Aliens is the key word in the titles of a number of comic book limited series and one-shots, first published by Dark Horse Comics 1988 and set in the Alien fictional universe. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The limited series is a term referring to a comic book series with a set finite number of issues. ... Dark Horse Comics logo Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent comic book publishers in the United States, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... The Alien film series is the group of films that take place in the Alien universe. ... A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ...

Some stories feature the company Weyland-Yutani and the United States Colonial Marines. Originally intended as a sequel to James Cameron's Aliens, the first mini-series features the characters of Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden and Corporal Dwayne Hicks. Later series also included the further adventures of Ellen Ripley. These stories were no longer considered canonical after the Alien³ film featured the deaths of Newt and Corporal Hicks. In order to keep the stories relevant to the Alien films, Dark Horse Comics changed the names of the characters for future printings of the stories. Newt became Billie while Hicks was now known as Wilks. Other stories are completely unique to the Alien universe, and are often used to explore other aspects of the species, such as their sociology and biology. Weyland-Yutani is a fictional corporation in the motion picture Alien and its sequels. ... (From left to right) USCM Pvt. ... Aliens is a 1986 science fiction film directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and Paul Reiser. ... Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley Ellen Ripley is a fictional character, the protagonist in the Alien movie series. ... Alien³ (sometimes pronounced alien cubed) is a science fiction/horror movie that opened May 22, 1992. ... Dark Horse Comics logo Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent comic book publishers in the United States, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ...

Publication

Dark Horse has produced a number of Aliens comic books and collected volumes: Dark Horse Comics logo Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent comic book publishers in the United States, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ...

• Aliens:
  • "Rogue" (by Ian Edginton and Will Simpson, 1993, 1994, trade paperback, 112 pages, 1995, ISBN 1569710236)
  • "Labyrinth" (by Jim Woodring and Kilian Plunkett, trade paperback, Titan Books, 136 pages, 1997, ISBN 1852868449)
  • "Purge" (by Ian Edginton, Phil Hester (pencils) and Ande Parks (inks), 1997, trade paperback, 88 pages, 1999, ISBN 1569714096)
  • "Pig" (by Chuck Dixon, Henry Flint (pencils) and Andrew Pepoy (inks), one-shot, 1997)

Ian Edginton is the co-creator (with DIsraeli) of Scarlet Traces and the War of the Worlds comic. ... Will Simpson is a comic book artist who has illustrated comics for such industry heavyweights as DC Comics and Marvel. ... Jim Woodring (born October 11, 1952) is a comic book author and artist. ... Titan Books is a UK publisher of graphic novels. ... Ian Edginton is the co-creator (with DIsraeli) of Scarlet Traces and the War of the Worlds comic. ... Phil Hester (born in 1966 in the state of Iowa) is an American comic book artist, penciller and writer. ... Chuck Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s. ... Artist on British sci-fi comic 2000AD, Flint has established a cult following for his hyper-detailed and wildly inventive work on series such as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Shakara and Aliens. ...

Crossovers

There have been other comic crossovers: Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... A fictional crossover occurs when otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. ...

• Alien vs. Predator
• Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator
• Batman/Aliens
• Batman/Aliens II
• Green Lantern Versus Aliens
• Judge Dredd vs. Aliens
• Superman vs. Aliens
• WildC.A.T.s/Aliens

Dark Horse Comics has created several Aliens vs. ... Aliens vs. ... Green Lantern versus Aliens was a four-issue comic book miniseries published jointly by DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics monthly from September 2000 to December 2000. ... Superman vs. ... WildC.A.T.S/Aliens was a single issue comic book and crossover event, published by Wildstorm, while still part of Image Comics, and Dark Horse Comics in 1998. ...