Topps Comics – The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The sequel to the original 1993 hit film spawned a comic adaptation of its own. The series spanned for four issues, with alternate covers, and was later combined for a graphic novel eventually with limited distribution.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park #1

A young girl, Cathy Bowman, has a dinosaur-related accident on the shores of Isla Sorna. Peter Ludlow, Hammond‘s nephew, uses the incident to take control of the InGen board and company from his uncle. Ludlow promises to finish Jurassic Park: San Diego by taking a team to Isla Sorna to capture dinosaurs. Malcolm is summoned to lead an expedition to Isla Sorna, where he finds that Sarah Harding, his girlfriend, is already on Site B.

Characters Featured: Ian Malcolm, John Hammond, Peter Ludlow, Roland Tembo, Ajay Sidhu, Eddie Carr, Nick Van Owen, Sarah Harding, Kelly Malcolm

The Lost World: Jurassic Park #2

Ian Malcolm and his team arrive in time to save Sarah from a herd of angry Stegosaurs. Unfortunately, Ian discovers that his daughter, Kelly, has stowed away to the island, and searches for a way off the island just as Ludlow’s team arrives on Site B to begin their harvest. As Ian and his team helplessly watch the hunters, Roland begins his quest to trap a male T.rex, his “fee.” Everything seems to be going well for the inGen Hunter team until Nick Van Owen launches a daring plan to free the dinosaurs.

Characters Featured: Ian Malcolm, John Hammond, Peter Ludlow, Roland Tembo, Ajay Sidhu, Eddie Carr, Nick Van Owen, Sarah Harding, Kelly Malcolm, Robert Burke, Dieter Stark

The Lost World: Jurassic Park #3

The hunter camp is in chaos, and Nick stumbles upon the baby rex that Roland abducted, finding that Ludlow unwittingly broke the animal’s leg. Nick takes the baby rex back to the RV to have its broken leg mended, but soon mommy and daddy show up to take their baby back. Both camps, the hunters’ due to the rampaging herbivores and the Ian’s due to the adult rexes, are destroyed. Both groups agree to set aside their philosophical differences and try to survive the journey to the workers town to summon help and escape from Isla Sorna.

Characters Featured: Ian Malcolm, John Hammond, Peter Ludlow, Roland Tembo, Ajay Sidhu, Eddie Carr, Nick Van Owen, Sarah Harding, Kelly Malcolm, Robert Burke, Dieter Stark, Carter

The Lost World: Jurassic Park #4

The tyrannosaurs follow the group and ambush the camp in the night. Roland Tembo launches a daring plan to tranquilize the male rex. As the hunter and gatherer team scatters they unwittingly venture into Velociraptor territory, fleeing through the long grass to reach the town. Nick makes to call for help and everyone is rescued. However, but inGen takes their prize, the tranquilized male rex, back to San Diego only to discover that keeping it was the worse idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas. Ludlow pays the price.

Characters Featured: Ian Malcolm, John Hammond, Peter Ludlow, Roland Tembo, Ajay Sidhu, Eddie Carr, Nick Van Owen, Sarah Harding, Kelly Malcolm

The Lost World: Jurassic Park #1-4 Graphic Novel

A graphic novel composed of issues 1 through 4 of The Lost World: Jurassic Park comic book series.