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1August 1989
$2.25; 2.80 CAD

Aliens #1

Dark Horse · August 1989 · on sale 1989

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Identification plate

Series
Aliens (Dark Horse, 1989 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1989
Key date
1989-08-00
On-sale date
1989
Indicia publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price
$2.25; 2.80 CAD
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Alienscover1pencils: Denis Beauvais; inks: Denis Beauvais; colors: Denis Beauvais
1-credits, title page1
2-comic story24script: Mark Verheiden; pencils: Denis Beauvais; inks: Denis Beauvais; colors: Denis Beauvais; letters: Bob Pinaha; editing: Randy StradleyRebecca "Newt" Jorden; Colonel Dwayne Hicks; Butler; Aliens
3-promo (ad from the publisher)9

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
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Where to read it

CollectionYear
Aliens Omnibus #1
ISBN 1-59307-727-0; 978-1-59307-727-3
2007On eBay ›
Aliens #2
ISBN 1-878574-03-5
1990On eBay ›
Aliens #2
ISBN 1-878574-03-5
1990On eBay ›
Aliens: The Original Comics Series Nightmare Asylum and Earth War #[nn]
ISBN 1506703569; 978-1506703565
2017On eBay ›
Aliens: The Original Years Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-302-92815-5
2021On eBay ›
Aliens Epic Collection: The Original Years #1
ISBN 978-1-302-95068-2
2023On eBay ›

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Series context

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