It has a flashback. It has an actual flashback to explain the events in previous comic books to explain to the reader what’s pertinent.
I tried the Dark Horse relaunches of Aliens and Predator. Both were atrocious on almost every level, but they also didn’t have any flashbacks to explain the ground situation to readers who hadn’t been loyally reading the Dark Horse licensed titles.
Aliens vs. Predator has a flashback. It comes late in the issue, in the narrative even.
The comic turns around, in terms of writing, about halfway through the issue. It opens badly with a big action scene–Rick Leonardi’s artwork is real weak. I’m shocked Dark Horse relaunched these titles (the others have it too) with such weak, cartoonish artwork. There probably isn’t a single good panel in the book… wait, there’s one.
But Randy Stradley can write and he eventually does.
It’s not terrible.
