Even without mentioning it in his introduction it’s pretty clear Gabriel Hardman is a massive fan of James Cameron’s Aliens as Dust to Dust is basically a crappy retelling of it!
It’s like Hardman’s going down a checklist of things to include: colonists, facehuggers, chest bursters, xenomorphs, Weyland-Yutani, synthetics. It’s the same story as Aliens too - xenomorphs have overrun a colony, colonists gotta escape. There’s even a kid character like Newt (with an even stupider name - “Maxon”!) but the female character isn’t nearly as compelling or cool as Ripley.
Gabriel Hardman’s not the best writer but he usually produces half-decent comics - this book though is a total waste of time, particularly for anyone familiar with the Aliens movie. Boring, predictable, rote, unexciting - Aliens: Dust to Dust is a completely uninspired and dull flatline read.
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