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to get to the end and say goodbye to these silent comic stars but creator writer artist ricardo delgado makes sure they go out in style the drama the suspense the wonderful character moments have all been leading to this however having a final climactic battle between the tyrannosaurus rex pack and the deinonycuses wasn t enough for delgado he takes it to another level and sets the finale at sunset and during a storm pouring lashings of atmosphere into an already thrilling strip seriously these final pages need to be seen and i can only show a few select highlights so if you do see these comics for sale buy them this is worth the price of entry james colours have brought a deeply rich and vibrant world to life perfectly matching ricardo s stunning artwork after a few pages of already stunning action we get to the spread above there s so much to love here so many little details my eyes pick up anew with every pass the rain splashing off long jaw s back the deinonychuses sinking their teeth deep into talon as her mouth waters the depth of the battle with the silhouettes in the background and the sheer scale of the action in the foreground as the four giant t rex dinosaurs dominate the scene james sinclair s colours add even more than normal with a suddenly subdued palette portraying the time of day perfectly all the way through age of reptiles james colours have brought a deeply rich and vibrant world to life perfectly matching ricardo s stunning artwork in fact james colouring helped tell the story just as much as the line work from the identifying markings on each character to the scene setting vistas and passages of time culminating in these gorgeous final pages the battle feels suitably climactic after all this time and it certainly didn t disappoint teenage me with both sides playing to their strengths they always seemed evenly matched despite being two very different species i was always interested to know who d win in the end and i couldn t remember this final chapter until i read it for this review the answer of course is that neither side wins this makes perfect sense in the end as we d gotten attached to various characters from both factions the pouring rain and the might of the battle on top of the nest is too much for the outcrop to bear as the lightning strikes i can almost hear the thunder and the rain as the rocks begin to fall just as the t rex pack begins to destroy the nest the ground shakes and everything and everyone hurtles down the cliff seemingly to their doom the story skips ahead to the next morning when all is quiet and we initially think that s the end until one sole survivor breaks free from the rubble long jaw waits and waits but when no one else climbs out he makes his way through the jungle to the nest there are always little extra details to catch our attention in ricardo s story such as the huge brachiosaur who seems to be almost timidly walking by so as not to disturb the t rex but long jaw s only concern is getting home to protect the one remaining egg left in the wake of the deinonychus attack back in 7 at least he can take solace in the fact that is now safe until we see the final page that is as he approaches the nest a bird lands on his back and squawks at him obviously communicating danger long jaw runs towards the nest and on the penultimate page the look of surprise on his face is almost comical as he finds a strange little creature tucking into a tasty treat there have been sequels to this told by ricardo over the years but none had been created by the time of jurassic park s printing so it s with a heavy heart we say goodbye to the age of reptiles it s been a thrill every single issue sometimes more so even than the jurassic park strips the caption at the bottom of the final page to age of reptiles tells us cadillac and dinosaurs begins next month but if this sounds vaguely familiar that s because it s the cartoon network s name for their adaptation of xenozoic tales which we had as a second back up strip in issues 6 to 9 so it s not a beginning just a renamed continuation which i m very happy about on the back page is an advert for a street fighter ii comic based on the video game which still feels rather random today there s no dark horse logo but there is a manga one this ll be an important detail for jurassic park from next month you ll see what i mean when we get there the review of the next issue which sees some welcome changes to the comic will be here from tuesday 8th september 2022 see you then issue 12 issue 14 jurassic park menu armando gil fred carrillo james sinclair john bolton john costanza renée witterstaetter ricardo delgado steve englehart comic reviews jurassic park jurassic park 12 what a rush 7 july 2022 phil boyce leave a comment another issue of dark horse international s uk version of jurassic park hit shelves 28 years ago today with a slight redesign to the cover an even split inside once again and a few extra pages although not quite the number it had before michael golden s cover is framed this time and the text is reduced resulting in us being able to see more of his excellent art such a shame the best cover art of the series wasn t given this treatment last month eh the monthly comic had always totalled 36 pages but last month this plummeted to 28 there are 32 here so it s slowly returning to its previous size and it s made up of 16 outer pages made of a higher quality grade of paper with the inner 16 the usual matt just like last month the jurassic park strip and the age of reptiles back up are given the same amount of room to breath so with the increase in pages that s 14 a pop a nice chunky read this month and it s a corker steve englehart s official sequel to the first movie continues with the first part of rush however on the contents page it s listed as raptors attack part one the name of the four issue mini series in the us the first story of which was rush a strange decision by editor dick hansom particularly when it s not explained and at the time without the aid of the internet to look such things up i assumed the comic was making up a name on the contents page and i didn t know why but that s not important what is is that this sees the first steps in a story which may seem somewhat familiar to fans of later instalments in the movie series decades later doctors ellie satler and alan grant wake up after supposedly having blacked out when their plane crashed we re told the jungle was so thick it slowed their fall just enough and find themselves guests of a man named raphael in the middle of colombia but it s not just our human characters he has taken in we find out raphael is known as the columbian criminal by us politicians although he says he s innocent because the drug trade would continue whether or not he was in charge he just profits he comes across as a charming individual but his isolation in the middle of the jungle hiding from authorities while maintaining his empire has made him somewhat paranoid he believes the crash has delivered the perfect solution knowing all about hammond s island thanks to his links in the corrupt government he s going to train the velociraptors to be his guard dogs to protect those profits as you can see above the dinosaurs aren t happy about this at all caged up with electronic collars the ferocity of the animals trying to get at our heroes through the toughened glass is perfectly captured by penciller armando gill inker fred carillo and colourist renée witterstaetter who as always is also story editor with john costanza s letters working a treat at conveying the sound of their fury only two raptors are being trained so far though the third is being kept separate and still recovering from their injuries only alive thanks to ellie s intervention last issue while the american government continues to track their plane the doctors try to convince raphael what he s attempting is impossible but he uses humankind s taming of wolves as an example to prove them wrong raphael even tells ellie while she tends to the wounds of the injured raptor that if it is indeed impossible he ll have no more need of her and alan they ve no choice but to help above you can see his first attempt at control while alan and ellie watch on helplessly this continues for a few pages and the reader begins to feel sorry for the raptors as they continue to disobey trying to escape their anger at raphael clear in their eyes and getting electrically shocked again and again alan and ellie beg him to stop but it falls on deaf ears he s completely crazed and doesn t understand why they d wish to protect animals who would tear them apart given half the chance eventually they tire looking beaten completely defeated but they re faking it to stop the pain regaining their strength for one final attempt at attack the artwork has definitely gone up a notch things conclude for now when our heroes protests become too much for raphael and combined with his annoyance at the dinosaurs disobedience he orders them to go and tend to his new pets a raptor in a cage weakened from a shotgun wound is one thing but being thrown into another with these two is something else this is the cliffhanger for now and i can t remember what happens next so the dread is likely reminiscent of that i felt back in 1994 when i also had to wait a month for the answer while it s the same creative team behind rush as we had for dark cargo the artwork has definitely gone up a notch the dinosaurs in particular look how they re supposed to again and the story was incredibly exciting as a teenager remember this was a few years before the lost world jurassic park so we hadn t seen anything like this yet we d only seen these creatures on the island nowhere else if you were to read this issue and the following chapters from what i remember of them for the first time now the impact may be somewhat diluted after the five movies that have followed but i m still just as thrilled as i was back then because that s how i instantly feel when i open each issue like it s 1994 all over again this was the only sequel and it was developing the original movie s plot in ways i d never imagined it feels epic yet it s ultimately a small tale of two dinosaur packs so we ve got to know the individuals involved moving on to the second half of the issue and it s hard to believe we ve only had seven parts to the simply brilliant age of reptiles superbly written and intricately illustrated by ricardo delgado with the bright and vibrant colouring of james sinclair the connection i feel i have with these silent comic stars makes it feel like i ve been enjoying the strip for a lot longer it just feels so epic yet it s ultimately a small tale of two packs of dinosaurs so we ve got to know the individuals involved each one standing out with their body language or distinct markings we begin with the deinonychuses walking alongside a huge ultrasaurus initially we think they re maybe just heading in the same direction or using the huge beast as cover but then she begins to tire and eventually collapses dead from a series of smaller wounds inflicted on her by the pack but in a moment above that shows the brilliance and the humour of delgado they realise they re not alone for this potential feast regular readers of the blog may recognise some of the characters below although i must say i m a little disappointed they re only in this for a page or two and that s it being named in 9 s cast of characters i was looking forward to their introduction especially hades our red carnotaurus friend here but they re no sooner introduced when the story moves on but their presence is important as a result all but one of the deinonychuses want to make a run for it as you can see in the funny series of panels below this is what i meant by how ricardo is so good at character through body language surprisingly while we re led to believe hades and his team s arrival would lead to a fight over the food instead a battle takes place between dark eye the current deinonychus leader who listens to the worry of the pack members and leads them away to fight another day in the photo above see the bottom panel dino on the right and quetzal who wishes to stay and claim their prize the angry looking one there s a bit of back and forth then the rest desert quetzal to fight for the food alone but she leaps on top of dark eye and next thing we re underneath a huge skeleton in the barren landscape for a leadership battle this continues for another page or two and at one point they rush each other claws bared as they pass and we see blood fill the frame but whose was it in the end in a shock twist dark eye is the one to fall leaving quetzal to assume control i loved the suspense here played out over more space than i can show you and was genuinely surprised when panel by panel i saw it was dark eye who had lost i was even more surprised to see the amount of blood and to know they d actually been killed age of reptiles isn t a strip for those who like to rush through their comics this is for people like myself who really take their time savouring every little detail in each panel before moving on to the next especially since this strip contains absolutely no words at all establishing characters changing scenes times of day and handling transitions all through visual queues there are so many little details that come together to tell this story you ll spend just as long with it as you would with a wordy strip from any modern comic so what could this turn of events mean for the pack in their war against the tyrannosaurus rex families with their new dangerous leader at the front the final page of this penultimate chapter sets a moody scene as they return to their nest where one of the rex females had previously killed so many of them on the one hand it s disappointing to know there s only one more part of this wonderful story to go but on the other it s the moment it s all been building to i m so glad my memory has failed me and i can t remember how it ends because i m as excited as i ever was i can t wait to see the conclusion a consistently great title jurassic park has evolved and changed over the past year my favourite format was definitely when we had three strips consisting of the film sequel the strip set in the age of the dinosaurs and the sci fi futuristic strip with added dinosaurs but from memory the rest of the comic s run would be two strips with just the one back up like this and last month s issues that s not to say there are no more changes afoot however for now though there s another month s wait ahead until i find out how these cliffhangers revolve themselves issue 13 s review will be up from thursday 4th august 2022 issue 11 issue 13 jurassic park menu armando gil dick hansom fred carrillo james sinclair john costanza renée witterstaetter ricardo delgado steve englehart comic reviews jurassic park jurassic park 11 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