This series spans nine issues, the first four issues deal with the fallout after Jurassic Park had been abandoned. A team made by Hammond composed of Robert Muldoon, Edgar Prather, Alan Grant, and Ellie Sattler are sent to Isla Nublar to find out the status of the island since the US military, which has stone walled Hammond. What the team uncover begins a mission to uncover is a massive conspiracy as they work to discover what exactly the Green Flame is. Four issues from this point on are set as a sort of prequel situation turned sequel exploring the experiments of Dr. Gustavus through Abby and Derek and actually leads to a post clean-up scenario of these two heroes getting caught up in a conspiracy of their own too. Lastly Issue 9, better known as Jurassic Jam features a celebration of comic artists that also look at a prequel involving Muldoon and Nedry detailing difficulties with the Stegosaurus population and the escape of the Tyrannosaurus. Return to Jurassic Park’s main story line unfortunately would never have an ultimate conclusion as Topps Comics would move to put the series on an indefinite hiatus.
Return to Jurassic Park #1
An army soldier is found by a group of fisherman off the coast of Isla Nublar. John Hammond recruits Ellie, Grant, Muldoon, and his aide Edgar to head to Isla Nublar to research claims of a mysterious Green Flame.
Characters Featured: Dr. Alan Grant, Robert Muldoon, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Edgar Prather, Ian Malcolm, John Hammond, General West
Return to Jurassic Park #2
Edgar and his team; consisting of Robert Muldoon, Alan Grant, and Ellie Sattler; continue investigating Isla Nublar. They come across two BioSyn members, Sonya Durant and Raul Lopez, who share the same goals as Edgar’s team. Both teams’ suspicions about Isla Nublar have been confirmed after a Cearadactylus and army attack, and the two different groups agree to help each other.
Characters Featured: Dr. Alan Grant, Robert Muldoon, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Edgar Prather, Sonya Durant, Raul Lopez
Return to Jurassic Park #3
Edgar, Alan, Ellie, Muldoon, Sonya, and Raul make their way across Isla Nublar to find more answers about the mysterious green flame. However, they soon discover that they are being hunted by the Tyrannosaurus on the island. Sonya wounds the animal, allowing the team to make their escape across a river. Alan, Ellie, Muldoon, and Raul escape from the raft but are soon captured by the army.
Characters Featured: Dr. Alan Grant, Robert Muldoon, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Edgar Prather, Sonya Durant, Raul Lopez
Return to Jurassic Park #4
Eluding capture, Sonya and Edgar hatch a plan to free Alan, Ellie, Muldoon, and Raul by breaking into the top secret base established by the mercenaries posing as members of the US military. They escape thanks to Edgar and Sonya’s efforts, but Raul is unfortunately already dead. While the T-rex and the military chase the group, which again becomes separated. Edgar believes Sonya has seen something in the military compound, and threatens to kill her if she doesn’t tell him what the secret to the Green Flame is. Sonya, however, knows nothing, and Edgar kills her anyway, believing her to be lying. The remaining members of the group; Alan, Muldoon, Ellie, and Edgar; return to Hammond’s submarine, thereby discovering that the US soldiers aren’t soldiers at all and are in fact mercenaries. They still have no answers as to what the Green Flame actually is and what is exactly going on with Isla Nublar.
Characters Featured: Dr. Alan Grant, Robert Muldoon, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Edgar Prather, Sonya Durant, Raul Lopez, John Hammond
Return to Jurassic Park #5
Abby and Derek, two researchers in the Jurassic Park project, stumble upon sinister experiments. Abby swipes the briefcase of Dr. Gustavus, who was making unsanctioned clones. This was unknown to InGen and the rest of the scientists at Jurassic Park, and was Dr. Gustavus’ attempt at his mad scientist dreams of hyper-intelligent dinosaurs.
Characters Featured: Abby Nakajima, Derek Hoyle, Dr. Gustavus
Return to Jurassic Park #6
Abby and Derek make the mistake of getting too close to Dr. Gustavus’s rapid evolution and intelligence experiments. Unfortunately for Dr. Gustavus, his own creations are too smart and get the best of him, thanks especially to a crafty Dilophosaurus.
Characters Featured: Abby Nakajima, Derek Hoyle, Dr. Gustavus
Return to Jurassic Park #7
The dinosaurs are escaping after the excitement of the storm. The power goes out thanks to Abby and Derek, who return to Isla Nublar to assist in the military clean-up of the island and to serve as consultants/experts. Things are going well until Abby and Derek catch two army pilots snapping pictures of dinosaurs, a violation of the agreement they were required to sign. Unfortunately for Abby, the camera gets planted into her belongings and they throw her off the island. Derek, unfortunately, cannot plead for Abby’s innocence. Abby discovers the camera in a mail bag after the two responsible pilots taunt her. Abby throws the mail bag as the helicopter lands, and the pilots attempt to kill her. Abby reacts by beating them and escaping so she and Derek can prove her innocence.
Characters Featured: Abby Nakajima, Derek Hoyle, General Bradford West
Return to Jurassic Park #8
The race is on for Abby and Derek to find the mail bag that will prove her innocence. Meanwhile, the two men caught taking the photos return to General West to tell him what happened. General West, disbelieving the men, begins his own search for Abby and Derek, while the two would-be photographers begin their own private search. Derek and Abby find the bag and discover that General West still does not believe Abby’s innocence, and Abby is forced to leave the island. Eventually, General West calls Mr. Kupla, part of the “Weekly World” Newspaper, and verifies the claims Abby has made. Abby is then cleared and allowed to stay on as a consultant.
Characters Featured: Abby Nakajima, Derek Hoyle, General Bradford West
Return to Jurassic Park #9
A herding system malfunctions with the Stegosaurs, and the Tyrannosaurus rex escapes. An uneasy Robert Muldoon must restore order to the park and help return their animals back to their pens.
Characters Featured: Robert Muldoon, Murillo, John Hammond, Dennis Nedry, Henry Wu (?)
Classic Jurassic Park: Volume 4 – Return to Jurassic Park Part 1
Composed of Return to Jurassic Park issues #1 through 4. Published by IDW Comics.
Classic Jurassic Park: Volume 5 – Return to Jurassic Park Part 2
Composed of Return to Jurassic Park issues #5 through 9. Published by IDW Comics.
The Unreleased Comics
As stated, Return to Jurassic Park was an incomplete series and as such it went on hiatus after issue #9. Unfortunately, the stories never did come back out after The Lost World comics, but we do have a glimpse of what those stories might have been below.
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