FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (October 5, 2016)—In collaboration with 20th Century
Fox and in honor of Aliens Day 2017, Dark Horse is excited to announce
its next developments in the beloved Aliens franchise: Aliens: Dead Orbit and Aliens: The Original Comics Series Volume 2.
Aliens: Dead Orbit
finds Wascylewsk, an engineering officer, trapped in a space station
after a horrific accident. Wascylewsk is forced to use all available
tools—a timer, a utility kit, and his wits—to survive an attack from the
deadliest creature known to man. James Stokoe (Wonton Soup, Orc Stain) writes and illustrates the series. Geof Darrow (The Shaolin Cowboy, The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot) will provide a variant cover for the first issue.
Following the highly successful release of Aliens: The Original Comic Series
earlier this year, volume 2 finds Earth overrun by xenomorphs, with no
hope of saving it for humanity. This doesn’t mean humans are ready to
give up their home without a fight. Ripley hatches a plan to capture a
“Queen Mother”—a super queen that rules multiple nests—and bring it back
to Earth. Ripley believes the Queen Mother will command the xenomorphs
to gather together where she can detonate a nuclear bomb to destroy
them. Mark Verheiden (The Mask, Timecop) composed the stories while Den Beauvais (Aliens, Aliens: Countdown) and Sam Kieth (The Sandman, The Maxx) illustrated the interiors. Aliens: The Original Comics Series Volume 2 collects Aliens: Nightmare Asylum #1–#4 and Aliens: Female War #1–#4, and includes cover art for all issues in a special oversized hardcover edition.
Aliens: Dead Orbit’s first issue (of four) goes on sale on April 26, 2017. Aliens: The Original Comics Series Volume 2 also goes on sale April 12, 2017.
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About Dark Horse
For
thirty years, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how
integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium
and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. Founded
in 1986 by Mike Richardson, the company is known for the progressive and
creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In
addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike
Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and
Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo
Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has
developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher
in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment
publishers.
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