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Alf, also known as Alpha, is a Velociraptor, first mentioned by name iVn the comic Raptors Attack: Animals/Men.
The three siblings are Alf, Betty, and Celia, and the Tssr and Br are their already deceased brothers.
Their mother is Mmms.
Jurassic Park: "Raptor" (1993-94)[]
Issue #1 ("Raptor: Aftershocks!")[]
Several days after the incident at Jurassic Park, Alan Grant, and Ellie Sattler our brought back to Isla Nublar as animal consultants as the military tries to find and round up the remaining dinosaurs. After a successful capture of the tyrannosaur, there is a discussion as to whether there are still Raptors remaining out in the park. The military believed that all animals were killed while Grant and Ellie believes that they perhaps have a nest hidden off somewhere.
A poacher by the name of George Lawalla, follows the two into a cave, where a mother raptor and five chicks (three male and two female) have nestled. The mother attacked the three humans and put a particular pursuit on Lawalla, of whom kills the mother and steals the infants along with a kidnapped, Alan Grant, and Ellie Sattler.
Notes:
- It is unknown if the mother raptor is one of (if any) of the three raptors seen in the first film.
- Similar to the ones in the movie comic adaption these raptors seem to be green, although these ones seem to have a brown undertone as well as pink eyes.
Issue #2 ("Raptor: Dark Cargo!")[]
The five animals have grown astonishingly quickly, reaching full size almost instantly within the time between Nublar, and transport to Columbia. The animals would try picking the lock with their claws before Lawalla would spray them with some kind of sleep gas. After being transported onto a plane and waking up from the gas, they would pick the lock and freeze themselves attempting to attack Grant and Ellie before attacking Lawalla and the pilot, both of them would be killed along with two (both male) of the five raptors.
One animal would be injured, but kept alive thanks to Ellie having compassion for the creature and banding its neck.
Notes:
- The Raptors sudden growth is an obvious break in continuity for the sake of plot.
- The Raptors attempt to break the lock keeping them caged up and attempt to do the same to attack and eat Ellie and Grant.
Jurassic Park: Raptors Attack[]
Issue #1 ("Raptors Attack: Rush!")[]
The drug lord, Rafael Santos captures Grant and Ellie as well as the Raptors, and have them contained on his private estate. Rafael threatens to throw the two scientists as the next meal for the Raptors, unless they help him train them.
in this comic, we get a rare look into the mindset of the actual dinosaurs, case in point the raptor Ellie had treated. Of whom allows Ellie to clean its wound. Later, we see that the Raptors are being trying to attack scarecrows and later on, actual human beings (Alan and Ellie‘s attempted rescue party) leaving none alive.
Notes:
- Rafael was the buyer of the Raptors that Lawalla was hired for.
- All three animals have been fitted with electric shock collars And we’re being housed in a glass dome.
- It is likely here the idea for trainable raptors as seen in Jurassic World first started
Issue #2 ("Raptors Attack: Animals/Men")[]
Alan and Ellie attempt to escape Rafael, only to be tracked and hunted by the Raptors. The pair are caught, but not killed by the Raptors as Rafael wanted to make an example. Later, Celia is reintroduced to the other Raptors. After failing to comply with Rafael’s demands she is locked up while Alf and Betty are sent on a mission to attack a crowd of people in the middle of a Costa Rican town.
A fallen power line somehow disables the electrical shock collars on Alf and Betty. Now free, they turn on the captors and attack them, freeing Celia as well. Alf and Betty attempt to kill Grant and Ellie however Celia stops them in their tracks. Rafael attempts to shock the animals however, the shocks prove weak for them, and Rafael is ultimately killed by his own "attack dogs".
Notes:
- It's here we get the names of the Raptors: Alf (Alpha), Betty (Beta), and Celia
- Celia is notably more docile and even intelligent and empathetic than her siblings being able to understand that she is about to get shocked and even braces for it and sparing the doctors nearing the end of the issue.
- Beta would eventually be the name given to Blue’s offspring in Dominion. whether a direct reference or not is up for debate.
Issue #3 ("Raptors Attack: Animals/Gods!")[]
The three raptors hunt and kill a jaguar, while Grant and Ellie, joined by Ian Malcolm and Robert Muldoon, trek into the jungle after them. Meanwhile the raptors begin to contract symptoms of an unknown illness. Native tribes attempt to kill the three raptors before the dinosaurs establish them as capable hunters and are then worshiped by the savage people.
Notes:
- While likely never being taught to hunt, the raptors’ instincts seem to help them survive.
- Muldoon notes of six raptors rather than five.
- savage mayan-esque people in the modern age worship them by giving them idols and dead animals
Issue #4 ("Raptors Attack: Gods/Men!")[]
The three Raptors find a cave to shelter in. Once more, we get a rare glimpse into their minds and how when they were young, they envisioned giant hairless monkeys putting them in small cages as well as how they begin to realize that they are the only ones that they’re kind (at least in the area). Before a native makes a failed attempt to try and communicate with them. They leave not trusting the situation.
The three raptors soon find Grant, Ellie, Malcolm, and Muldoon fighting the native people. The Raptors, attempting to get a piece of the action, attempt to attack as well. But Grant shoots and kills Betty, prompting them to flee into the jungle, cutting the bridge they used to get across.
Notes:
- The Raptors in this series are intelligent enough to educate their offspring about dangers of specific people. (Even making basic hand gestures and understanding sign language.)
Jurassic Park: Raptors Hijack[]
Issue #1 ("Raptors Hijack: The Wild!")[]
Celia and Alf, now the only Raptors left, move through the jungle only to be encountered by a gorilla brought to the Colombian jungles by an animal researcher: Dr. Belvedere. The two dinosaurs begin a courting ritual as they are observed by the scientist.
later, the two dinosaurs run into the gorilla once more, now with Ellie in its clutches. The raptors push the ape into falling down a steep cliff and Ellie uses this time to escape the animals and make it back to the group. The animal researcher finds the raptors from a helicopter and hand signs to the dinosaurs.
Issue #2 ("Raptors Hijack: Civilization!")[]
Amazingly the raptors begin to mimic and understand the human signs that Dr. Belvedere is signaling. Of whom, is revealed to be a hired scientist from Biosyn. By this point Celia is carrying eggs, Alf attempts to snap at the doctor but she outright smacks the dinosaur in the nose. Celia then begins to make a nest as Belvedere’s colleagues begin to take off. Before a second copter with a man named Jeremiah Fischer appears.
Issue #3 ("Raptors Hijack: Fever!")[]
We open with a dream and which hundreds of Raptors overtake and kill two Tyrannosaurus. Dr. Belvedere informs Fischer that they may be from a form of genetic memory. Fischer and some Biosyn lackeys build a concrete fence around the dinosaur’s nesting site. The doctor unknowingly, keeps them calm while Biosyn tries to keep them a secret.
Notes:
- Genetic memory dreams would be in an idea implemented for Rexy in Jurassic World Dominion.
Issue #4 ("Raptors Hijack: Trapped!")[]
Alf and Celia's eggs hatch. Dr. Belvedere is ecstatic to research dinosaur parental behavior while Fischer only sees dollar signs. Alf begins to inspect the area nervous at the sudden lack of humans only to realize their captivity, desperately running all over the place to find an exit. The raptors begin digging their way out of their cage and pops out of the ground just in time to inadvertently save Ellie and Malcolm who were investigating the area from a group of Biosyn operatives, killing both Fischer and Dr. Belvedere.
Once the babies emerge from the hole the raptors decidedly leave into the jungle where they are left in peace.
Trivia[]
- They may be the earliest Raptors in the Jurassic Park franchise to show digging abilities, predating the Excavaraptor.