(September 1990)

Dark Horse, 1990 Series
Price
2.50 USD; 3.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]
Editing
Diana Schutz (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alien / Aliens / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Bolton (painting)
Inks
John Bolton (painting)
Colors
John Bolton (painting)

Genre
horror-suspense; military; science fiction
Reprints
Keywords
adaptation; monsters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Aliens / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction

Indexer Notes

Credits; publisher credits; indicia; illustration.
Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Alien / Aliens / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Verheiden
Pencils
Sam Kieth
Inks
Sam Kieth
Colors
Monika Livingston
Letters
Pat Brosseau

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With the ship's gravity drive propelling us at hundreds of times the speed of light…
Genre
horror-suspense; military; science fiction
Characters
Rebecca (Newt); Ellen Ripley; Tully; Brewster; Robinson; Carvey; Falk; Dunston; Robbins; Corporal Dwayne Hicks; Alien Queen Mother; Aliens
Synopsis
Ripley and her crew travel to the Alien homeworld in order to capture the Alien Queen Mother. The crew is soon attacked by Aliens and stranded as their armored personnel carrier heads for a nuclear meltdown. Meanwhile, Ripley is able to capture the Alien Queen Mother and trap her on their spaceship. Ripley then forces the pilot to go back and rescue the rest of the crew.
Reprints
Keywords
adaptation; monsters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bug Hunt / letters page / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Diana Schutz
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When I read the first Aliens series I was awestruck by Mark Nelson's artwork.

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment by Jay Hoover, Gregory Milken, Scott Tilson, Jacob Gilbert, Kevin Pearle, Gregory Abbott, Adam Francis, Dale Coe, Andrew Scott, Uncle Elvis. Responses by Diana Schutz.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Alien / Aliens
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Aliens
  3. 2. ["With the ship's gravity drive propelling us at hundreds of times the speed of light…"]
    Alien / Aliens
  4. 3. ["When I read the first Aliens series I was awestruck by Mark Nelson's artwork."]
    Bug Hunt
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • David Haglund
  • Mike Nielsen
  • John Pannozzi
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore