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Prometheus: Fire and Stone
When the Prometheus never returned from her fateful journey to LV-223, the questions surrounding the origins of man went unanswered. Now a new team of explorers seeks to uncover the dark mystery that holds not only the fate of the original mission, but possibly their own damnation. This is the first volume of Prometheus in a blockbuster crossover event featuring Aliens, Predator, and Prometheus!
126 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
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About the author
Paul Tobin
930 books407 followersPaul Tobin is the Eisner-award winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Bandette, Colder, and many other comic books and graphic series.
Bandette, drawn by Colleen Coover, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Digital Series in 2013, 2016, and 2017; and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature in 2016. His original graphic novel I Was the Cat was nominated for an Eisner in 2015.
The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat , first in his five-book series of middle-grade books, came out in 2016 from Bloomsbury Kids. It was followed in 2017 by How To Outsmart A billion Robot Bees , and How To Tame A Human Tornado in March 2018.
Bandette, drawn by Colleen Coover, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Digital Series in 2013, 2016, and 2017; and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature in 2016. His original graphic novel I Was the Cat was nominated for an Eisner in 2015.
The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat , first in his five-book series of middle-grade books, came out in 2016 from Bloomsbury Kids. It was followed in 2017 by How To Outsmart A billion Robot Bees , and How To Tame A Human Tornado in March 2018.
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April 27, 2021
Wow! Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreya really knocked it out of the park. Tobin has a real ear for dialog. I felt like I was in one of the Alien movies. (This is really an Alien book more than a Prometheus book even though an Engineer does appear briefly.) It's like Juan Ferreya's art was made for this setting. These very well could have been storyboards or production designs for a movie. I can't wait to read more!
January 3, 2020
3.1.20 - Adjusting a heap of ratings, oop.
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3.5 stars? Not the most amazing story, but I still quite enjoyed it!
Pros:
- Lovely art.
- Lesbian characters.
- Sweet, precious android too trusting for his own good who deserves better.
Cons:
- Ends somewhat abruptly.
- The cast is kind of huge so there isn't really a lot of time for everyone to have a decent amount of character development before everything goes to shit and people start dying.
- Brought back all of my bitterness + disappointment re: the Alien Covenant film.
I know there are more volumes that follow this one, so I'll be jumping into those pretty soon hopefully!
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3.5 stars? Not the most amazing story, but I still quite enjoyed it!
Pros:
- Lovely art.
- Lesbian characters.
- Sweet, precious android too trusting for his own good who deserves better.
Cons:
- Ends somewhat abruptly.
- The cast is kind of huge so there isn't really a lot of time for everyone to have a decent amount of character development before everything goes to shit and people start dying.
- Brought back all of my bitterness + disappointment re: the Alien Covenant film.
I know there are more volumes that follow this one, so I'll be jumping into those pretty soon hopefully!
April 11, 2018
In a similar vein to its thematic parent, Prometheus, Fire and Stone suffers from nigh the same flaws as its predecessor. Interestingly enough, while Ridley Scott’s film tries to be far more than it’s convoluted frame would allow, this successor has an inverted problem, not trying hard enough to be different and successful within its own right.
From the very first issue I knew this would be a doozy. An internalized documentary is always a boring (see: Hickman’s Transhuman) way to tell a story in comic book format and this one is no exception. Super-saturated with nothing more than expository dialogue and a kernel of a plot-twist, this made for a tepid intro. Just like a first date that that doesn’t do anything for your mojo, this anti-tumescent tale had me ready to place an escape call from the get-go.
Yet, I trudged on through the inevitably upcoming banality.
Which sucks because even when the art-work is pretty and the violence is satisfactory, suspicious plot-development and the actions they bear hardly keep us interested nor grounded in what should be a coherent tale. Even when classic references to the series are dropped in, they don’t add to the story in any meaningful way, they merely remind us that we are indeed in the Alien universe.
The words careless and mismanaged immediately sprang to mind.
Confusing action begets even more confusing action and by the end, I’m not quite sure what’s happened. Without any emotional resonance nor implications for the entirety of this literary universe, the conclusion felt like a dry orgasm more than anything: devoid of virile fluid and its accompanying joy.
It's not a bird! It's not a plane! It's a Dud!
From the very first issue I knew this would be a doozy. An internalized documentary is always a boring (see: Hickman’s Transhuman) way to tell a story in comic book format and this one is no exception. Super-saturated with nothing more than expository dialogue and a kernel of a plot-twist, this made for a tepid intro. Just like a first date that that doesn’t do anything for your mojo, this anti-tumescent tale had me ready to place an escape call from the get-go.
Yet, I trudged on through the inevitably upcoming banality.
Which sucks because even when the art-work is pretty and the violence is satisfactory, suspicious plot-development and the actions they bear hardly keep us interested nor grounded in what should be a coherent tale. Even when classic references to the series are dropped in, they don’t add to the story in any meaningful way, they merely remind us that we are indeed in the Alien universe.
The words careless and mismanaged immediately sprang to mind.
Confusing action begets even more confusing action and by the end, I’m not quite sure what’s happened. Without any emotional resonance nor implications for the entirety of this literary universe, the conclusion felt like a dry orgasm more than anything: devoid of virile fluid and its accompanying joy.
It's not a bird! It's not a plane! It's a Dud!
March 14, 2015
I dont know if it's really that good, or if it's just been so long since Ive read any Aliens and Predator comics, but I really enjoyed the Fire and Stone series.
This volume is titled PROMETHEUS, but it really read more like a traditional aliens comic. However, it is sent on the world with the black goo, and there's an Engineer involved, so it does tie into Prometheus as well. Overall a really good volume with a good story and good art. If you like Prometheus, Aliens, or Predator, you'll like this one.
This volume is titled PROMETHEUS, but it really read more like a traditional aliens comic. However, it is sent on the world with the black goo, and there's an Engineer involved, so it does tie into Prometheus as well. Overall a really good volume with a good story and good art. If you like Prometheus, Aliens, or Predator, you'll like this one.
November 1, 2017
Vote: 3,5-4 stars
Far better than the movie!
Oh well, that was just too easy.
June 17, 2017
I think know I'll pass on reading the rest of the story
February 12, 2024
Prometheus: Fire and Stone did indeed pick things up a bit.
There's a bit more meat on the bones of the story and the artwork is miles better than that of Aliens: Fire and Stone. I'd even go as far as to say this was a better Aliens story than the Aliens one. The artwork also brings me back to the wonderful 90s artwork found in the early Dark Horse Aliens books.
Character work is still very minimal, but I really don't think people read these things (Alien/Predator) for stuff like that.
Onto simultaneously reading AVP and Predator: Fire and Stone, since each chapter in each book takes place during the same moment in time (I'm reading these chronologically).
There's a bit more meat on the bones of the story and the artwork is miles better than that of Aliens: Fire and Stone. I'd even go as far as to say this was a better Aliens story than the Aliens one. The artwork also brings me back to the wonderful 90s artwork found in the early Dark Horse Aliens books.
Character work is still very minimal, but I really don't think people read these things (Alien/Predator) for stuff like that.
Onto simultaneously reading AVP and Predator: Fire and Stone, since each chapter in each book takes place during the same moment in time (I'm reading these chronologically).
February 20, 2019
Me estoy adentrando en este mundo de los xenomorfos y me está gustando, sobre todo esta versión de cómic. Muy entretenido y las ilustraciones están muy bien logradas.
April 24, 2015
Moves basically in the lowest common denominator sort of direction. Not in any sort of thoughtful SF movement forward from the end of the Prometheus film.
March 15, 2018
Maybe because I just really love the alien franchise and was desperate to read something, I picked this up and it's an interesting start.
I had to wait a few hours to process everything as this takes place after Aliens it seems (love you Ripley) thanks to a hint towards the end of the comic but also around the staging of Prometheus as we get more details about the black goo (eww goo) and an engineer but the best part was the idea of this.
It did end a bit abruptly but that's a cliffhanger so I've been suckered into looking for the next installment.
I had to wait a few hours to process everything as this takes place after Aliens it seems (love you Ripley) thanks to a hint towards the end of the comic but also around the staging of Prometheus as we get more details about the black goo (eww goo) and an engineer but the best part was the idea of this.
It did end a bit abruptly but that's a cliffhanger so I've been suckered into looking for the next installment.
September 5, 2021
A pretty good read with some cool art but I feel like so far it's a pretty paint by numbers Alien story. I guess once there are so many different stories in the same universe there's not a ton of new stuff any one author can bring to the party but it just kind of left me wanting something more. I think it could come together in an interesting way though so I'll probably check out the next volume and see how it goes.
May 1, 2023
Una historia interesante, seguir con la historia de la pelicula Prometheus, me gusta que quieran seguir con la sagas.
Las criaturas que aparecen, creo que estan bien pensadas ese sintetico que se transforma esta muy chulo las criaturas del planeta LV-223 me gustan.
Creo que es un buen cómic si te gusta el universo Alien.
Las criaturas que aparecen, creo que estan bien pensadas ese sintetico que se transforma esta muy chulo las criaturas del planeta LV-223 me gustan.
Creo que es un buen cómic si te gusta el universo Alien.
October 15, 2014
A solid start to the franchise rebot, and definitely collecting the other issues from Aliens, Aliens vs Predator as well!
December 30, 2019
Prometheus had some problems, but one of them was definitely that the scientist characters practiced nothing similar to actual science. In Prometheus: Fire and Stone, one of the characters was placed under arrest for violating proper Weyland-Yutani company procedure due to performing unsanctioned experiments.
Of course, everything still went horribly wrong because they're facing aliens, but at least they tried.
The basic plot is that over a century after Prometheus, and after the events of Aliens, another expedition is dispatched to LV-223 in order to ostensibly look for salvage, but actually to follow up on the expedition chronicled in Prometheus. And due to the events of Prometheus, LV-223 isn't anything like they were expecting it to be and everything goes terribly wrong. Despite all of the well-enacted containment protocols and scientific caution, the expeditionary crew is a salvage team. They have security to deal with hostile wildlife and keep the peace on the ship, but not enough to fight off aliens.
That was why I like Prometheus: Fire and Stone more than the other aliens-related comics I've read so far. Generally, the aliens are toned down to the point where colonial marines are mowing them down by the hundreds or thousands, when in Alien all it took was a single alien to kill the entire crew. Here, the crew is cautious, follows protocol, doesn't get cocky, and still suffer horrific casualties leaving only a few survivors. There's even a bit of "the real enemy is man," but other humans definitely aren't the main antagonist. The main antagonist is the alien ecosystem. The crew does everything they can and still fail.
I hope they can maintain this atmosphere in the other Fire and Stone books.
Of course, everything still went horribly wrong because they're facing aliens, but at least they tried.
The basic plot is that over a century after Prometheus, and after the events of Aliens, another expedition is dispatched to LV-223 in order to ostensibly look for salvage, but actually to follow up on the expedition chronicled in Prometheus. And due to the events of Prometheus, LV-223 isn't anything like they were expecting it to be and everything goes terribly wrong. Despite all of the well-enacted containment protocols and scientific caution, the expeditionary crew is a salvage team. They have security to deal with hostile wildlife and keep the peace on the ship, but not enough to fight off aliens.
That was why I like Prometheus: Fire and Stone more than the other aliens-related comics I've read so far. Generally, the aliens are toned down to the point where colonial marines are mowing them down by the hundreds or thousands, when in Alien all it took was a single alien to kill the entire crew. Here, the crew is cautious, follows protocol, doesn't get cocky, and still suffer horrific casualties leaving only a few survivors. There's even a bit of "the real enemy is man," but other humans definitely aren't the main antagonist. The main antagonist is the alien ecosystem. The crew does everything they can and still fail.
I hope they can maintain this atmosphere in the other Fire and Stone books.
March 15, 2022
A graphic novel collecting four comic books as a follow up to the Prometheus movie.
This is all new character returning to LV-223 around 130 years after the original Prometheus and even after the original Alien movies.
It tells what happened to the planet after the black goo from the vases spill after the Engineers' ship is crashed into my the Prometheus.
The planet comes alive with a variety of strange xenomorph type creates. While a group of actual xenomorphs is let loose from a lifeboat type craft that crashed there from LV-433 (original Alien movie).
In the end, a small group including the female captain survive in the cave vacated by the LV-433 lifeboat survivor while the rest are all killed by xenomorphs, or in the case of a couple, the solitary Engineer, who they thought was saving them when it destroyed the xenomorphs hunting them.
In the end, this didn't expand upon anything from the Prometheus movie story in terms of revelation or understanding but did add to that world building and universe with a follow up story of sorts. There was also the potential for follow ups by exploring the android Elden and his change to an evil/mad xenomorph/engineer type creature who 'befriended' the aliens after he was injected with the accelerant.
The Dark Horse art was excellent and both darker and less stylised than Marvel, which is too my taste. Although I did think the character differentiation wasnt very well done and it was too easy to mix them up or lose track of who was who.
But overall I really enjoyed this collection and read it in two sittings.
This is all new character returning to LV-223 around 130 years after the original Prometheus and even after the original Alien movies.
It tells what happened to the planet after the black goo from the vases spill after the Engineers' ship is crashed into my the Prometheus.
The planet comes alive with a variety of strange xenomorph type creates. While a group of actual xenomorphs is let loose from a lifeboat type craft that crashed there from LV-433 (original Alien movie).
In the end, a small group including the female captain survive in the cave vacated by the LV-433 lifeboat survivor while the rest are all killed by xenomorphs, or in the case of a couple, the solitary Engineer, who they thought was saving them when it destroyed the xenomorphs hunting them.
In the end, this didn't expand upon anything from the Prometheus movie story in terms of revelation or understanding but did add to that world building and universe with a follow up story of sorts. There was also the potential for follow ups by exploring the android Elden and his change to an evil/mad xenomorph/engineer type creature who 'befriended' the aliens after he was injected with the accelerant.
The Dark Horse art was excellent and both darker and less stylised than Marvel, which is too my taste. Although I did think the character differentiation wasnt very well done and it was too easy to mix them up or lose track of who was who.
But overall I really enjoyed this collection and read it in two sittings.
August 22, 2019
The atmosphere is chill and fun at first. Then the aliens show up and kill most everybody. If you like the Aliens or Predator movies, you should be ok to read this. I am reminded that I'm not a fan of either. Still, the story manages to put me to sleep, so it has some use.
Captain Angela Foster wants to find the answer to the Engineers, a race that supposedly created life in the universe. Her target is a ship that visited the planet over a century ago. Her crew don't yet know their true mission, believing it to be just a salvage run. When they land on the target planet, LV-223, they unexpectedly find a dense jungle. Also the ship that is their target is filled with the bloodthirsty aliens.
Captain Angela Foster wants to find the answer to the Engineers, a race that supposedly created life in the universe. Her target is a ship that visited the planet over a century ago. Her crew don't yet know their true mission, believing it to be just a salvage run. When they land on the target planet, LV-223, they unexpectedly find a dense jungle. Also the ship that is their target is filled with the bloodthirsty aliens.
May 16, 2018
While Alien: Covenant (2017) tracked the characters from Prometheus (2012) to a new world, this sequel instead brings us back to LV-226 to see what's happened since David (Michael Fassbender) woke the engineers and altered the ecosystem by releasing that weird-ass black goo.
While Covenant's narrative backbone was crushed under the weight of its half-baked religious themes, Fire and Stone foregoes the spiritual meandering (for the most part) and focuses instead on telling a razor-sharp horror story with all the classic elements of the Alien franchise (yes, there's an android, and I bet you can guess what happens with his story arc).
The characters are well-developed (and some of them are queer!) despite the size of the cast, and the creature design is genuinely interesting. Most importantly, the graphic novel does a MUCH better job of effectively tying the Prometheus universe to the Alien universe (the first film tried to deny any association, while its sequel was real sloppy about being like "okay yeah we lied this IS actually an Alien sequel).
Also there are Xenomorph sharks, so like ... yeah ... that's pretty neat I guess.
While Covenant's narrative backbone was crushed under the weight of its half-baked religious themes, Fire and Stone foregoes the spiritual meandering (for the most part) and focuses instead on telling a razor-sharp horror story with all the classic elements of the Alien franchise (yes, there's an android, and I bet you can guess what happens with his story arc).
The characters are well-developed (and some of them are queer!) despite the size of the cast, and the creature design is genuinely interesting. Most importantly, the graphic novel does a MUCH better job of effectively tying the Prometheus universe to the Alien universe (the first film tried to deny any association, while its sequel was real sloppy about being like "okay yeah we lied this IS actually an Alien sequel).
Also there are Xenomorph sharks, so like ... yeah ... that's pretty neat I guess.
September 29, 2017
This graphic novel is set in the the Aliens/Prometheus universe. A scavenger ship is on the way to an uninhabited moon to find a downed research vessel. What the captain doesn't tell the crew is the vessel was the one where Waylon himself disappeared. They land on the moon and find it is not a uninhabited desert like they thought. In fact there are all kinds of alien creatures and even an Engineer. As in all the alien universe, many die while they are trying to figure out what is going on. There is a twist with some crew deserting and leaving the rest on the moon. It was an enjoyable horror comic, not anything earth-shattering or all that memorable. It does seem to end abruptly so there may be more to come.
June 28, 2017
Entretenido es volver al Universo Alien, a través de Prometheus. Si bien este es el primer capítulo de una zaga que continuará, resulta destacable el esfuerzo en revitalizar y unir cronológicamente lo eventos que nutren la historia, en orden a mantener una estructura lineal (o secundaria) con las películas. Viñetas con coloridas imágenes, además de una entretenida fórmula para leer los diálogos, da cuenta de un trabajo que merece la pena ser explorado. Muy recomendable a quienes les interese saber más sobre lo que sucedió en LV-223 luego de la partida de la Doctora E. Shaw.
May 26, 2019
3.5 stars. Prometheus expands on the Aliens mythology so well, it is a pity that the movie series did not take off. Any adaptation of this story would have made the movie better than what it was.
The art here is great. The characters are not as fully developed as you would like, but the thrilling narrative makes it work, although there are quite a few things that just happen when it is convenient to the plot. It is definitely a chilling mood piece.
The art here is great. The characters are not as fully developed as you would like, but the thrilling narrative makes it work, although there are quite a few things that just happen when it is convenient to the plot. It is definitely a chilling mood piece.
April 28, 2023
This comic came out 2 years after the Prometheus movie and follow that story. This in my opinion is better than the movie for several reason. One, this lets you get to know the characters better (Its easier to like them too). Two, this takes the concept of what Prometheus was and expands upon it, it's so cool seeing a whole world of alien created goo monsters. Third, the Android idea is way better and cooler.
May 23, 2021
The art was great. Probably the best thing about this comic.
The dialogue could be fun at times, cheesy and forced at other times.
The characters were mostly bland or felt cook-cutter: the "tough guy," the "leader," the "smartass," etc.
They also somehow managed to make the crew of the Prometheus movie look like geniuses.
The dialogue could be fun at times, cheesy and forced at other times.
The characters were mostly bland or felt cook-cutter: the "tough guy," the "leader," the "smartass," etc.
They also somehow managed to make the crew of the Prometheus movie look like geniuses.
July 16, 2025
I really hate the movie but this small prequelis really good.
Yeah, the characters are a bit underdeveloped due to the length, but the story is intriguing and the new creature designs are awesome.
I'd rather see this developed into a full length movie than ever have to watch the original Prometheus again
Yeah, the characters are a bit underdeveloped due to the length, but the story is intriguing and the new creature designs are awesome.
I'd rather see this developed into a full length movie than ever have to watch the original Prometheus again
August 7, 2022
Pretty terrible as a story. Decent art. Up from 1.5 stars for that and because I still dig this universe no matter how much it consistently gets worse. It also get a quarter of a point for saving me the time of reading the rest of what I’m sure will be an abysmal series.
November 29, 2017
It was ok just ok. wish it had more about the engineers.
July 18, 2018
Was alright, series gets better as it goes along.
January 27, 2019
I’m struggling to give this two stars. The second star is based on the artwork, which is pretty good. But the story was so bad it detracted from that. What a turd.
February 18, 2019
(for the whole series) Not a bad comic, quite well solved, but I prefer ths series "Life and death", which extends and continues this first series
January 24, 2020
Better than the sequel to the movie at least.
April 25, 2020
parece un poco complejo al principio por la cantidad de data pero termina por crear una buena historia
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