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Dark Horse Announces Aliens: Dead Orbit Plus Second Original Series Hardcover

Published Wed, 05 Oct 2016 16:14:50 -0500

In honor of Alien Day 2017, Dark Horse and 20th Century Fox have teamed for Aliens: Dead Orbit. The new series 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.

They will also be releasing Aliens: The Original Series Vol 2. Following the highly successful release of Aliens: The Original Comic Series hardcover collection 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 goes on sale April 12, 2017.