Aliens: Mondo Heat is a one-shot comic book that was first published by Dark Horse Comics in February 1996. It was written by Henry Gilroy, illustrated and inked by Ronnie del Carmen, colored by Pamela Rambo, lettered by Steve Dutro and edited by Bob Cooper, with cover art by del Carmen.
Aliens: Mondo Heat is a sequel to 1995's Aliens: Mondo Pest and is one of three stories to feature the Xenomorph -killing mercenary Herk Mondo (the first being issue #6 of Aliens: Colonial Marines (1993 series)).
In the Aliens comics line, Aliens: Mondo Heat was preceded by Aliens: Incubation and was followed by Aliens: Lucky.
Publisher's Summary
When you've got a major infestation of Aliens, and the Colonial Marines are nowhere in sight, you won't find a better "exterminator" than Herk Mondo. But Herk's got a couple of big problems: he's completely unarmed in the middle of the infestation, and he's got an active volcano ready to blow beneath his feet! You can be sure of one thing, though — the volcano may blow, but Herk'll keep his cool.
Reprint History
Aliens: Mondo Heat was eventually collected as part of Aliens Omnibus: Volume 4 in July 2008.
The comic was released digitally through Dark Horse Digital on May 15, 2013, reusing del Carmen's cover art.
Behind the Scenes
Interestingly, when the character of Herk Mondo made his first, somewhat random cameo appearance in Aliens: Colonial Marines #6, he was already apparently a galaxy-renown bug hunter, as the Colonial Marines who encounter him already knew him by reputation and are in awe of him.
Mondo Pest and Mondo Heat writer Henry Gilroy would go on to write a small number stories for Dark Horse's Star Wars line, and eventually become main writer/story editor for Cartoon Network's Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a position that he still holds.
The Mondo stories are rarities in the Aliens comics universe in that they are clearly action/comedy stories with cartoony and sexy sensibilities thrown in alongside the typical Aliens horror motif — somewhat comparable to the Duke Nukem character. They also make Herk Mondo one of the few recurring characters to have appeared in more than just one Aliens miniseries.
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