Robin Marx reviewed Aliens Omnibus by John Arcudi
Review of 'Aliens Omnibus' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
While there are some duds among the miniseries collected in this third omnibus, the average level of quality felt markedly higher than in Vol. 2.
The highlights of this volume are Sacrifice and Salvation. Both featured exceptionally good artwork. Sacrifice involves a priest investigating how an isolated group of colonists manage to coexist with an alien lurking nearby. Salvation has a thinner plot, but gorgeous Mike Mignola artwork.
The remaining stories are mostly decent, but there's a particularly heavy reliance on formulaic mad scientist tropes. Once a scientist or doctor character is introduced you can guess where the plot is headed: "I've tamed the alien! Oops!"
