Aliens: Reapers/Cargo

Aliens (comics)

by John Arcudi, Simon Bisley (Illustrator), Dan Jolley

Twin tales of terror! In "Reapers," an Alien hive is invaded by a crew of extraterrestrials with a distinctly unusual agenda. Written by John Arcudi (BPRD, The Mask), illustrated by Simon Bisley (Lobo, Hellblazer). And the last run for a soon-to-be retiring smuggler becomes a fight for survival as a vengeful partner unleashes a singularly deadly "Cargo." Written by Dan Jolley (JSA: The Liberty Files, Obergeist), illustrated by John Nadeau (Star Wars, Secret Weapons).

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Science Fiction

30 pages, Paperback

First published June 12, 1993

About the author

John Arcudi has made a name for himself by scripting comics that manage to combine long-running subplots with impeccable characterization and action sequences, making for some of the most exciting and consistently good comics out today.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reapers didn't make a lick of sense. It's just random panels of green skinned humanoid aliens fighting Xenomorphs for a few pages. Cargo was much better. It's about a drug smuggler who rolls over on his boss and gets trapped with an Alien. Good, quick story with good art.

[Mirnes Alispahić · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first story is about space Orcs who eat xenomorph eggs as alien balut (google it if you don't know what it is). It's a bunch of Heavy Metal-looking panels with no dialogue. Lazy story. The second one is about a smuggler who flips on his boss and steals cargo which is a bit more than he could handle, but manages. Slightly better.

[Nick Lege · Rating 1 out of 5]

What even was that?

There was literally no point let alone dialogue for this short story. Nothing made sense, just a bunch of random aliens attack alien-humanoids we were never introduced to. This should have never been published, super lazy work.

This one has to be the worst addition to the Aliens graphic novel series.

[The Smoog · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reapers is little more than a collection of very stylish art by Simon Bisley, there’s not much else to it.

Cargo was decent enough with more nice art, but a little too short. A bit more substance would have been nice.

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read Reapers only as part of Aliens Omnibus volume 3. I have not read Cargo.
Reapers is a very short story, only eight pages long, with no text or dialog at all - just Bisley's very unusual art. A bit hard to follow but the final panel makes it worthwhile.

[SOTERO RIVERA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good comic

Not much in the way of plot and character building but the artwork is cool. It'll pass for a good comic.