Alien Annual #1

An exciting one-shot, Alien Annual 2022 #1 serves as a reminder of all the things that make this franchise so good while delivering it in a package that feels new. Gory and horrific on different levels, this comic revels in Alien's cold and isolating horror. Read Full Review

Well worth a look if you want a story based on the Alien franchise that you can read in the one sitting and not have to know anything that happened before. Read Full Review

Alien Annual #1 goes a few years back in time to show the Company's first live test run of a Xenomorph. Phillip Kennedy Johnson tells a solid Alien short story that has a beginning, middle, and end with a solid plot, dialogue, and pacing paired with Salvador Larroca's art gets to show off the alien Xenomorph once again. Read Full Review

The alien itself never provides any sense of horror, only confusion, in appearances with strange perspectives and a lack of consistency. Simply viewing the text makes Alien Annual #1 an unbearable chore. Read Full Review

Psycamorean

Aug 11, 2022

Okay, art aside, this is a good story. This is something that was, frankly, missing from the first arc. It gave me legitimate feelings of dread, and even the abhorrent art couldn't stop it. PKJ nailed this one. That being said, the art is trash and I'm so glad Larroca is gone. I'm not familiar with the name of the artist taking over, but I pray to Weyland-Yutani that they're better than Larroca. It shouldn't be hard to top him, right?

Gizmo

Aug 15, 2022

I suppose this is a prequel to the main series, but it didn't feel like it aligned right by the end.

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater

Aug 12, 2022

The art was worse than usual (which was already pretty bad), most of the characters looked like they either had a stroke or had blob-like faces like they were made out of putty. The story didn’t make sense either, it was one of Gabe’s missions but inexplicably not one of the missions Gabe was shown reminiscing about in the initial books of the series. I’ve been pretty forgiving with the series but this has been the worst issue so far.