For reviews of the new JP comic books by IDW, I am joined here by fellow geek and friend, Patrick Hayes (you can also find his popular reviews of IDW's current plethora of Star Trek comics on TrekWeb.com and other reviews on SciFiPulse). Pat's Jurassic Park reviews are here: Jurassic Park Reviews).
Although
there are no television "episodes" in the JP canon, I am continuing to use the
term "episode" as I have elsewhere on PopApostle, as a separable piece in the
continuous narrative of a larger story.
Jurassic Park Chronology (see also the Jurassic World Chronology) |
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| "Genesis" | "Jurassic Jam" | "Sneakers" | "Betrayal" |
"Heirs to the Thunder" Part 1 |
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| Jurassic Park #0 (Topps) | Return to Jurassic Park #9 (Topps) | Jurassic Park Annual #1 (Topps) | Jurassic Park #0 (Topps) | Return to Jurassic Park #5 (Topps) | ||||||||||
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Millionaire industrialist John Hammond plays his ace to convince
his backers that his over-budget, behind schedule, secret new
theme park is worth funding. |
As the park comes closer to completion, security and safety failures
foreshadow bigger problems in the future. |
A problem
crops up in the unfinished park just as important visitors
arrive. |
When the
park’s systems programmer, Dennis Nedry, sees what is really
happening on the island, he begins to believe he underbid for
the contract. |
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"Heirs to the Thunder" Part 2 |
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| Return to Jurassic Park #6 (Topps) | Movie/Novel |
Jurassic Park: The Game (Episode 1) |
Jurassic Park: The Game (Episode 2) |
Jurassic Park: The Game (Episode 3) |
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Derek and
Abby find themselves in jeopardy from the insane Dr. Gustavus. |
Things go wrong at the soon-to-be-opened theme park featuring the living clones of dinosaurs. | When Dennis Nedry fails to show up at the ship with the embryo canister, a BioSyn agent takes action. | An InGen rescue team arrives on the island. | Our heroes make their way through the maintenance tunnel system of the park, but continue to be pursued by raptors...and encounter something else as well. | ||||||||||
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| "The Survivors" | "Aftershocks" | "Dark Cargo" | "Rush" |
"Photo Finish" Part 1 |
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Jurassic Park: The Game (Episode 4) |
Jurassic Park: Raptor #1 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptor #2 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptors Attack #1 (Topps) | Return to Jurassic Park #7 (Topps) | ||||||||||
| Our heroes come to the end game. |
Grant and
Ellie are brought back to Isla Nublar to help advise the U.S.
Army on reigning in the loose dinosaurs on the island. |
Lawala
kidnaps Grant and Ellie as he also smuggles the raptors off the
island. |
After crash-landing in the Columbian
jungle, Grant and Ellie are held prisoner by a drug lord who has
them caring for the raptors he has also captured and plans to
use as the ultimate attack dogs. |
The U.S.
Army gains control of Isla Nublar and Derek and Abby return as
part of the InGen crew. |
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"Photo Finish" Part 2 |
"Animals/Men" | "Animals/Gods" | "Gods/Men" | "The Wild" | ||||||||||
| Return to Jurassic Park #8 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptors Attack #2 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptors Attack #3 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptors Attack #4 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptors Hijack #1 (Topps) | ||||||||||
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Derek and
Abby seek to prove Abby’s innocence in the photo fiasco. |
Rafael sets in motion his plan to use the raptors. |
With
Rafael dead, Grant and Ellie escape to civilization. But the
raptors have also escaped…into the Columbian jungle. |
Seeking to
avenge the death of Lawala, Muldoon organizes a safari into the
Columbian jungle to track down the raptors. |
A new
researcher and a mysterious ape encounter the fleeing raptors. |
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| "Civilization" | "Fever" | "Trapped" | "No Man's Land" | "No Woman's Land" | ||||||||||
| Jurassic Park: Raptors Hijack #2 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptors Hijack #3 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Raptors Hijack #4 (Topps) | Return to Jurassic Park #1 (Topps) | Return to Jurassic Park #2 (Topps) | ||||||||||
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Dr.
Fischer returns, now working for Biosyn; the raptors build their
nest. |
Biosyn
pens in the raptors. |
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| "No Wimp's Land" | "No-Man's Land" | "Dangerous Games" Part 1 | "Dangerous Games" Part 2 | "Dangerous Games" Part 3 | ||||||||||
| Return to Jurassic Park #3 (Topps) | Return to Jurassic Park #4 (Topps) | Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #1 (IDW) | Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #2 (IDW) | Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #3 (IDW) | ||||||||||
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The InGen
and Biosyn groups join together for a trek through the jungle of
Isla Nublar to
the military base and the source of the Green Flame. |
The group
must flee the renegade soldiers and an enraged Tyrannosaurus
to escape from Isla Nublar. |
A drug lord buys Isla Nublar from the Costa Rican government and turns it into his headquarters. | Agent Espinoza is rescued by a female dinosaur researcher who has "gone wild" on Isla Nublar. But is she friend or foe? |
Agent Espinoza duels the assassin Tiburon in a dinosaur-infested jungle. |
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| "Dangerous Games" Part 4 | "Dangerous Games" Part 5 | "Death Lizards" | ||||||||||||
| Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #4 (IDW) | Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #5 (IDW) | Movie/Novel | Audio from JP: Trespasser | Jurassic Park Annual #1 (Topps) | ||||||||||
| Espinoza plots his escape from the island. | Agent Espinoza's showdown with the dinosaurs of Isla Nublar and the drug lord Cazares. |
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Excerpts from the memoir of John Hammond on his most famous (or infamous) creation. |
A pack of
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| Survivor | Jurassic Park III | Prey | Flyers | "Redemption" Part 1 | ||||||||||
| Jurassic Park Adventures, Book 1 | Movie | Jurassic Park Adventures, Book 2 | Jurassic Park Adventures, Book 3 | Jurassic Park #1 (IDW) | ||||||||||
| In an unfortunate accident, 13-year old Eric Kirby becomes stranded alone on Isla Sorna. |
Strapped for cash for his work, Dr. Alan Grant agrees to
lead an aerial tour of Isla Sorna…but during the tour chaos
takes a hand. |
Dr. Grant heads up a UN project to protect and study Isla Sorna and the dinosaurs living on it. While he supervises construction of an outpost, a group of reckless teenagers illegally parachutes onto the island to shoot a documentary. | The escaped pterosaurs from Isla Sorna migrate to Orlando, Florida, where they terrorize the Universal Studios theme park. |
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| "Redemption" Part 2 | "Redemption" Part 3 | "Redemption" Part 4 | "Redemption" Part 5 |
"The Devils in the Desert" Part 1 |
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| Jurassic Park #2 (IDW) | Jurassic Park #3 (IDW) | Jurassic Park #4 (IDW) | Jurassic Park #5 (IDW) |
Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert #1 (IDW) |
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| The escaped Carnotaurus wreaks havoc outside Glen Rose, Texas. | Tim and Lex begin independent investigations of the goings-on in Glen Rose. | Dinosaurs stampede through the town of Glen Rose. | Dinosaurs on the loose in Glen Rose and a Giganotosaurus about to stomp through the local nuclear power plant! Not. Good. | Cattle and people begin turning up mutilated near a small desert town. | ||||||||||
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"The Devils in the Desert" Part 2 |
"The Devils in the Desert" Part 3 |
"The Devils in the Desert" Part 4 |
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Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert #2 (IDW) |
Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert #3 (IDW) |
Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert #4 (IDW) |
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| Sheriff and FBI versus Pteranodons! | InGen takes a hand. | Sheriff Tobias and Dr. Alvarez chase the Pteranodons to the conclusion! | ||||||||||||
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