The line began in 1988 as an immediate continuation of the story after James Cameron's Aliens the first two comic series (originally titled simply Aliens, later retitled Aliens: Book One and Aliens: Book Two in collected form) featured the characters of Corporal (now promoted to Sergeant) Hicks and Newt as their main protagonists, while the third, Aliens: Earth War, additionally reintroduced Alien-franchise heroine Ellen Ripley. As Dark Horse had no involvement with this comic (and do not hold the rights to it), it is not considered a part of the company's Aliens line and has never been collected in any form with the later Dark Horse releases.Īccording to the company's editors, Dark Horse decided early on to that their Aliens comic book line would consist of a series of miniseries, one-shots and short stories, rather than a continuing unlimited series, in order to allow for new creative blood and the freedom to change creative direction, to avoid the need for filler issues or creative staleness, and to accommodate possible/inevitable scheduling delays between series. In fact, Alien: The Illustrated Story not only pre-dates Dark Horse's Aliens line, it pre-dates the existence of the company itself. Publication History Preceding comics ĭark Horse Comics' Aliens line was preceded by Alien: The Illustrated Story in 1979, a graphic novel adaptation of Alien, the first film in the franchise. Predator universe, the Aliens line was by far the most extensive (and the longest-running). Of the four Dark Horse comic book lines set in the Alien vs. Predator lines), thus bringing Dark Horse's involvement with the franchise to an end.ĭuring the time they owned the rights to produce Aliens comics, Dark Horse published a total of 72 different Aliens stories, as well as various collected editions, reprints and non-canon crossover comics that introduce the titular Alien species to other franchises. For over 30 years, Dark Horse was essentially the sole publisher of Aliens comics, and the company produced a number of limited series, one-shots and short stories, starting with the comic Aliens: Outbreak (originally titled simply Aliens) in July 1988.įollowing the purchase of 20th Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company in 2019, the license to produce Alien comics moved to Marvel Comics (along with the Predator and Aliens vs. The Aliens comic book line was a long-running series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics, based on the Alien franchise, chiefly the 1986 film Aliens.
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