This is it. We have finally reached the grand finale. It has been quite the ambitious journey reaching this point. There will be time to wax poetic about the series later, it’s time to get down to business. Our final major players are: Galgo, Angela Foster, Elden, and a veteran Predator. Will anyone leave LV-223 with what they were looking for?

We kick off Predator: Fire and Stone Omega with Angela and Galgo hunting for food. Angela is no longer sporting the Lara Croft look, and kudos if this was done on purpose. As the duo is attempting to hunt the mutated wildlife, things go wrong and they are saved by the Predator aka Ahab. I have been constantly impressed with this series ability to make a human/Predator “friendship” work. It makes sense in the right circumstances, and this story has proven that. I was forever scarred by the first AvP movie, and the scar is all but healed now.
Elden then proceeds to make a dramatic entrance, crashing in the vicinity of our “heroes”. He has now reached the point where he is dying and looking for answers. All of the hate has dissipated, and a great conversation here about life and death with Elden and Angela takes place. The pair decides they need Ahab’s help, and use Galgo as bait. Suffice to say, he was not pleased being the proverbial “damsel in distress”. During this encounter we finally get to see the Alien Queen. Of course, this no ordinary Queen, this is the Accelerant version, and it reminded me of an ant queen. (Which in turn reminded me of Hudson’s quote from the special edition of Aliens).
This is about where it gets crazy, as always I don’t like to ruin the entire issue. There are tons to soak in this finale, as it is a delicious 44 pages. The artwork is beautiful, everything is wonderfully detailed. It brings the entire world to life. The dialogue is also well written, and you can tell extra care was put in this final issue. As for the series conclusion? Satisfying, and in tune with the all of the universes involved. I was worried they would try to do too much and ruin all of the work that was done, but that did not happen.

SUMMARY

After years of hibernation, it’s been an absolute blast reading more stories in the Aliens and Predator mythologies. Neither franchise garners as much attention in the sci-fi genre as the Star Wars and Star Treks of the world but have a huge following nonetheless. They remain two of the coolest creations in the genre and their stories need to be kept alive. The introduction of Prometheus for the first time into comic books was a rousing success, the mysterious Engineers lent themselves well to the story and served as a great set up for everything. I hope more comics in the works, as there are still plenty of tales to be spun. For now, this Dave Gogel, reviewing the last of the Fire and Stone series signing off…

Release Date: 2/11/15

Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick

Artist: Agustin Alessio