List of Alien (franchise) comics

The Alien comic books are part of the Alien franchise and have had several titles published based on the license, most of which are part of the Dark Horse Comics line, but other comics by other distributors have been made. Marvel Comics obtained the license to the Aliens, Predator and Alien vs. Predator comics following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company.^[1]

Alien: The Illustrated Story

Alien: The Illustrated Story is a critically acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of the original 1979 movie Alien, published by Heavy Metal magazine the same year. The creative team consisted of Archie Goodwin as the scriptwriter and Walt Simonson as the artist. It won the Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in 2013.

Dark Horse Comics

Main article: Aliens (Dark Horse Comics line)

Dark Horse Comics is the most well-known publisher of Aliens comics, having published many limited series from 1988 to 1999. Publishing took a hiatus until 2009.^[2] The Predator creature exists in this extended comic universe due to multiple Alien vs. Predator crossovers.

Comics

Title		Issues	Publication date	Notes
Limited series
Aliens	vol. 1	#1–6	May 1988 – July 1989	Sequel to the 1986 film Aliens. Also known as Aliens: Outbreak. Adapted into the novel Aliens: Earth Hive (1992).
	vol. 2	#1–4	August 1989 – May 1990	Sequel to the first series. Also known as Aliens: Nightmare Asylum. Adapted into the novel Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (1993).
Aliens: Earth War		#1–4	June 1990 – October 1990	Sequel to Aliens (vol. 2). Also known as Aliens: Female War. Adapted into the novel Aliens: The Female War (1993).
Aliens: Genocide		#1–4	November 1991 – February 1992	Adapted into the novel Aliens: Genocide (1993)
Aliens: Hive		#1–4	February 1992 – May 1992	Later known as Aliens: Harvest. Adapted into the novel Aliens: Alien Harvest (1995).
Alien 3		#1–3	June 1992 – July 1992	Comic adaptation of the 1992 film Alien 3.
Aliens: Newt's Tale		#1–2	June 1992 – July 1992
Aliens: Colonial Marines		#1–10	January 1993 – July 1994	Originally meant to be a 12 issue limited series.
Aliens: Rogue		#1–4	April 1993 – July 1993	Adapted into the novel Aliens: Rogue (1995)
Aliens: Labyrinth		#1–4	September 1993 – January 1994	Adapted into the novel Aliens: Labyrinth (1996)
Aliens: Music of the Spears		#1–4	January 1994 – April 1994	Adapted into the novel Aliens: Music of the Spear (1996)
Aliens: Stronghold		#1–4	May 1994 – September 1994
Aliens: Berserker		#1–4	January 1995 – April 1995	Adapted into the novel Aliens: Berserker (1998)
Aliens: Havoc		#1–2	June 1997 – July 1997	Story by Mark Schultz, every page of the story is drawn by a different artist.
Alien Resurrection		#1–2	October 1997 – November 1997
Aliens: Alchemy		#1–3	October 1997 – November 1997
Aliens: Kidnapped		#1–3	December 1997 – February 1998
Aliens: Survival		#1–3	February 1998 – April 1998
Aliens: Apocalypse- The Destroying Angels		#1–4	January 1999 – April 1999
Aliens: Xenogenesis		#1–4	August 1999 – November 1999
Aliens	vol. 3	#1–4	May 2009 – November 2009
Aliens: Fire and Stone		#1–4	September 2014 – December 2014	Fire and Stone crossover event tie-in comics.
Prometheus: Fire and Stone		#1–4
Aliens: Defiance		#1–12	April 2016 – June 2017
Prometheus: Life and Death		#1–4	June 2016 – September 2016	Life and Death crossover event tie-in comics.
Aliens: Life and Death		#1–4	September 2016 – December 2016
Aliens: Dead Orbit		#1–4	April 2017 – December 2017
Aliens: Dust to Dust		#1–4	April 2018 – January 2019
William Gibson's Alien 3		#1–5	November 2018 – March 2019
Aliens: Resistance		#1–4	January 2019 – May 2019
Aliens: Rescue		#1–4	July 2019 – October 2019
Alien: The Original Screenplay		#1–5	August 2020 – December 2020	Comic adaptation of the original 1976 screenplay for Alien by Dan O'Bannon.
One-shots
Aliens Mini-Comic		#1	February 1989	Short story including a portfolio of high-quality prints.
Aliens: Sacrifice			May 1993
Aliens: Salvation			November 1993	Prestige format.
Aliens: Earth Angel		#1	August 1994	Reprints the 13-part story from Previews (vol. 3) #1–12 and (vol. 4) #1.
Aliens: Mondo Pest			April 1995	Reprints "Mondo Pest" stories from Dark Horse Comics #22–24.
Aliens: Mondo Heat			February 1996	Sequel to Aliens: Mondo Pest.
Aliens: Lovesick			December 1996
Aliens: Pig			March 1997
Aliens Special		#1	June 1997
Aliens: Purge			August 1997
Aliens: Glass Corridor			June 1998
Aliens: Stalker
Aliens: Wraith			July 1998
Aliens: Colonial Marines – No Man Left Behind			July 2012	Tie-in comic to the Aliens: Colonial Marines video game.
Alien Isolation			2014
Prometheus: Fire and Stone, Omega			February 2015	Fire and Stone crossover event tie-in comic.
Prometheus: Life and Death			April 2017	Life and Death crossover event tie-in comic. Not to be confused with the miniseries listed above.
Crossovers[3]
Superman/Aliens		#1–3	July 1995 – September 1995	Co-published with DC Comics.
Batman/Aliens		#1–2	March 1997 – April 1997
WildC.A.T.S./Aliens		#1	August 1998	Co-published with Image Comics. Reprinted in StormWatch Vol. 5: Final Orbit collected edition.
Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator		#1-4	April - July 2000
Green Lantern Versus Aliens		#1–4	September 2000 – December 2000	Co-published with DC Comics.
Superman/Aliens 2: God of War		#1–4	May 2002 – November 2002
Batman/Aliens II		#1–3	2003
Judge Dredd versus Aliens: Incubus		#1–4	March 2003 – June 2003	Co-published with 2000 AD.
Aliens Vampirella		#1–6	September 2015 – February 2016	Co-published with Dynamite Entertainment.
Other
Aliens: Tribes			August 1992	Hardcover graphic novella. 1000-copy Limited Edition.[4] ISBN: 978-1569710142
			February 1993	Softcover edition graphic novella.[5] ISBN: 978-1878574688
Aliens: Space Marines		#1–12	1993	Mini-comics packaged with Aliens action figures sold by Kenner Toys.
Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven			November 2011	Deluxe-sized hardcover graphic novella by Liam Sharp. ISBN: 978-1595824950

Stories

Stories based on the Alien franchise published in other comics, such as the Dark Horse Presents anthology title.

Story title	Issue	Publication date	Notes
"Theory of Alien Propagation"	Dark Horse Presents #24	November 1988	Title of the story is taken from the reprint in Aliens Omnibus. Originally untitled.
"Part One: Advent"	Dark Horse Presents #42–43	July 1990 – August 1990	Two-part story.
"Part Two: Terminus"
"Countdown"	Dark Horse Insider #14–27	September 1990 – October 1991	Fourteen-part story.
"Reapers"	Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special	April 1991	Title of the story is taken from the reprint in Aliens Omnibus. Originally untitled.
"The Alien"	Dark Horse Presents #56	November 1991	Story is separated in two halves, the first at the beginning of the issue, and the second at the end.
"Horror Show"	Dark Horse Comics #3–5	October 1992 – December 1992	Three-part story.
"Earth Angel"	Previews (vol. 3) #1–12, (vol. 4) #1	January 1993 – January 1994	Later reprinted as a one-shot by Dark Horse.
"Alien 3: Terminal Addiction"	Alien magazine (vol. 2) #12	June 1993	Published by Dark Horse International.
"The Taste"	Dark Horse Comics #11	July 1993
"Backsplash"	Dark Horse Comics #12–13	August 1993 – September 1993	Two-part story.
"Cargo"	Dark Horse Comics #15–16	November 1993 – December 1993	Two-part story.
"Alien"	Dark Horse Comics #17–19	January 1994 – March 1994	Three-part story.
"Mondo Pest"	Dark Horse Comics #22–24	June 1994 – August 1994	Three-part story.
"Incubation"	Dark Horse Presents #101–102	September 1995 – October 1995	Two-part story.
"Lucky"	A Decade of Dark Horse #3	September 1996
"Headhunter"	Dark Horse Presents #117	January 1997
"Borderlines"	Dark Horse Presents #121	May 1997
"Tourist Season"	Dark Horse Presents Annual 1997	February 1998	Indicia date says February 1998.
"Once in a Lifetime"	Dark Horse Presents #140	February 1999
	Free Comic Book Day: Aliens / Predator	May 2009	Story is untitled. Issue also features a Predator story.
	Free Comic Book Day: Aliens/Predator, Aliens Day Edition		Story is untitled. Issue also features a Predator and an Alien/Predator story.
"Inhuman Condition"	Dark Horse Presents (vol. 2) #12–17	May – October 2012	Six-part story.
"In Space No One Can Hear You Slay"	Free Comic Book Day and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 / The Guild: Beach'd	May 2012	Crossover story with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"Field Report"	Dark Horse Presents (vol. 3) #2	September 2014
"Extravehicular"	Free Comic Book Day 2016: General	May 2016

Marvel Comics

Title	Series	Issues	Publication date	Notes
Alien	1	#1–12	May 2021 – July 2022
Aliens: Aftermath		#1	September 2021	Epilogue to the 1986 film Aliens.
Alien Annual		#1	September 2022
Alien	2	#1–6	November 2022 – April 2023
Alien	3	#1–5	June 2023 – October 2023
Alien Annual		#1	December 2023
Alien	4	#1–4	January 2024 – April 2024
Alien: Black, White & Blood		#1–4	April 2024 – July 2024	Anthology series.
Aliens: What If...?[6]		#1–5	May 2024 – September 2024
Aliens vs. Avengers		#1–4	October 2024 – June 2025	Crossover event with Avengers.
Alien: Romulus		#1	December 2024	Prologue to the 2024 film Alien: Romulus.
Alien: Paradiso		#1-5	December 2024 - April 2025

Other

Story title	Issue	Publication date	Notes
"Do Aliens Dream?"	Skeleton Crew magazine (vol. 2) #2	July 1990	Published by Argus House.
"Crusade"	Aliens magazine (vol. 2) #13–20	July 1993 – February 1994	Only the first eight parts were published. The last two parts were supposed to be published in issues #21–22, but were delayed to issues #23–24 which were cancelled. Aliens: The Original Years Omnibus Vol. 2 by Marvel printed the final issues in January 2022.

Cancelled stories and titles

Title	Original publication date	Notes
"Matrix" in Aliens magazine (vol. 2) #25	July 1994	An illustrated novella written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Chris Cunningham, was solicited for issue #25 of the magazine but was never published due to its cancellation with issue #22.
Aliens: Hive Wars	1998	Similar to Aliens: Space Marines, the mini-comic series was going to be packaged with the Hive Wars action figure line by Kenner Toys.
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Aliens: Acceptable Losses	April 2017	Announced in October 2016 at MCM London Comic Con as a intercompany crossover between Dark Horse and IDW.[7] The VP of Publishing of Dark Horse, Randy Stradley, later posted on Facebook saying that the title was cancelled.
Aliens: Colonial Marines – Rising Threat #1–8	September 2019 – April 2020	Cancelled eight issue limited series serving as tie-in to Aliens: Fireteam Elite by Cold Iron Studios, due to allegations against the writer of the comic, Brian Wood.[8]

Collected editions

Dark Horse Comics

Title	Collected material	Publication date	Format	ISBN	Notes
Single volumes
Aliens: Book One	Aliens (vol. 1) #1–6; Aliens story from Dark Horse Presents #24	November 1989	TP	978-1569711644	[9]
		June 1990	HC	978-1878574084	[10]
Aliens: Book Two	Aliens (vol. 2) #1–4	September 1990	HC	978-1569710319	2500-copy Limited Edition.[11]
		October 1990	TP	978-1878574039
Aliens: Earth War	Aliens: Earth War #1–4	July 1991	TP	978-1878574237	[12]
		December 1991	HC	978-1569710326	[13]
Aliens: Genocide	Aliens: Genocide #1–4	December 1992	TP	978-1569711231	[14]
Aliens: Hive	Aliens: Hive #1–4	February 1993	TP	978-1569711224	[15]
Aliens: Rogue	Aliens: Rogue #1–4	October 1994	TP	978-1569710234	[16]
Aliens: Labyrinth	Aliens: Labyrinth #1–4; "Backsplash" from Dark Horse Comics #12–13	August 1995	TP	978-1569711101	[17]
Aliens: Stronghold	Aliens: Stronghold #1–4	July 1996	TP	978-1569711545	[18]
Aliens Vol. 1: Outbreak	Aliens (vol. 1) #1–6	August 1996	TP	978-1569711743	[19]
Aliens Vol. 2: Nightmare Asylum	Aliens (vol. 2) #1–4	October 1996		978-1569712177	[20]
Aliens Vol. 3: Female War	Aliens: Earth War #1–4	December 1996		978-1569711903	[21]
Aliens Vol. 4: Genocide	Aliens: Genocide #1–4	February 1997		978-1569711965	[22]
Aliens Vol. 5: Harvest	Aliens: Hive #1–4	February 1998		978-1569711989	[23]
Aliens Vol. 6: Rogue	Aliens: Rogue #1–4	August 1997		978-1569712672	[24]
Aliens Vol. 7: Labyrinth	Aliens: Labyrinth #1–4; "Backsplash" from Dark Horse Comics #12–13	March 1997		978-1569712450	[25]
Aliens Vol. 8: Stronghold	Aliens: Stronghold #1–4	July 1997		978-1569712627	[26]
Aliens: Kidnapped	Aliens: Kidnapped #1–3; "Cargo" from Dark Horse Comics #15–16	February 1999	TP	978-1569713723	[27]
Aliens: Apocalypse – The Destroying Angels	Aliens: Apocalypse- The Destroying Angels #1–4	October 1999	TP	978-1569713990	[28]
Aliens: Salvation and Sacrifice	Aliens: Salvation; Aliens: Sacrifice	March 2001	TP	978-1569715611	[29]
Aliens: More than Human	Aliens (vol. 3) #1–4	April 2010	TP	978-1595824905	[30]
Prometheus: Fire and Stone	Prometheus: Fire and Stone #1–4	April 2015	TP	978-1616556501	[31]
Aliens: Fire and Stone	Aliens: Fire and Stone #1–4; "Field Report" from Dark Horse Presents (vol. 3) #2	May 2015	TP	978-1616556556	[32]
Aliens: Salvation	Alien: Salvation	September 2015	HC	978-1616557553	[33]
Prometheus: The Complete Fire and Stone	Prometheus: Fire and Stone #1–4; Aliens: Fire and Stone #1–4; Alien vs. Predator: Fire and Stone #1–4; Predator: Fire and Stone #1–4; Prometheus: Fire and Stone – Omega	October 2015	HC	978-1616557720	[34]
Aliens: Defiance Vol. 1	Aliens: Defiance #1–6; "Extravehicular" from Free Comic Book Day 2016: General	January 2017	TP	978-1506701264	[35]
Prometheus: Life and Death	Prometheus: Life and Death #1–4	January 2017	TP	978-1506701035	[36]
Aliens: Life and Death	Aliens: Life and Death #1–4	April 2017	TP	978-1506701257	[37]
Aliens: Defiance Vol. 2	Aliens: Defiance #7–12	September 2017	TP	978-1506701684	[38]
Aliens: Dead Orbit	Aliens: Dead Orbit #1–4	March 2018	TP	978-1506703336	[39]
		April 2019	HC	978-1506709925	[40]
Aliens: Dust to Dust	Aliens: Dust to Dust #1–4	May 2019	TP	978-1506707921	[41]
Aliens: Resistance	Aliens: Resistance #1–4	August 2019	TP	978-1506711263	[42]
Aliens: Defiance Library Edition	Aliens: Defiance #1–12; "Extravehicular" from Free Comic Book Day 2016: General	October 2019	HC	978-1506714585	[43]
Aliens: Rescue	Aliens: Rescue #1–4	January 2020	TP	978-1506711270	[44]
Alien: The Original Screenplay	Alien: The Original Screenplay #1–5	December 2020	HC	978-1506717661	[45]
Collections
Dark Horse Presents: Aliens	"Theory of Alien Propagation" from Dark Horse Presents #24, "Part One: Advent" and "Part Two: Terminus" 42–43, "The Alien" 56; "Reapers" from Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special	1992	TP		Issue has a Platinum Edition variant.[46]
Aliens Omnibus Vol. 1	Aliens (vol. 1) #1–6; Aliens (vol. 2) #1–4; Aliens: Earth War #1–4; "Theory of Alien Propagation" from Dark Horse Presents (vol. 1) #24; "The Alien" from Dark Horse Presents (vol. 1) #56	July 2007	TP	978-1593077273	[47]
Aliens Omnibus Vol. 2	Aliens: Genocide #1–4; Aliens: Hive #1–4; Aliens: Colonial Marines #1–10	December 2007		978-1593078287	[48]
Aliens Omnibus Vol. 3	Aliens: Rogue #1–4; Aliens: Sacrifice; Aliens: Labyrinth #1–4; Aliens: Salvation; "Advent" and "Terminus" from Dark Horse Presents (vol. 1) #42–43; "Reapers" from Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special; "Horror Show" from Dark Horse Comics #3–5	March 2008		978-1593078720	[49]
Aliens Omnibus Vol. 4	Aliens: Music of the Spears #1–4; Aliens: Stronghold #1–4; Aliens: Berserker #1–4; Aliens: Mondo Heat; "The Taste" from Dark Horse Comics #11; "Mondo Pest" from Dark Horse Comics #22–24	July 2008		978-1593079260	[50]
Aliens Omnibus Vol. 5	Aliens: Alchemy #1–3; Aliens: Kidnapped #1–3; "Cargo" from Dark Horse Comics #15–16; Aliens: Survival #1–3; "Alien" from Dark Horse Comics #17–19; Aliens: Earth Angel; "Incubation" from Dark Horse Presents #101–102; Aliens: Havoc #1–2; Aliens: Lovesick; "Lucky" from A Decade of Dark Horse #3	October 2008		978-1593079918	[51]
Aliens Omnibus Vol. 6	Aliens: Xenogenesis #1–4; "Headhunters" from Dark Horse Presents #117; "Tourist Season" from Dark Horse Presents Annual 1997; Aliens: Pig; "Borderlines" from Dark Horse Presents #121; Aliens Special; Aliens: Purge; Aliens: Glass Corridor; Aliens: Stalker; Aliens: Wraith; "Once in a Lifetime" from Dark Horse Presents #140	December 2008		978-1595822147	[52]
Aliens: The Original Comics Series Vol. 1	Aliens (vol. 1) #1–6	April 2016	HC	978-1506700786	[53]
Aliens: The Original Comics Series Vol. 2	Aliens (vol. 2) #1–4; Aliens: Earth War #1–4	April 2017		978-1506703565	[54]
Aliens: The Essential Comics Vol. 1	Aliens (vol. 1) #1–6; Aliens (vol. 2) #1–4; Aliens: Earth War #1–4	October 2018	TP	978-1506710037	[55]

Marvel Comics

Title	#	Volume	Collected material	Publication date	Format	ISBN	Notes
Collections
Alien	1	Bloodlines	Alien #1–6	October 2021	TP	978-1302926144
	2	Revival	Alien #7–12	August 2022	TP	978-1302926151
Reprints
Aliens: The Original Years Omnibus	1		Aliens (vol. 1) #1–6; Aliens (vol. 2) #1–4; Aliens: Earth War #1–4; Aliens: Genocide #1–4; Aliens: Hive #1–4; Aliens: Tribes; Aliens: Newt's Tale #1–2; Alien 3 #1–3; Aliens: Space Marines #1–12; "Countdown" from Dark Horse Insider #14–27; "Theory of Alien Propagation" from Dark Horse Presents #24, "Part One: Advent" and "Part Two: Terminus" from 42–43, "The Alien" from 56; "Reapers" from Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special	May 19, 2021	HC	978-1302928155 978-1302928162 (variant cover)
	2		Aliens: Rogue #1–4; Aliens: Colonial Marines #1–10; Aliens: Labyrinth #1–4; Aliens: Salvation; Aliens: Music of the Spears #1–4; Aliens: Stronghold #1–4; "Horror Show" from Dark Horse Comics #3–5, "The Taste" from 11, "Backsplash" from 12–13, "Cargo" from 15–16, "Alien" from 17–19; "Earth Angel" from Previews (vol. 3) #1–12 and (vol. 4) #1; "Sacrifice" and "Crusade" from Aliens magazine (vol. 2) #9–20	January 11, 2022		978-1302928902 978-1302928919 (variant cover)
	3		Aliens: Berserker #1–4; Aliens: Mondo Heat #1; Aliens: Lovesick #1; Aliens: Pig #1; Aliens Special #1; Aliens: Havoc #1–2; Aliens: Purge #1; Aliens: Alchemy #1–3; Alien Resurrection #1–2; Aliens: Kidnapped #1–3; Aliens: Survival #1–3; Aliens: Glass Corridor #1; Aliens: Stalker #1; Aliens: Wraith #1; Aliens: Apocalypse – The Destroying Angels #1–4; Aliens: Xenogenesis #1–4; Aliens #1–4; "Mondo Pest" from Dark Horse Comics #22–24; "Incubation" from Dark Horse Presents #101–102, "Borderlines" from #121, "Once in a Lifetime" from #140; "Tourist Season" from Dark Horse Presents Annual 1997; "Lucky" from A Decade of Dark Horse #3; Aliens story from Free Comic Book Day 2009: Aliens #1	September 20, 2022		978-1302928926 978-1302928933 (variant cover)
	4		Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven; Aliens: Colonial Marines – No Man Left Behind #1; Alien: Isolation #1; Aliens: Defiance #1–12; Aliens: Dead Orbit #1–4; Aliens: Dust to Dust #1–4; William Gibson's Alien 3 #1–5; Aliens: Resistance #1–4; Aliens: Rescue #1–4; Alien: The Original Screenplay #1–5; "Inhuman Condition" from Dark Horse Presents (vol. 2) #12–17; "Extravehicular" from Free Comic Book Day 2016: Aliens #1	January 24, 2023		978-1302928940 978-1302928957 (variant cover)

See also

• List of Alien (franchise) novels
• List of Predator (franchise) comics
• Aliens vs. Predator (comics)
• List of comics based on films