History ComicBook / DarkHorseMonsters

* AndThenWhat: The protagonist in "Jungle of the Giants!" doesn't seem to have thought his plan through. [[spoiler:He has been shrunken and put in a terrarium. His plan is to reach the glass wall... and from there, he apparently plans to reach the ShrinkRay to restore himself to normal size. Somehow. All getting to the wall accomplishes is letting him look out at the machine. How he plans to get ''out'' to get to it is something even ''he'' seems unsure of.]]

* AndThenWhat: The protagonist in "Jungle of the Giants!" doesn't seem to have thought his plan through. [[spoiler:He has been shrunken and put in a terrarium. His plan is to reach the glass wall... and from there, he apparently plans to reach the shrinking machine to restore himself to normal size. Somehow. All getting to the wall accomplishes is letting him look out at the shrinking machine. How he plans to get ''out'' to get to it is something even ''he'' seems unsure of.]]

* AlienInvasion: "Burnout."

* PunnyName: The other time-traveled human Mike and Viv encounter in "Mike and Viv Go to Vegas!" introduces himself as "[[Film/OneMillionyearsBC Rock L. Welch]]."

* NarratingThePresent: "Burnout" and "Jungle of the Giants!" feature very spoken little dialogue (the former, in fact, has ''none''), with the protagonists narrating the story via present-tense first-person narration. "Mike and Viv Go to Vegas!" features lots of dialogue but also has present-tense third-person omniscient narration.

* NarratingThePresent: Both "Burnout" and "Jungle of the Giants!" feature very spoken little dialogue (the former, in fact, has ''none''), with the protagonists narrating the story via both present-tense first-person narration.

#''Burnout'': In [[TheNewTens 2003]], the city of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} has been leveled by vicious alien beasts. The creatures eat nuclear material, and when they attacked the three new nuclear power plants, they poisoned the city with deadly radioactivity. A lone man in a suit of experimental PoweredArmor, whose family had been killed by the creatures, is sent into the ruins of the city to deal with them. Story and pencils by Mike Wolfer.

#''Burnout'': In [[TheNewTens 2003]], the city of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} has been leveled by vicious alien beasts. The creatures eat nuclear material, and when they attacked a nuclear power plant and breached its core to gobble up the fuel inside, they poisoned the city with deadly radioactivity. A lone man in a suit of experimental PoweredArmor, whose family had been killed by the creatures, is sent into the ruins of the city to deal with them. Story and pencils by Mike Wolfer.

* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: It's very minor, but the beginning of "Monster Island" establishes that it takes place on [[AnAssKickingChristmas December 25]], [[{{Zeerust}} 1998]].

#''Monster Island'': A new chain of islands has appeared off the coast of North America in [[The90s 1998]]. Military pilots Connolly and Vasquez and scientists Dr. Stem and Dr. Brennan are sent via hovercraft to investigate, and find the islands are teeming with giant beasts. Upon landing, they quickly find themselves in far more danger than they'd originally anticipated. Story and art by Vince Mielcarek.

#''Burnout'': In 2003, the city of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} has been leveled by vicious alien beasts. The creatures eat nuclear material, and when they attacked a nuclear power plant and breached its core to gobble up the fuel inside, they poisoned the city with deadly radioactivity. A lone man in a suit of experimental PoweredArmor, whose family had been killed by the creatures, is sent into the ruins of the city to deal with them. Story and pencils by Mike Wolfer.

#''Monster Island'': A new chain of islands has appeared off the coast of North America in 1998. Military pilots Connolly and Vasquez and scientists Dr. Stem and Dr. Brennan are sent via hovercraft to investigate, and find the islands are teeming with giant beasts. Upon landing, they quickly find themselves in far more danger than they'd originally anticipated. Story and art by Vince Mielcarek.

* {{Zeerust}}: "Monster Island," published in 1986, is set in the far-flung future of 1998. It features [[JetPack jetpacks]], a [[DataPad datapad]], and an [[FlyingCar airship]].

#''Burnout'': The city of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} has been leveled by vicious alien beasts. The creatures eat nuclear material, and when they attacked a nuclear power plant and breached its core to gobble up the fuel inside, they poisoned the city with deadly radioactivity. A lone man in a suit of experimental PoweredArmor, whose family had been killed by the creatures, is sent into the ruins of the city to deal with them. Story and pencils by Mike Wolfer.

#''Monster Island'': A new chain of islands has appeared off the coast of North America. Military pilots Connolly and Vasquez and scientists Dr. Stem and Dr. Brennan are sent via hovercraft to investigate, and find the islands are teeming with giant beasts. Upon landing, they quickly find themselves in far more danger than they'd originally anticipated. Story and art by Vince Mielcarek.

#''Burnout'': The city of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} has been leveled by vicious alien beasts. The creatures eat nuclear material, and when they attacked a nuclear power plant and breached its core to gobble up the fuel inside, they poisoned the city with deadly radioactivity. A lone man in a suit of experimental power armor, whose family had been killed by the creatures, is sent into the ruins of the city to deal with them. Story and pencils by Mike Wolfer.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:The protagonist in "Burnout" does this at the end. He's already received a fatal dose of radiation from the mother alien, even with his battle suit's lead shielding. He says, "Being this close to you has killed me... but I'm not going alone!"]]

#''Jungle of the Giants!'': A disheveled man is lost in a gloomy jungle filled with gigantic beasts of his own creation. He is armed only with a spear, and pursued by a vicious lizard. Story by Timothy and Benjamin Truman. Art by Timothy Truman.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:The protagonist in "Burnout" does this at the end.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the group first lands on the island in "Monster Island," Dr. Stem's device is giving off huge life-readings. Everyone else suggests that it's due to the abundance of giant monsters, but Stem doesn't think so. It's forgotten about until the end. [[spoiler:Where we learn the island ''itself'' is one huge monster.]]

* {{Zeerust}}: "Monster Island," published in 1986, is set in the far-flung future of 1998. It features [[JetPack jetpacks]], a [[Data pad datapad]], and an [[FlyingCar airship]].

* {{Zeerust}}: "Monster Island," published in 1986, is set in the far-flung future of 1998. We still don't have anything remotely like the futuristic-looking airship or the laser pistols the team use.

* InMemoriam: In "Meet the Monster Makers" at the end of the comic, wherein editor Randy Stradley discusses the four individual stories, he makes special mention of the then recent death of artist Vince Mielcarek, who wrote and drew "Monster Island."

* InMemorium: In "Meet the Monster Makers" at the end of the comic, wherein editor Randy Stradley discusses the four individual stories, he makes special mention of the then recent death of artist Vince Mielcarek, who wrote and drew "Monster Island."

''Dark Horse Monsters'' is a 1997 AnthologyComic published by Creator/DarkHorseComics. It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a comic containing a group of short horror stories (similar to ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheCrypt'' or ''Film/{{Creepshow}}''). It featured cover art by Bob Eggleton (from his painting "Encounter with Horns and Teeth"). Although listed as "1," it only lasted one issue, and the stories contained in it were reprints of previously published stories which had appeared in issues of ''ComicBook/DarkHorsePresents''.

#''Burn Out'': The city of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} has been leveled by vicious alien beasts. The creatures eat nuclear material, and when they attacked a nuclear power plant and breached its core to gobble up the fuel inside, they poisoned the city with deadly radioactivity. A lone man in a suit of experimental power armor, whose family had been killed by the creatures, is sent into the ruins of the city to deal with them.
#''Jungle of the Giants!'': A disheveled man is lost in a gloomy jungle filled with gigantic beasts of his own creation. He is armed only with a spear, and pursued by a vicious lizard.
#''Mike and Viv Go to Vegas!'': Somehow or another, a bickering married couple named Mike and Viv has driven through a time warp on their way to UsefulNotes/LasVegas, and wound up in the Cretaceous Period. Stranded in their car after hitting a ''Triceratops'', the two have to decide whether they'll set aside their differences for mutual survival, or just continue arguing.
#''Monster Island'': A new chain of islands has appeared off the coast of North America. Military pilots Connolly and Vasquez and scientists Dr. Stem and Dr. Brennan are sent via hovercraft to investigate, and find the islands are teeming with giant beasts. Upon landing, they quickly find themselves in far more danger than they'd originally anticipated.

* DeathSeeker: The protagonist of "Burn Out" is heavily implied to be one. Having lost his entire family in the monsters' attack, he aims to get {{revenge}} and seems to want to die doing it. [[spoiler:He gets his wish, killing the mother monster and himself at the same time.]]
* DeusExNukina: How "Burn Out" ends. [[spoiler:Since the aliens eat radioactive materials, the protagonist kills the mother of them by injecting her with solid neutrons, splitting all the uranium inside of her, causing her to undergo atomic fission and blow up, leveling all of Seattle.]]

* KillItWithFire: The aliens in "Burn Out" are particularly weak to fire. One grabs a gasoline truck and tries to clobber the protagonist with it. He simply shoots the truck and the resulting fireball kills the monster.

* MonsterIsAMommy: The final beast in "Burn Out" is the mother of the monsters.
* NarratingThePresent: Both "Burn Out" and "Jungle of the Giants!" feature very spoken little dialogue (the former, in fact, has ''none''), with the protagonists narrating the story via both present-tense first-person narration.
* NoEnding: Since these are short stories in comic form, all except "Burn Out" just sort of... stop. "Burn Out" is the only one that resolves anything in its story, ending with [[spoiler:the death of the protagonist.]]

* SuperSenses: The aliens in "Burn Out" have no eyes, but have super-hearing.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:The protagonist in "Burn Out" does this at the end.]]

#''Burn-Out'': The city of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} has been leveled by vicious alien beasts. The creatures eat nuclear material, and when they attacked a nuclear power plant and breached its core to gobble up the fuel inside, they poisoned the city with deadly radioactivity. A lone man in a suit of experimental power armor, whose family had been killed by the creatures, is sent into the ruins of the city to deal with them.

* DeathSeeker: The protagonist of "Burn-Out" is heavily implied to be one. Having lost his entire family in the monsters' attack, he aims to get {{revenge}} and seems to want to die doing it. [[spoiler:He gets his wish, killing the mother monster and himself at the same time.]]
* DeusExNukina: How "Burn-Out" ends. [[spoiler:Since the aliens eat radioactive materials, the protagonist kills the mother of them by injecting her with solid neutrons, splitting all the uranium inside of her, causing her to undergo atomic fission and blow up, leveling all of Seattle.]]

* KillItWithFire: The aliens in "Burn-Out" are particularly weak to fire. One grabs a gasoline truck and tries to clobber the protagonist with it. He simply shoots the truck and the resulting fireball kills the monster.

* MonsterIsAMommy: The final beast in "Burn-Out" is the mother of the monsters.
* NarratingThePresent: Both "Burn-Out" and "Jungle of the Giants!" feature very spoken little dialogue (the former, in fact, has ''none''), with the protagonists narrating the story via both present-tense first-person narration.
* NoEnding: Since these are short stories in comic form, all except "Burn-Out" just sort of... stop. "Burn-Out" is the only one that resolves anything in its story, ending with [[spoiler:the death of the protagonist.]]

* SuperSenses: The aliens in "Burn-Out" have no eyes, but have super-hearing.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:The protagonist in "Burn-Out" does this at the end.]]

* DeusExNukina: How "Burn-Out" ends. [[spoiler:Since the aliens eat radioactive materials, the protagonist kills the mother of them by injecting her with more radiation than she can handle, essentially causing her to undergo atomic fission and blow up, leveling all of Seattle.]]

* FromBadToWorse: The endings of both "Jungle of the Giants!" and "Monster Island." [[spoiler:The former ends with the protagonist defeating the giant lizard, only to find himself facing his giant son and his pet cat. The latter has Connolly escape from the monster-filled island only to discover that the island ''itself'' is a monster.]]