Beautiful and tough, she's poised to take on her biggest challenge yet, the annihilation of the alien threat from Earth, that's almost completely taken over. Her idea lies with the Alien home world and the Queen of all Queens, who's emitting a signal to call all her `children' back to her. Ripley knows that with all the aliens in one place and enough nukes to eliminate a small planet, she can destroy the aliens once and for all. But things are rarely easy, and soon Ripley finds herself clashing with the two people she cares for most, Newt and Hicks. I like this book a lot. Verheiden's script and story are slightly stilted at times, but they're still very good. Sam Kieth, best known for his work on Image's Maxx, is a brilliant artist who's perfectly suited for Aliens. My only word of warning is that if you've read Steve Perry's Aliens prose works, they mesh and tangle with this graphic enough you feel you've read the same story twice, but since this has Hicks, Newt, and Ripley, I like his version more, personally. This would make a solid addition for any collector of Aliens graphics, but it is part 3 and buying the other two that came before would lend a better understanding, because this just jumps right in at the middle of the action and story.