A review by shaunhamill
Aliens Omnibus Vol. 1 by Mark Verheiden

4.0

Very strong work here, most produced before Alien 3 and then altered after its release (Newt and Hicks became Billie and Wilks) to fit in with established film continuity. As a sequel to Alien 3, this material is confusing, since Ripley is still alive and the book never explains how she knows Billie and Wilks, and there are several instances where they forgot to change the names in "Female War," so that Ripley calls Billie "Newt." Honestly it would have been less confusing if they'd just left the names in place and considered this an alternate path than the one taken by Alien 3. If I didn't already know the history of these stories, I would have been at sea. I think the novelization of this story by Steve Perry made all of this make a little more sense, if I remember it correctly.