It's a shame we never got to see a real AVP movie. I mean it's not that hard to pull off. They really dropped the ball back in 04 & 07. If they're ever gonna reboot the series they should use this comic as a blueprint to finally give us the proper crossover we've been asking for
These comics are true masterpieces. The story told is well written and interesting, so much so that it is well beyond all the prequel films and I think it is almost at the level of Alien and Aliens, and then they manage to impeccably intertwine the three great universes, prequel, predator and Alien. Every time I reread them I get angry thinking about how comics can ridicule a film like Alien Covenant and I think that if they adapted this entire arc into a series they would probably make the best product in the Alien universe after the first two films.
Great review. I don't have the omnibus versions, but I have all of it in the original comic book format. I these stories. When I saw the movies I wanted to know more about the Engineers, so it was a treat for me to able to get this much material about them. Like you said it is a fun story and it moves along quickly. I highly recommend these two series for Alien and Predator fans. I heard a lot of hate for them, but it wasn't really the comics that they were hating on but rather they just didn't like Prometheus so they never gave them a chance.
Thanks for the Public service Gem! I never even knew about these gems and missed the chance years ago to buy for $50. They’re much pricier now clearly worth it the Aliens franchise with Dark Horse and Marvel and 20th century Fox studios is addictive sci-fi at its FINEST!
Oh, man! I never knew you pulled the trigger on two Predator titles from Dark Horse Comics. I absolutely love both Fire & Stone as well as Life & Death, so much in fact I have 11 original pages that are penicled from artist Chris Mooneyham and inked by John Lucas. The art work from Life & Death is penciled and inked by artist Brian Thies which he was gracious enough to give me first dibs on 4 pages from him. One of them is a splash page of Crack Tusk that inspired the new Crack Tusk Prime 1 1/4th scale statue that will be releasing in July (I pre-ordered of course). If you would like to see one of the original pages on the review I did of the Predator Hornhead by NECA just browse the channel. Not bragging just wanted to share since it seems you really enjoyed this story with the Predator known as "Ahab" Awesome video Gem!
It's so cool to see Aliens and Predator in this form. I only watched the movies and found them all great in there own way. Now that I am collecting comics again, I have found awesome titles in and outside of the big 2. I enjoy your videos and have expanded my knowledge of other collectables because of you. Thank you and your team for making this community fun and enlightening.
If you dig these comics...you should finally get at least one Alien and one Predator statue. CoolProps/Prime 1 Dog Alien is one of the best statues ever made. And Prime 1 has the Predator Jungle Hunter and Victim companion piece on preorder. These are must haves.
I bought the life death book a few weeks ago after spotting it in an earlier video unfortunately the other one way too expensive hope they reprint them along with all the original alien predator stuff in library editions
Christ..these books are so rare in this format you've got more chance of finding Anne Frank with a copy than you have of picking one up..now that marvel's got the license I do hope they get a re- print.
I really like these books, too. I read them a long time ago. I don't remember the binding being bad on my copies, but now I want to check. I hate having bad binding on these types of books, especially given how much money you pay for them.
these look amazing! I want them now and Dark Horse puts out quality stuff. I used to read the Dark Horse Alien stuff in the nineties. Thanks for the great video. Always like being introduced to great books
Their are still some complete fire and stone books left on amazon but i guess the life and death books wont get reprinted cause marvel bought the rights unless they reprint them which would be nice but how'd they do that i'd have no idea
I have these two books in good condition I bought them just to have them and put them in the shelf can’t believe they cost $900 on eBay if you have both of em crazy it’s tempting to sell them with how much they are worth but I dunno 🤷🏾♂️ I feel like keeping them
Wish I jumped on these sooner. You can luck out finding life and death complete at a book store, but fire and stone is nearly impossible to find for under $300
Here's a question; I just looked up both on Amazon in TPB format and both are very low page count, but yours seem to be alot more...what gives? (there is only one book of each in TPB format)...stay minty!
Trade Paperback is just the 4 issues bound into one complete book as opposed to the Hardcover books that Gemmint is reviewing in the video where all 12 issues are reflected. Trade paperbacks run on average about $15-$20 or so each and these two as stated are $50, so double the price for all 12 issues in one book.
@@PredatorCollectibles I just read this under the hardcover edition on Amazon; "Collects Prometheus: Fire and Stone #1-#4, Aliens: Fire and Stone #1-#4, Alien vs. Predator: Fire and Stone #1-#4, Predator: Fire and Stone #1-#4, Prometheus: Fire and Stone--Omega one shot"...my mistake
@@jeanmalo7173 No harm done my friend wasn't sure if your trying to know the difference between the two, but I do hope you're able to find both hardcovers if you're still looking.
Do you know anywhere else I can look for the Fire and Stone HC aside from IST, Amazon, eBay, or CGN? I’d love to snag it somewhere without dropping over $100 for it.
instocktrades.com and cheapgraphicnovels.com, I prefer to use IST or Amazon most of the time since they both usually have good deals at different times and free shipping.
@@AndrewStCroix-zn4bz gotcha, I should've figured that's what they stood for. "Duh" lol. I use those sites as well to find the best deals on Omnibus's & OHC's. Right after Christmas I got The Death and Return of Superman omnibus that was the most recent one released for $55 shipped off of Amazon. Now the cheapest one on there is like $270. Crazy.
I’d just keep checking eBay if you’re trying to hunt these down too. I just snagged a new copy of Fire And Stone for $70 with free shipping and got Life And Death for $32 + $2 shipping. 👍🏻
I've wanted to get these books forever but just never actually got around to buying them but they look great. Have you read alien 3 by william gibson and if so what did you think? I love alien and wish they would actually do a alien 5 or alien covenant sequel now that disney have brought the rights to them. Could you do a video on which is the best alien and predator books to buy as I think that would be really interesting. Thanks
You mention that it’s an endless cycle of getting stranded followed by attempted rescues. Is that not the definition of predictability & of tedious repetitiveness?
$50 each? That's quite reasonable, and they can he bought at a discount. Edges of the spine looks weak. It would be fun to see a video of how much handling they could...um..handle, like a stress test.
@@goassnmane they have life and death in stock at www.cheapgraphicnovels.com/aliens-predator-prometheus-avp-complete-life-and-death-hc.html and www.dcbservice.com/search/prometheus
